Vacaville

Unless it leaks or blows off, a roof doesn't get much attention. With the average life expectancy of a residential roof being about 15 to 20 years and the average home selling every five to seven years, it can be ages before owners need to think about...

VACAVILLE - A Solano County grand jury report has sounded a warning over the the growing number of cell phones smuggled into the Department of Corrections medical facility in Vacaville. It says their use by inmates is potentially dangerous for people in...

SACRAMENTO - A former Sacramento Sheriff's deputy has been arrested in connection with the murder of a correctional officer following an extra-martial affair. Sacramento Police Department said former deputy Chu Vue was arrested this morning for the...

Growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s, my brother and I knew just what to do with kumquats from the potted tree on the patio: We tossed them at each other. Like most Californians, we never ate them. Kumquats do present a challenge for the uninitiated....

It took him most of a week to get there, but President Bush accomplished several goals Friday on his tour of the devastation left by Hurricane Katrina across Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. He brought comfort to some of the uncounted homeless. He lent...

Law enforcement leaders who pushed for a ballot initiative requiring sex offenders in California to be tracked by satellite for life are now saying that the sweeping surveillance program voters endorsed is not feasible and is unlikely to be fully...

      BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman says 17 people are dead in a plane crash in Montana.       Spokesman Mike Fergus says the single engine turboprop plane departed from Oroville, Calif., and that the pilot had filed...

SACRAMENTO - The California Correctional Peace Officers Association is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of a shooter who claimed the life of a peace officer earlier this morning. Authorities say 39-year-old Steve Lo...

 SACRAMENTO - Are you living in a city with the nation's highest crime?   According to Congressional Quarterly, both Stockton and Sacramento rank high in crime among the nation's cities, at numbers 45 and 51 respectively.  The publication looks at crime...

VACAVILLE - An animal rescue sanctuary in Vacaville is trying to find homes for about 650 chickens.  According to Kim Sturla, Executive Director of Animal Place, the egg laying hens were brought to the sanctuary by an anonymous volunteer who...

BUTTE, Mont. - A small plane carrying a group of people from California to Montana crashed into a cemetery not far from the airport in Butte and burst into flames, killing seven adults and seven children. "There was nothing left of it," said Steve...

SAN QUENTIN -- Deep inside this infamous old prison, Patty O'Reilly stands before eight men doing hard time, her shoulders slumped, a man's gold wedding band hanging from a chain around her neck. Three of the inmates are sobbing. The others sit...