Sacramento County

SACRAMENTO -- Friday furloughs are back on for California state employees, after the state Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling that had temporarily stopped them. The high court decided Wednesday to put all furlough litigation -- including the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's attorney general sued "tax lady" Roni Deutch for more than $34 million on Monday, alleging that her law firm regularly violates state law by making false promises that it will help people resolve disputes with the...

SACRAMENTO -- A state appellate court on Friday sided with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to temporarily impose the federal minimum wage on tens of thousands of state workers. It was not immediately clear how the ruling would affect...

SACRAMENTO -- California state employees will receive their full pay in July and August after a state judge on Friday rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to cut their wages. The Schwarzenegger administration had asked the court to order that...

SACRAMENTO -- Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn said Monday he is gay, ending days of speculation that began after his arrest last week for investigation of DUI after leaving a gay bar. Ashburn, who consistently voted against gay rights measures during...

SACRAMENTO-- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's pledge to avoid signing a state budget unless it includes long-term fiscal reforms has put him in a tight spot. Such steps will require voter approval, but the window for placing additional measures on the Nov. 4...

LOS ANGELES -- The federal economic stimulus package currently moving through Congress could deliver about $6.5 billion in bailout money to Los Angeles County and create 75,000 to 100,000 new jobs in L.A., a local economist said Friday. Of the $789...

SACRAMENTO -- Republican state senator from Bakersfield has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near the state Capitol. California Highway Patrol Lt. Jay Bart says Sen. Roy Ashburn was spotted driving erratically about 2:10 a.m. Wednesday in...

SACRAMENTO -- The undersecretary who oversees California parolees and adult and juvenile prisons was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving while in a state vehicle. Scott Kernan, 47, was stopped by the California Highway Patrol for speeding just after 8...

NORDEN - The main northern artery linking California and Nevada is shut down near the Sierra summit while authorities negotiate with a man who took his wife and children hostage. News reports from the scene indicate the man has released his family. But...

On Wednesday the area in and around Sacramento was pounded with rain, hail, and wind. Yuba City got that and then some. The National Weather Service confirmed that an EF0 tornado touched down approximately six miles north of Yuba City. After the...

The death penalty may be getting too expensive for cash-strapped California.  According to an examination by a Federal Judge and a Loyola Law School professor, California spent more than $4 billion on capital punishment since 1978, yet carried out only 13...