Weekend shooting leaves Sacto man dead, open investigation

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Sacramento

Weekend shooting leaves Sacto man dead, open investigation

SACRAMENTO — Police is investigating an overnight shooting that left a man dead early Saturday morning. At 1:33 a.m. Saturday, police officers responded to the area of Dixieanne Avenue and

Santa Barbara

Eyewitnesses, tracking device help cops track hit and run killer

SANTA BARBARA — Elisabeth Contreras and Alan Garcia were crossing Las Positas Road just outside Earl Warren Showgrounds in the early Friday evening when they were struck and killed, according

Ventura

Judge puts armed liquor store robber away for life

SANTA PAULA — Alexander Mendez marked his 42nd birthday just one day before he was sentenced Jan. 21 for an attempted robbery that took place more than two years ago.

Placer

Penryn man receives two life sentences for torture and murder

PENRYN — Drug dealer Donald Hugh Sherman of Penryn was given two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of  parole for ordering the torture and murder of his cousin, whom he

Sacramento

Masked robber hits Sactown bank

SACRAMENTO — A masked criminal terrorized a bank employee and escaped with her car after robbing the employee’s place of business Friday morning. The gun-wielding suspect entered the unnamed financial

Placer

Roseville police search for shooter, motive

ROSEVILLE — Police investigators are working to identify the suspect in a shooting that occurred Wednesday evening in a strip mall parking lot on Sunrise Avenue at Cirby Way. The victim,

Santa Barbara

Parking lot meth bust a family affair

SANTA YNEZ — A Colorado family’s vacation came to an abrupt end Monday morning when police and security officers found them enjoying a communal supply of methamphetamine in a car

Tulare

Apparent murder-suicide leaves two young orphans

DINUBA — An apparent murder-suicide Wednesday left two small children without their parents. According to police reports, a Fresno man received a call from Carlos Herrera, a 26-year-old Dinuba resident,

Placer

Defendant in '06 murder case sent to mental hospital

ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of

Placer

Defendant in ’06 murder case sent to mental hospital

ROSEVILLE — Eric Martin Minchak, accused of using a knife in the death of a woman at a Roseville gas station in 2006, has been placed under the conservatorship of