Top Sacramento Area Local News Stories
Source: KCRA.com - Local News
Fire crews tried Friday to douse the remnants of an enormous blaze and account for the residents of dozens of homes after a gas line ruptured and an explosion ripped through in a San Bruno neighborhood, killing at least four people and likely more.
Published: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:51:16 PDT
Authorities on Thursday found another body that may be connected to a string of deaths in the east Bay Area.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:40:51 PDT
The Contractors State License Board said its probe of a failed pool company has become the largest investigation in the board's 81-year history.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:14:54 PDT
California may have to issue IOUs for state payments starting in early October, Controller John Chiang says.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:10:12 PDT
A major tea party rally planned for Sacramento this weekend represents a key opportunity to re-energize supporters in the final weeks before the November election.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:14:08 PDT
Where might KCRA 3 High School Playbook be this Friday night?
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:57:44 PDT
Upload a 30-second spirit video and it could score your school some extra credit in Game of the Week voting.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:42:26 PDT
The Sacramento Metro Chamber of Commerce on Thursday announced its opposition to Proposition 19, which would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in California.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:44:29 PDT
A man from Citrus Heights tried to kill his ex-girlfriend at a home near Rusch Park, police said.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:34:31 PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Asia trade mission is giving his hand-picked lieutenant governor a chance to step into the spotlight just two months before the general election.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:54:49 PDT
San Joaquin County said lives will not be put in danger by having only a private company for emergency lifesaving paramedic services in Stockton.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:08:59 PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger envisions the 2020 World Expo in Silicon Valley, and he's planning to pitch the idea at the current expo in Shanghai this week.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:49:25 PDT
The former owner of a Roseville spa and salon business has been sentenced to 210 days in jail and ordered to pay back $10,500 to customers who she defrauded in 2008, the Placer County district attorney's office said Thursday.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:30:56 PDT
Iran's envoy to the United Nations has confirmed that a female American held for more than a year will be released.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 13:02:46 PDT
Chu Vue is continuing to proclaim his innocence in court and implicate his brothers in the slaying of a corrections officer.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:26:41 PDT
A pilot at this weekend's California Capital Airshow will perform quite a feat: flying with only her feet.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:30:08 PDT
Los Angeles Lakers forward Matt Barnes, who formerly played for the Sacramento Kings, has been arrested on domestic violence charges, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:51:11 PDT
Attorneys for the man charged in D.C. intern Chandra Levy's slaying said law enforcement did not have a valid warrant when they searched the defendant's prison cell in 2008.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:30:31 PDT
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed Chelsea's Law, which increases penalties for sex crimes committed against children.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:39:48 PDT
Amid the uproar over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York, a new Islamic college recently opened its doors in Berkeley with plans to educate a new generation of Muslim-American leaders.
Published: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:12:24 PDT