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• Officials: 73 sickened with salmonella from mangoes

  August 28, 2012 8:44 PM

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California public health officials are investigating a foodborne illness outbreak that has sickened 73 people and has been linked to salmonella-tainted mangoes. Authorities say they are still probing what prompted the outbreak of salmonella Braenderup cases in California. They are trying to identify which specific mango... more »

• Officer shot in Sacramento, Cali

  October 23, 2011 9:36 AM

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say a Sacramento-area police officer was shot and critically wounded following an attempted traffic stop, and a suspect was arrested. The Sacramento Bee reports that the officer was hit by several bullets from what police believe was a lone shooter. The shooting came... more »

• Fire fee a solution for some strapped Western states

  July 22, 2011 4:20 PM

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The wildfire season in California has been tame so far, but that isn't stopping lawmakers from trying to make sure the cash-strapped state has enough money to fight future fires. They already have a solution: charge an annual firefighting fee to people who live in... more »

• Sheriff calls out local bondsman and media outlet

  May 28, 2011 8:34 PM

  El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa announced Friday the arrest a 24-year-old man at the center of a two month, multi-state bail bond scam; in the process he called out a local bail bondsman and a media outlet for what Maketa says was impeding on the investigation. In a... more »

• EPC Sheriff calls out local bondsman and media outlet

  May 28, 2011 12:41 PM

  El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa announced Friday the arrest a 24-year-old man at the center of a two month, multi-state bail bond scam; in the process he called out a local bail bondsman and a media outlet for what Maketa says was impeding on the investigation. In a... more »

• Sacramento buys 55 wind turbines from Vestas

  October 21, 2010 5:59 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Vestas American Wind Technology Inc. says the Sacramento Municipal Utility District has ordered 55 wind turbines from it for a project near Rio Vista, Calif. Vestas said Thursday that the utility's 128-megawatt order includes a service and maintenance agreement that will last up to 15 years.... more »

• Spurred by NY, 10 cities launch volunteer programs

  September 29, 2010 8:18 AM

  Ten U.S. cities are recruiting volunteers to help with local challenges as part of a nationwide emphasis on service led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Volunteers will work on problems such as flood recovery in Nashville, Tenn., and childhood obesity in Newark, N.J. Bloomberg is scheduled to... more »

• NORAD jets to train over California, Alaska, Alberta

  August 18, 2010 8:32 AM

  The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will send planes on training flights over Northern California, northern Alberta and southwestern Alaska on Thursday. NORAD said the planes will practice interception and identification procedures as well as responding to multiple threats. Officials say most residents won't see or hear... more »

• California bus crash leaves 6 dead

  July 22, 2010 9:10 AM

  A Greyhound bus traveling to Sacramento from Los Angeles crashed on a state highway in California's Central Valley, killing five and injuring many others. A sixth person later dies at the hospital. California Highway Patrol Officer Michelle Sigmond says the bus driver swerved to avoid another crash and slammed... more »

• Heavy snow socking northern California

  December 30, 2009 10:41 AM

  A mix of rain and snow making its way through northern California. Heavy snowfall on Interstate 80 between Sacramento and Reno made plows and snow tires a necessity Wednesday morning. With as much as seven to nine inches of accumulation in some places, emergency crews were out to keep an... more »

• California canal sparks skepticism, lawsuits

  October 5, 2009 10:52 AM

  Peter Hunn has a simple wish: He'd like his children to farm the land in California's delta that his great, great grandfather settled more than a century ago. The cucumber farmer cherishes the land so much that he refuses to allow state engineers onto his property to survey possible... more »

• College closes as Southern Calif. fire nears

  September 23, 2009 11:12 AM

  A college threatened by a 13-square-mile wildfire closed Wednesday as flames burned in hills above the campus. Moorpark College in Ventura County posted the closing announcement to its 2,500 students on its Web site Wednesday morning. County fire spokesman Bill Nash said the fire did not weaken overnight... more »

• Mercury leaking at closed California mine sites

  September 18, 2009 12:09 PM

  Abandoned mercury mines throughout central California's rugged coastal mountains are polluting the state's major waterways, rendering fish unsafe to eat and risking the health of at least 100,000 impoverished people. But an Associated Press investigation found that the federal government has tried to clean up fewer than a dozen... more »