Presence of off-duty officers proves stroke of luck at golf course

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Presence of off-duty officers proves stroke of luck at golf course

SACRAMENTO — Three off-duty police officers took time off from their Saturday afternoon golf game to intercept a burglar who had broken into a nearby business used to tweak golfers’

El Dorado

Man dies in ski lift fall

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — A woman lost her newlywed husband to a fatal fall from a South Lake Tahoe ski resort chairlift when it came into contact with an adjacent

Orange

Bank robber’s getaway stymied by security guard

NEWPORT BEACH — A Newport Beach transient was taken into custody Monday morning after robbing the Wells Fargo bank located at 2750 West Coast Highway. According to police, the suspect,

Sacramento

Sacramento notches second traffic fatality in four days

SACRAMENTO — An early Sunday morning accident that sent a pedestrian crashing onto a stretch of light rail tracks downtown is the second traffic fatality to occur in Sacramento over

San Bernardino

Robbery suspect hops into police car

REDLANDS — An armed robbery suspect inadvertently got into an unmarked police car after leaving a store with unpaid merchandise. On Monday, Redlands police were still searching for a second man.

Santa Barbara

Gas station owner pursues tire thief

CARPINTERIA — A tire thief picked the wrong gas station to loot Thursday, as the station’s owner pursued the suspect until highway patrol authorities were able to intercept. A red pickup

Yolo

Woodland church thief caught

WOODLAND — Nearly two years after a brazen burglary that deprived a Woodland church of more than $15,000 in donations, Woodland police announced Thursday the arrest of a local man

Sacramento San Joaquin

Fleeing suspect fatally shot after aiming truck at officers

SACRAMENTO — A high-speed chase that streaked from Stockton into Sacramento in the early Tuesday morning hours ended with the fatal shooting of the suspect as he steered his truck

Sacramento

Ice cream bandit scoops up cash

SACRAMENTO — Police are seeking any information on a female who is suspected of robbing two businesses in the south area of Sacramento. Two businesses in the south Sacramento were

Sacramento

Bank heist suspect may be serial robber

SACRAMENTO — A Monday morning bank robbery in downtown Sacramento has local police and federal investigators searching for what may be a serial bank robber believed to have hit other