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San Joaquin County power outage impacts thousands of PG&E customers in unrelated outage to safety shutoffs

Tens of thousands of PG&E customers in San Joaquin County were without power Thursday evening due to an unplanned power outage unrelated to the Public Safety Power Shutoffs across the state.

Grass fire along Tuolumne River in Modesto forces evacuations, damages home

A grass fire forced mandatory evacuations and damaged a home in Modesto on Thursday, officials said.

Webb's gem, Flores' pinch-hit double help Giants edge Guardians to end 4-game skid

Logan Webb pitched seven splendid innings, pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores delivered a go-ahead double and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 2-1 to stop a four-game losing streak.

Fire near Sacramento Railyards threatening structures, firefighters say

A fire near the Railyards area of Sacramento was threatening structures Thursday afternoon, firefighters say.

"American Nightmare" kidnapper Matthew Muller pleads guilty to 1993 kidnapping, sexual assault in Folsom

"American Nightmare" kidnapper Matthew Muller pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges related to a 1993 cold case in which prosecutors said he forced two campers out of their tent and sexually assaulted one of them.

Man dies after south Sacramento shooting along Florin Road, suspect identified

A man died and a suspect was arrested after a shooting in south Sacramento late Wednesday night.

Sacramento protesters urge peace as tensions rise between Iran, Israel

Dozens of people demonstrated outside the Memorial Auditorium in Downtown Sacramento on Wednesday evening to call for an end to hostilities between Israel and Iran.

Nevada City aims for the stars with Dark Sky community certification

In a world that's growing brighter by the year, one small gold rush town is working to keep its night dark and its skies full of stars.

City of Lodi discusses how to make Turner Road, California Street intersection safer

A Lodi intersection that residents call dangerous is one step closer to being safer.

Masked suspects carjack FedEx van at gunpoint in Stanislaus County, steal designer bags

Authorities are searching for suspects they say carjacked a FedEx van at gunpoint and stole designer bags out of the van in Stanislaus County.

Pedestrian's foot amputated in collision with train in Sacramento, officials say

A pedestrian's foot was amputated by a train in the north Sacramento area late Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Repeat felon convicted of breaking into North Highlands home, killing 77-year-old woman

A jury convicted a man of killing a 77-year-old woman during a burglary in North Highlands in 2022, prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Sacramento area hospital seeks help in identifying patient

Officials are asking for help in identifying a patient who was brought to a Sacramento area hospital without any sort of identification.

Summer-like heat briefly returns to Northern California before weekend cooldown

Triple-digit heat returns to Northern California Wednesday before wind increases bringing a cooler weekend, with high fire danger.