Sacramento Sun news Sacramento Sun news Rss feed

  • CPS Investigated Man Accused of Killing Son with Hatchet

    File photo of Phillip Hernandez SACRAMENTO- Safety was a priority for Mathew Hernandez's mother who contactedChild Protective Services three weeks before her son was murdered. She warned the boy's father, Phillip Hernandez, had a history of violence and got abusive when high. ';Safety is a key priority in child protective services," said Michelle Callejas, Deputy ...

  • Red Cross Volunteers Drill for Disaster

    SACRAMENTO- It was chaos in the Red Cross kitchen Tuesday at McClellan Park as volunteers prepared some 400 meals for firefighters, probation officers and police cadets. This disaster drill is perfect training for the much more chaotic scenes many of these volunteers expect to face when they hit the ground in Oklahoma. ';It’s busy, and things are always changing. It’s hectic ...

  • Sacramento Shelter Dogs Shine with Glamour Photos by Anne Williams

    Great photos help people on dating sites get more interest, so imagine what power a photo can hold for a dog in a shelter needs a new home. A good photo that catches the attention of someone looking to add a furry family member literally can be a matter of life or death for a shelter dog. ...

  • Group says keep kids home on Harvey Milk Day

    SACRAMENTO, CA - May 22 is Harvey Milk Day in California, a day recognizing the state's first openly gay lawmaker. Public schools are encouraged to commemorate him. However, a family values group called SaveCalifornia.com is running radio ads in certain cities, calling on parents to boycott the day by keeping their children home from school. "Children belong to their parents, not to ...

  • Probationers Going Unsupervised in Sacramento County

    SACRAMENTO COUNTY- There are nearly 20,000 probationers in Sacramento County andthere’s no way the Probation Department can monitor every single one of ...


clear
Sacramento Weather
59.8°F Clear
Winds: Calm
Wed
partlycloudy
90° 50°
Thu
clear
75° 46°
Fri
clear
75° 48°
Last Updated on May 21, 10:34 PM PDT
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Mission: Impossible [DVD]

Mission: Impossible [DVD]

Throughout its history, Hollywood has tended to run in cycles, latching onto an idea and running with it until they run it into the ground. From screwball comedies, to Biblical epics, to disaster thrillers, to juvenile gross-out comedies, Hollywood producers love to run in ... ...

On Facebook

  • Kings on hiring spree as season ticket sales soar

    Sacramento Kings fans came out to City Hall on Friday to show their support at an announcement detailing the sale of the team to a local investment group. Now they're buying up tickets at a frantic pace. Four hired with 36 more to go. As of late morning Tuesday, the Sacramento Kings had begun hiring staff to help sell tickets. The National Basketball Association also has a dozen people in ...

  • Serial Tree Killer Chopping Cedars in El Dorado County

    EL DORADO COUNTY (CBS13) -- Someone is targeting cedar trees and Robert Dietz isn't happy about it. The El Dorado County resident has taken extreme measures against the person cutting down cedar trees including placing boobie traps and hidden cameras nearby. The trees he said, were planted about 25 years ago to keep out noise from busy Lotus Road. He finally caught the tree chopper in ...

  • Sacramento disaster relief experts eager to help Oklahoma

    SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA - Sacramento-area disaster relief workers are waiting for the call to go to Oklahoma. The American Red Cross had already planned a mass feeding training long before the tornadoes in Oklahoma, but the recent disaster shows that volunteers need to be ready to go at a moment's notice. Ladon Mellen is a veteran of disaster relief in Japan, but Tuesday's drill was ...

  • Heroes or Just Doing Their Jobs Teachers Save Lives During Okla. Tornado

    Second-grade teacher Tammy Glasgow walks around what’s left of Briarwood Elementary, struggling to pick out of its wreckage the things that once made a school. ';This was the cafeteria.'; ';This is where my desk sat.'; ';This is my classroom door.'; ';That yellow wall that’s standing, that’s where we were,'; said Glasgow, pointing to ...

  • Detectives Continue to Investigate Shooting of 10-Year-Old

    NORTH HIGHLANDS- The search for the killer, or killers, of 10-year-old Elvira Campos continued Tuesday. The 5th-grader was gunned down while watching television in her homeSaturday night. The Sheriff’s Department tells FOX40 it has leads but no suspects yet. ';This person is a sociopath. They just don’t care'; Sacramento StateCriminal Justice Professor Jim Hernandez ...

More Sacramento Sun news