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Local News |
- Ask Sacto911: Man gets 12-plus years in El Dorado Hills slaying
- El Dorado Sheriff's Office hit by new harassment lawsuit
- Sacto 9-1-1: Update: Bear killed that attacked man in Eldorado National Forest
- Arraignment due on Folsom rape, homicide
- Ex-Rancho Cordova police chief may face charges after crash, scuffle
- VOA graduates 50 from homeless program
Q: Would you please provide an update regarding Raul Reyes Jr.? - Anonymous, El Dorado County. A: Raul Rodriguez Reyes Jr., now 21, pleaded no contest to two felonies in the shooting death of Angela Vasquez.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office is the target of a lawsuit – the second in two months – claiming that a "boy's club" in the department subjects women to harassment and discrimination.
State wildlife officials say a bear that attacked a man at a campground in Eldorado National Forest has been shot and killed by wardens.
What led to Alice Murphy's rape and fatal beating in her Folsom apartment in December remains a mystery to police 200 interviews and six months later.
Sylvester Griffin was arrested after a DNA match to evidence from the Dec. 21 killing.
The Sacramento Police Department will be submitting a report to the District Attorney's Office to determine whether a former Rancho Cordova police chief can be charged with impersonating a police officer and misdemeanor assault.
Fifty formerly homeless men and women will graduate this evening from a program that trained them for jobs and helped find them safe and affordable housing.
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Regional News |
- Sac supervisors delay vote on deputies' proposed pact
- Inmate who held correctional officer hostage sentenced
A proposed deal with the Sacramento County law enforcement unions has been put off until Thursday.
A prison inmate who took a correctional officer hostage has been sentenced to a total of 50 years to life, plus 23 years, consecutive to the term he currently is serving for prior felony convictions for robbery, false imprisonment and sexual battery.
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National News |
- Earl weakens as it heads north
- Oil workers rescued after fire
- New Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient announced
- Airport scare caused by metal canister in luggage
- BP begins effort to remove failed blowout preventer
- Toshiba recalls 41,000 computers over risk of burns
Hurricane Earl weakened to a Category 1 storm Friday morning with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph hour. Residents of New York and New England, however, are still bracing for the storm.
A fire on a well connected to an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday is out and there is no indication of an oil sheen, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades in Laos in 1968, the White House announced Friday.
Bomb squad investigators were at Miami International Airport on Friday after a suspicious item was spotted in a baggage screening area, authorities said.
BP began operations to remove its failed blowout preventer from atop its well deep below the Gulf of Mexico, the company said Friday.
Toshiba has announced the voluntary recall of about 41,000 notebook computers worldwide at risk of overheating and burning users.
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