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Law enforcement officials in Sacramento on Friday announced the arrest of a 58-year-old Benicia man suspected of being the NorCal rapist who terrorized victims for a 15-year period beginning in 1991. Suspect Roy Charles Waller was arrested in Berkeley while on his way to work on Thursday after investigators confirmed his DNA to match the serial rapist who committed “horrific...

Police in Northern California say they’ve used new DNA technology to identify a victim found burning in a garbage bin 18 years ago.

Federal authorities will not pursue civil rights charges against two Sacramento police officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in 2018, officials said Thursday. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California and the FBI said in a statement Thursday that a federal review found “found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal civil rights charges”...

The California Supreme Court on Monday expanded rules for telling suspects that they’ve been arrested by a police officer who has previously been accused of taking bribes, tampering with evidence or witnesses, lying or using excessive force.

The family of fallen Sacramento police officer Tara O’Sullivan was welcomed to the 49ers facility for a day at training camp six weeks after Tara was killed in the line of duty.

A far-reaching new initiative to curb violence will require background checks for every ammunition purchase in California.

Tara O’Sullivan may have only been on the job with the Sacramento Police Department for a few months when she was shot while responding to a domestic violence call last week, but law enforcement officials from across California mourned her Thursday as a longtime friend.

Tara O’Sullivan may have only been on the job with the Sacramento Police Department for a few months but law enforcement officials from across California are mourning the slain officer as a longtime friend.

A man charged with murder in the killing of a rookie California police officer is under an around-the-clock psychiatric watch after officials on Monday said he injured himself in a jail cell.

A rookie Sacramento police officer who died during a domestic violence call was ambushed by a gunman and had no chance of surviving after she was shot, police said.

A rookie Sacramento police officer who died during a domestic violence call was ambushed by a gunman and had no chance of surviving after she was shot, police said.

A solemn graduation ceremony took place in Sacramento Thursday honoring Tara O’Sullivan who was killed in the line of duty. Cheryl Hurd reports.

Organizers of a pride parade in the California state capital have banned uniformed police officers from participating in this weekend’s march and other festivities. The Sacramento LGBT Community Center said it asked city officers not to participate in uniform to honor “the pain and marginalization of community members who have been harmed by police violence.”

Police released footage captured on two officers’ body cameras during the seven-minute arrest of a 12-year-old boy in Sacramento.

Police have defended their use of a clear mesh bag known as a spit mask or spit hood on a combative 12-year-old boy as irate bystanders videotaped the tense encounter in Sacramento while objecting that the boy was being detained. Officers “appropriately used a spit mask to protect themselves and defuse the situation,” Police Chief Daniel Hahn said Wednesday in...

California prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty if they convict the man suspected of being a notorious California serial killer who eluded capture for decades.

California prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty if they convict the man suspected of being a notorious California serial killer who eluded capture for decades.

Standing beside the family of a 22-year-old black man who was fatally shot by police a year ago Monday, the Rev. Al Sharpton called for California to make it easier to prosecute officers who kill civilians and to require that all cases go before a grand jury.

Stephon Clark was honored Monday one year after he was fatally shot by police in Sacramento. Melissa Colorado reports.