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  • 10-year-old girl killed in North Highlands shooting

    NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA - A ten year old girl seemingly safe at home on a Saturday night is dead, and her parents are wounded after someone fired shots into their home. It happened around 10:30p Saturday in the 6300-block of Channing Drive in North Highlands. Police don't know who fired the shots or why. 10-year-old Elvira Campos died at a nearby hospital from gunshot wounds. Her parents were ...

  • Kings Rally Scheduled For Thursday At Cesar Chavez Park

    SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – A rally celebrating the Kings staying in Sacramento originally scheduled for Wednesday has instead been moved to this Thursday. The "Long Live The Kings Rally" will be held in from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. in Cesar Chavez Park in downtown Sacramento and will be attended by the new majority owner of the Kings, Vivek Ranadiv, Mayor Kevin Johnson, team mascot Slamson, ...

  • Car Fire In Sacramento Spreads To Home

    The fire broke out on the 3400 block of Hornsea Way just before 4 a.m. It’s not known if the car was inside or outside the garage at the time, but the flames worked their way into the main living space of the house. The cause of the fire is under ...

  • Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa

    A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...

  • Tornadoes Barreling Through the Midwest

    (CNN) — Tornadoes touched down in two states on Sunday, ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large ';violent and extremely dangerous'; tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service said. A second confirmed tornado was seen near ...


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  • Police Bike Thief Threatened Officer with Rake

    File Photo SACRAMENTO– Police say that a suspected bicycle thief threatening an officer with a rake late Saturday night. Officers near Folsom Boulevard and Grace Lane were waved around 10:30 p.m. down after someone had their bicycle stolen. One officer saw the suspect trying to get away from the scene and quickly caught up to him. The suspect, 42-year-old Justin Steen, allegedly ...

  • Girl Killed Parents Shot In Gunmen’s Brazen Assault On Sacramento Area Home

    SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a 10-year-old girl is dead and her parents are hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting. Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos says the girl and her parents were inside their home on the 6300 block of Channing Drive when at least two gunmen ...

  • Associated Press Sacramento Daybook

    Listings do not indicate the AP will cover the events. Please keep the AP in mind when news of regional interest develops in your area. For questions about the Daybook, please call the AP Sacramento bureau at 916-448-9555 or the AP West Regional Desk at 602-417-2400. Items to be considered for interest can be emailed to sacramento (at) ap.org or to westdaybook (at) ...

  • Burst water line affects water supplies to RCCC inmates in Elk Grove

    A burst water line was discovered on the grounds of the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center in Elk Grove on Saturday, affecting a few hundred inmates being held in some of the facility's housing units."The problem is being worked on and we hope to have it fixed by Monday," said Sacramento County sheriff's office spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos. "It's been more of an ...

  • Man Robbed and Carjacked Suspects Caught Later

    File photo WOODLAND-- Police say they were able to catch three people linked to a violent robbery and carjacking that happened Thursday night. A man was walking in Ferns Park along W Southwood Drive around 10:30 when three men attacked him. The three took the man's cellphone and keys to a 1994 Toyota. They then took off in the car. As a result of the attack, the man suffered bruises and ...

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