SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento County Sheriff's deputy was killed and a deputy was wounded in a shootout with a suspect who gunned down a K-9 dog before being fatally shot Monday night, authorities said. A K-9 dog also was killed in the gun battle on the Cal Expo grounds following...
Norcal Paraglider Dressed as Santa Gets Tangled in Power Lines While Delivering Candy Canes
[aggregation-styles] KTVU RIO LINDA, Calif. - A man dressed as Santa Claus got tangled up in some power lines over the weekend after crashing on his powered paraglider. Authorities say the man took off near a school in Sacramento County and that soon after his motor went out. The power...
Deputy Killed, Second Wounded near Sacramento
RANCHO CORDOVA — A Sacramento County sheriff's deputy was killed and another wounded in a shootout that started with an argument at a Pep Boys store, authorities said. The suspected gunman and a bystander were wounded in Monday's shootout but they were expected to survive, Sheriff Scott Jones said. About...
Voting Option Boosts Turnout For Madera & Other Counties
SACRAMENTO — Election officials in five California counties that mailed ballots to every voter for this month's primary said the new model appears to have boosted turnout. Counties were still counting ballots from the June 5 primary, so turnout numbers were preliminary. But the tally done so far in the...