ACLU: Sacramento school violated free speech
An elementary school art lesson meant to encourage students to explore activism resulted in a First Amendment violation when the teacher censored students' Black Lives Matter posters, the ACLU claims.
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Feds decline to charge officers in death of Stephon Clark
Federal authorities said Thursday they will not file civil rights charges against two Sacramento, California, police officers who fatally shot Stephon Clark in his grandmother's backyard last year.
Woman hospitalized after using mercury-tainted facial cream
A Sacramento woman has been hospitalized after using a facial cream tainted with methylmercury, the Sacramento County Department of Health Services said in a news release.
Sacramento to pay children of Stephon Clark $2.4M
The city of Sacramento has agreed to pay $2.4 million to the two sons of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot last year by police, federal court documents filed in California show.
DNA kept for decades leads to arrest
For more than two decades, all California authorities knew about the man behind three violent sex crimes was his DNA profile.
Shooting suspect watched officers on camera as he fired
For hours, the barrage of gunfire just wouldn't stop.
Sacramento police officer fatally shot during domestic incident
A gunman killed a Sacramento, California, police officer, fresh out of the academy, who was trying to help a woman retrieve belongings from her home, police said early Thursday.
Officers who killed Stephon Clark reveal new details
The officers involved in the fatal shooting of Stephon Clark were responding to a 911 call that a man wearing a black hoodie was breaking car windows in a Sacramento neighborhood. Minutes later, Clark lay dead in the backyard of his grandmother's home.
Fiancée of man shot by Sacramento police: Family is heartbroken
The fiancée of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by Sacramento police offered a tearful rebuke of the county's top prosecutor for not filing charges against the two officers who killed Stephon Clark.
Stephon Clark's family files lawsuit over police shooting
The family of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who was shot and killed in his grandmother's backyard by Sacramento police last year, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officers involved and the city of Sacramento.
Rain will bring much-needed relief to California fires, but also new dangers
For the first time since the Camp Fire started its deadly rampage 11 days ago, rain will stifle some of the flames.
Due to wildfires, Calif. now has the most polluted cities in the world
Due to the wildfires raging in Northern California, San Francisco, Stockton and Sacramento were the world's three "most polluted cities" on Friday morning, according to Berkeley Earth, a nonprofit that aggregates data from air-quality monitoring sites.
5-year-old sees Ghostbusters dreams come true
A 5-year-old boy's dream of becoming a Ghostbuster and fighting off ghouls became a reality Monday.
Handcuffed suspect steals patrol car
A California man who was handcuffed and arrested somehow managed to steal the officer's patrol vehicle.
Should police use of force be regulated? The answer isn't simple
Shirley Weber decided something had to be done.
Golden State Killer suspect to be tried in one trial in Sacramento
Suspected Golden State Killer Joseph James DeAngelo will be tried on multiple murder counts in a single trial in Sacramento, California, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Mailman saves teen from sex trafficking in California
A 16-year-old girl is home with her family after a postal carrier saved her from sex trafficking.
California wildfires scorch an area the size of Los Angeles
Sixteen of the largest wildfires burning in California have scorched 320,000 acres, authorities said Wednesday -- an area larger than the entire city of Los Angeles.
Suspected Golden State Killer appears in court on charges of couple's murder
Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, appeared in court Monday for murder charges he faces from the deaths of a Sacramento-area couple in 1978.
Suspected Golden State Killer loses bid to halt more DNA collection
The former California police officer believed to be the Golden State Killer on Thursday lost his bid to block prosecutors' efforts to collect more of his DNA in their investigation of 12 murders and more than 50 rapes in the 1970s and 1980s.
County autopsy, Clark family autopsy reach different conclusions
Stephon Clark, an unarmed Sacramento man killed by police in March, was shot seven times, an autopsy released by the Sacramento County coroner says.
Authorities say ex-cop is the Golden State Killer
For decades, Joseph James DeAngelo's neighbors thought he was a little odd. He kept mostly to himself, sometimes yelling at the people who got too close to his fence or mowed their grass too early.
The victims of the Golden State Killer
The Golden State Killeris accused of killing 12 people and raping 45 people in California from 1976to 1986. On April 25, 2018, Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was namedas a suspect and charged with two counts of murder.
California lawmakers seek change in police lethal force standard
California lawmakers proposed a dramatic change Tuesday in the standard under which police officers can use deadly force, in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Stephon Clark.
