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March 19, 2019 at 9:10 pm

National Guard to help protect California towns from fires WATCH

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is calling in the National Guard for the first time next month to help protect communities from devastating fires like...

March 12, 2019 at 7:58 pm

California governor places moratorium on executions VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The 737 inmates on California's largest-in-the-nation death row are getting a reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who plans to sign an executive...

March 12, 2019 at 7:45 pm

California’s new governor may commute death sentences VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom not only put a moratorium on executions in California on Wednesday, he said he also may commute death...

March 10, 2019 at 9:02 am

California police report almost no racial profiling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's first-in-the-nation attempt to track racial profiling complaints against police produced numbers so unrealistically small that the board overseeing the tally...

March 6, 2019 at 3:50 pm

Sacramento police say they saw flash in Stephon Clark’s hand

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two Sacramento police officers who killed an unarmed black man last year said hours after the shooting that they thought Stephon...

March 5, 2019 at 9:48 am

Sacramento police who killed Stephon Clark won’t be charged VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's attorney general announced Tuesday that he won't charge two Sacramento police officers who fatally shot an unarmed black man last...

March 4, 2019 at 5:30 pm

Clark killing revives push to toughen police shooting rules

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A measure that would make California unique in restricting when police officers can use deadly force is getting renewed attention and...

March 2, 2019 at 10:14 am

No charges for police who shot 22-year-old California man VIEW

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two Sacramento police officers won't face criminal charges for the fatal shooting of a black man following a chase that ended...

February 28, 2019 at 11:44 am

Californians lose millions of dollars in recycling deposits

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California consumers lost out on at least $308 million in nickel deposits on cans and bottles in 2018, largely because it's...

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February 22, 2019 at 9:16 am

Governor orders more DNA testing in 1983 California killings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered additional DNA testing Friday on evidence that a death-row inmate says will prove his innocence in...