Conviction in RICO case involves five killings, three attempted assassinations If federal prosecutors have their way, Samuel Keeton will be the first of many dominoes…
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Rural prosecutors say they don’t have the resources to tackle California’s widening unemployment scheme behind bars Over the last two months, investigators across California determined…
Directors of ‘Freak Power: the Ballot or the Bomb’ discuss bikers, provocateurs and visionary politics Beginning in 1965, an obscure Bay Area reporter embedded himself…
Ads placed overseas for housekeepers and nannies were a gateway to abuse A Sacramento couple was sentenced to 15 years each in federal prison for…
Mario Garcia brutalized women for years, but his conviction for Christie Wilson’s murder was assisted by the one woman he didn’t break On a January…
Conservation groups sue massive logging project as violation of Endangered Species Act For many, the lush, towering redwoods along Sonoma County’s Gualala River are vestiges…
City could see a 50% increase in murder rate over 2019 When Sacramento police officers raced to the scene of a shooting at a 150-year-old…
Man terrorized light rail commuters as he tried to execute a peace officer While reporters and family members were watching Joseph DeAngelo get sentenced…
After more than three decades, detectives reopen an unsolved Roseville murder There was darkness over the tracks. In the pre-dawn hours of Sept. 26, 1984,…
Prop. 47 has been a political lightning rod, but independent research suggests it’s had a positive effect on at least one ugly legacy of the…
In Elk Grove, on an anonymous strip of East Stockton Boulevard, there’s a short-running section of divider that shields the avenue from the gagging exhaust…
An alleged meth trafficker from West Sacramento faces federal charges as local officials drill down on the cascading effects of addiction 3-12-2020 A West Sacramento…
Amid growing concern over 3D-printed firearms, one start-up sets out to help authorities detect them The shooting happened so fast that three off-duty officers rushing…
Sacramento Public Library hosts True Crime Mini-Conference Sacramento isn’t just the capital of California: For decades it has been known to crime aficionados as the…
Pain and perseverance at the bloodless Portuguese bullfights of the Delta With dying sunlight shifting through the town of Thornton, Donald Alcino Mota lays back…
Former state boxing champion Richard ‘Trino’ Savala emerged from a criminal past to become the region’s most unique youth advocate and bail bondsman Richard “Trino”…
Folsom police survived a close call with an armed suspect last week. The incident started with a 911 call about shoplifting at a store on…