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California Rent To Own Settlement A Rent-A-Center delivery truck is seen in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Many consumers seek rent-to-own options without realizing that “the total price they pay will end up being much higher” than if they bought outright, Bonta said. The company will return $13.5 million in restitution to California consumers under the settlement, pay $2 million in civil penalties and agree not to engage in misconduct in the future, Bonta said. He alleged that Rent-A-Center also failed to tell its customers that they could return the products at any time with no penalty. Under the settlement, the company is prohibited from charging a cash-price markup, and its price must match the advertised price.

Officials say one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies will pay $15.5 million to settle California’s allegations that it misled and overcharged tens of thousands of customers.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — California's governor on Monday declared a state of emergency to speed efforts to combat the monkeypox outbreak, becoming the second state in three days to take the step. The type of monkeypox virus identified in this outbreak is rarely fatal, and people usually recover within weeks. The declaration in California came after a similar one in New York state on Saturday, and in San Francisco on Thursday. “The monkeypox outbreak is an emergency, and we need to use every tool we have to control it,” Wiener said. Newsom's proclamation allows emergency medical personnel to administer monkeypox vaccines that are approved by the federal government.

Monkeypox virus Stock illustration of the monkeypox virus. Gavin Newsom declared a public health state of emergency on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in response to the rapid spread of the monkeypox virus. Gavin Newsom declared a public health state of emergency on Monday in response to the rapid spread of the monkeypox virus. California has the second-highest number of infections nationwide, trailing only New York, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. Newsom’s declaration was issued five days after San Francisco Mayor London Breed declared an emergency in response to the virus, three days after New York Gov.

Dr. Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health, said they are focused on getting accurate information to the public and expand testing. “We're looking carefully to decide whether we need to do an official declaration of emergency,” he said at a briefing with reporters. On Thursday, San Francisco declared a state of emergency while New York state declared the monkeypox virus an “imminent threat" to public health, paving the way for greater flexibility and speed. The World Health Organization over the weekend declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries a global emergency. California Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat who represents San Francisco, has urged the state to declare an emergency, which would provide greater flexibility around testing and vaccinations.

>> Read more trending newsMassiah Browne was swimming at a Sacramento apartment complex when he saw a child in distress. “I was just playing in the pool, and then I saw a boy at the bottom of the pool,” Massiah told ABC News. “And I went to go get him.”“You never hear about a 7-year-old saving a 3-year-old, so it was very shocking,” Tiara Delvalle, Massiah’s mother, told WNYW. Delvalle told ABC News that she is in touch with the toddler’s mother, who said the child is doing well. “It’s a miracle,” Delvalle told ABC News.

A new plan to reroute how water moves from wetter Northern California to drier Southern California would ferry some of it through a single, 45-mile (72-kilometer) underground tunnel, wrapping around the state’s existing water delivery system and dumping it into the main aqueduct that flows south to vast swaths of farmland and millions of people. The proposal released Wednesday would build one tunnel to take water from the Sacramento River, the state's largest, to the California Aqueduct for delivery further south. When Gov. Gavin Newsom took office in 2019, he ordered water officials to scrap the existing plan and start over.

The revised proposal would still make social media companies liable for damages of up to $250,000 per violation for using features they know can cause children to become addicted. But it would only let prosecutors, not parents, file the lawsuits against social media companies. “We just haven't extended it to social media platforms yet because they are new, and we didn’t really know that they were conducting this social experiment on the brains of our kids,” Cunningham said. “They don’t have any incentive to change.”The bill is one of several proposals in the Legislature this year targeting social media companies. A bill by Sen. Tom Umberg would let Californians who were targeted in a violent social media post seek a court order to have the post removed.

A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted of slayings more than a half-century ago. Bruce Davis was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors. "They said he lacks empathy," Michael Beckman, Davis’ attorney, said after the hearing before two parole commissioners.

Former Boise State football player killed Stock photo of crime scene tape. A former Boise State football player was shot and killed early Monday near a downtown Sacramento nightclub that left four other men wounded, according to police. (Richard Theis/EyeEm / Getty Images)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former Boise State football player was shot and killed early Monday in a shooting near a downtown Sacramento nightclub that left four other men wounded, according to police. “I, and the entire Boise State football family, are saddened to learn about the passing of Greg Grimes,” Boise State head coach Andy Avalos said in a prepared statement issued Monday. Grimes’ family confirmed to KCRA that he attended Inderkum High School in Sacramento’s Natomas area.

Three men are missing and presumed dead in California after a child was caught in a river current and they swam out in an attempt to rescue him, authorities said. The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that the boy was swept away at a popular boating and swimming destination called Three Mile Slough. The delta area of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers is about 40 miles (64 kilometers) south of Sacramento.

Firefighters in Northern California were battling a fresh wildfire that broke out Monday east of Sacramento at a recreation area packed with Fourth of July revelers and forced a number of evacuations. As the fire quickly spread, 85 to 100 people celebrating the holiday at a recreation area known as Vox Beach along a river in the area had to be taken to a nearby Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility, said Amador County Sheriff Gary Redman.

Sacramento Shooting Sacramento Police officers gather near the scene of shooting outside a night club in the early morning hours on Monday July 4, 2022 in downtown Sacramento, Calif. (AP PhotoRich Pedroncelli) (Rich Pedroncelli)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — One person was killed and four were wounded in a shooting early Monday outside a nightclub in downtown Sacramento, police said. Police Chief Kathy Lester told the Sacramento Bee that authorities received a call about shots fired shortly before 2 a.m. on Monday after a club let out patrons. The four wounded people were taken hospitals, she said. Police did not immediately disclose any information about a suspect or suspects and messages seeking comment were not immediately returned. Lester said police are seeking witnesses to come forward with additional information about the shooting.

Sacramento police say a man has been killed and four men were wounded in a shooting outside a downtown nightclub.

Election 2022 California Governor FILE - California Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses the recent mass shooting in Texas during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Gavin Newsom is running for reelection in California, but his latest television ad is airing in Florida. Or join us in California, where we still believe in freedom — freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate and the freedom to love," Newsom says. Newsom has said he has no interest in running for president, but the ad is sure to stoke speculation that the 54-year-old Democrat is eyeing national office.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is running for reelection in California, but his latest television ad is airing in Florida.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is running for reelection in California, but his latest television ad is airing in Florida. The 30-second spot scheduled to air on Fox News starting Monday takes shots at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his policies, while drawing a contrast with California.

Gavin Newsom on Thursday aims to significantly reduce single-use plastic packaging in the state and drastically boost recycling rates for what remains. It sets the nation's most stringent requirements for the use of plastic packaging, with lawmakers saying they hope it sets a precedent for other states to follow. Under the bill, plastic producers would have to reduce plastics in single-use products 10% by 2027, increasing to 25% by 2032. Most plastic products in the United States are not recycled, with millions of tons ending up in landfills and the world’s oceans. She also said that it relies too heavily on failed plastics recycling policies.

Companies that want to sell shampoo bottles, food products and other items wrapped in plastic in California will have to cut down their use of the material.

The government's report also said that consumer spending rose at a sluggish 0.2% rate from April to May. Consumer spending is beginning to weaken in the face of high inflation. On a month-to-month basis, prices rose 0.6% from April to May, up from the 0.2% increase from March to April. Chronically high inflation has become a leading threat to the economy and a political hazard for President Joe Biden and Democrats as midterm elections near. High inflation has made consumers increasingly anxious about the economy.

A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.3% in May from a year earlier, unchanged from its level in April.

The California Department of Justice on Wednesday acknowledged the agency wrongly made public the personal information of perhaps hundreds of thousands of gun owners in up to six state-operated databases, a broader exposure than the agency initially disclosed a day earlier. Rob Bonta, the Democrat who heads the agency and is running for reelection in November, said he was “deeply disturbed and angered” by the failure to protect the information his department is entrusted to keep. “This unauthorized release of personal information is unacceptable and falls far short of my expectations for this department,” he said.

In a collaboration with CBS News, CBS Sacramento is examining why crime is often going without punishment in our country. The national homicide clearance rate is at an all-time low, according to FBI data. Barely half of the murder cases in the United States get solved.

Days after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed more people to carry concealed weapons, California lawmakers on Tuesday moved to limit where firearms may be carried and who can have them, while struggling to stay within the high court’s ruling. “We’re going to push the envelope, but we’re going to do it in a constitutional way,” said Democratic Sen. Anthony Portantino. On Monday, lawmakers advanced a gun control measure modeled after a recent high court ruling in a Texas abortion case, and adopted a ballot measure that would enshrine a right to abortion in the California Constitution.

The California attorney general's office says hate crimes in 2021 shot up 33% to nearly 1,800 reported incidents.

Tying the knot: A California couple in their 90s decided to get married last weekend. (Francis Dean/Corbis via Getty Images)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California couple may be advanced in age but remain young at heart. “We are proud to say this couple calls The Village at Heritage Park their home.”The couple met at the facility and began seeing one another, according to KCRA. “That kiss!” The Village at Heritage Park Senior Living Community wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday, replaying a video taken by KCRA. “It happens, when two sparks fire, you got a bonfire and that’s what we’ve got,” Hammer told the television station.

After the fall of Roe, some abortion opponents think it’s time to focus on expanding America’s social safety net. Will the rest of their movement join them?

Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which was at the center of the case before the Supreme Court, continued to see patients Friday. In neighboring South and North Dakota, the Supreme Court ruling triggered, respectively, an immediate abortion ban and one that takes effect in 30 days. Thirteen states, mainly in the South and Midwest, already had laws to ban abortion in the event Roe was overturned. Tony Evers told The Associated Press on Saturday that he will support legal action to overturn a 173-year-old state abortion ban. ___For AP’s full coverage of the Supreme Court ruling on abortion, go to https://apnews.com/hub/abortionCopyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Fast Facts About Giraffes Fast Facts About Giraffes (NCD)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new baby is on the way at California’s Sacramento Zoo. >> Read more trending newsAccording to KOVR and KXTV, Masai giraffe Shani is expecting her second calf, zoo officials announced Tuesday in honor of World Giraffe Day. “Psst ... we’re ready to share the secret,” the zoo wrote on Instagram. Shani the giraffe is pregnant, and Glory is about to become a big sister for the first time. As of 2018, about 35,000 mature Masai giraffes remained in the wild, according to the organization’s website.

With California drivers paying more than $6 for a gallon of gas and state officials deadlocked for months over how to provide relief, lawmakers in the state Assembly on Monday announced they would investigate oil companies they say are "abusing a historic situation to suck profits from Californians' wallets.” Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced a bipartisan committee to investigate gas price gouging, with plans to question oil companies, regulators and economists to find out why California's gas prices are consistently the highest in the country. California's gas prices are currently the highest in the U.S., with the average price per gallon at $6.40 on Monday compared to the national average of $4.98.

California lawmakers are finally sending to Gov. Gavin Newsom a hot potato of a bill that would bar police from making arrests on a charge of loitering for prostitution, nine months after the measure passed the Legislature, the author of the bill announced Monday. Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener and other supporters said arrests for loitering with the intent to engage in prostitution often rely on police officers’ perceptions and disproportionately target transgender, Black and Latino women. Greg Burt, a spokesman for the California Family Council, and other opponents fear it’s part of an eventual effort to decriminalize prostitution.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — A Northern California pair not only smuggled drugs to five other states but repeatedly impersonated federal law enforcement officers as part of the nationwide scheme, a U.S. grand jury alleged this week. Pot purchased for $1,500 per pound in California in 2017 would be sold for $2,600 per pound in Georgia, according to an FBI affidavit. And from last year until this spring, they said Minks repeatedly posed as various federal agents in attempts to learn about or disrupt the investigation. Officials are seeking to arrest Minks and did not know of an attorney who could speak on her behalf. And then she met Myra Minks and now she’s indicted,” said Tang’s attorney, Thomas A. Johnson.

A Northern California pair not only smuggled drugs to five other states but repeatedly impersonated federal law enforcement officers as part of the nationwide scheme, a U.S. grand jury alleged this week. A federal grand jury in Sacramento on Thursday indicted Quinten Giovanni Moody, also known as Christano Rossi, 37, and Myra Boleche Minks, 46, on charges of drug trafficking, impersonating federal law enforcement officials, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and obstruction of justice.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade, part of an effort to rein in pollution from the ubiquitous material. Under the bill, the 25% reduction in plastic from single-use products would start in 2032. Beyond plastic, producers of all single-use products, even those made of paper or glass, would need to ensure that 65% are recycled by 2032. Makers of single-use products would have to join “producer responsibility organizations" that would implement the rules with state oversight. Her organization estimated the bill would reduce plastic in the state by 23 million tons over 10 years.

An ambitious California proposal aims to reduce plastic production for single-use products like shampoo bottles and food wrappers by 25% starting next decade.

California would be the first state to require gun owners to buy liability insurance to cover the negligent or accidental use of their firearms, if lawmakers approve a measure announced Thursday. The state of New York is considering a similar requirement in the wake of numerous recent mass shootings and a rise in gun violence.

Lawmakers are moving so fast because they need voters to approve the amendment before it can become law. Among likely voters, 76% oppose overturning Roe v. Wade, according to an April survey by the Public Policy Institute of California. Those things are possible because, in 1972, California voters added a right to privacy to the state constitution. State courts have cited that right to privacy while upholding many of the state's abortion laws. “We are protecting ourselves from future courts and future politicians.”The amendment is one of 14 proposals moving through the California Legislature this year to strengthen and expand access to abortion.

Democrats are moving quickly to make sure abortions are a constitutional right in California.

Heat Wave Dianna Andaya, relaxes in the cooling water of the American River as the temperature climbed over the 100 degree mark in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 10, 2022. Forecasters are warning of dangerously high temperatures in much of the interior of California as high pressure grips the region. Heat related advisories and warnings stretch from NM to AL and TN. Excessive Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories in effect until 7pm this evening. New this afternoon: Heat Advisories and Excessive Heat Watches have been issued for portions of central NC.

Forecasters are warning of dangerously high temperatures in much of the interior of California as high pressure grips the region. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (Rich Pedroncelli)Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and California's Death Valley all posted record high temperatures on Saturday, as dangerous heat swept across the American Southwest. The National Weather Service said there was a chance the high temperatures in both cities could rise even more. Meteorologists warned of very high “heat risk” in south-central Arizona through the weekend. The high temperatures were likely to approach record-breaking territory — anywhere between 110 F (43 C) and 115 F (46 C).

California Heat Dianna Andaya, relaxes in the cooling water of the American River as the temperature climbed over the 100 degree mark in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, June 10, 2022. Forecasters are warning of dangerously high temperatures in much of the interior of California as high pressure grips the region. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (Rich Pedroncelli)Record high temperatures hit or were poised to land Saturday in California and Arizona as dangerous heat swept over the American Southwest. Meteorologists warned of very high “heat risk” in south-central Arizona through the weekend. The high temperatures were likely to approach record-breaking territory — anywhere between 110 F (43 C) and 115 F (46 C).

Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and California's Death Valley have all posted record high temperatures as dangerous heat sweeps over the American Southwest.

(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) (Rich Pedroncelli)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week with the number of Americans collecting unemployment at historically low levels. Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 to 200,000 for the week ending May 28, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The total number of Americans collecting jobless benefits for the week ending May 21 fell from the previous week, to 1,309,000, the fewest since Dec. 27, 1969. Last month, the government reported America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, leaving the unemployment rate at 3.6%, just above the lowest level in a half-century. The government's May jobs report will be released Friday, with many expecting that 400,000 jobs added streak to be broken.

An interim report is telling lawmakers in Sacramento they should consider how to pay back descendants of enslaved people.

An interim report is telling lawmakers in Sacramento they should consider how to pay back descendants of enslaved people.

California moved a step closer Wednesday to creating sites where people could legally use drugs under supervision designed to save them from dying if they overdose, over the objections of opponents who said the state would be enabling dangerous and illegal activity. The full Assembly will now consider allowing test programs in Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco, more than a year after the proposal narrowly passed the state Senate. “We know that we are experiencing a crisis of overdose deaths, and these are preventable," said Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener.

The Sacramento Mermaid Convention is full of merfolk, many of whom are combining fun with a passion for environmentalism.

The Sacramento Mermaid Convention is full of merfolk, many of whom are combining fun with a passion for environmentalism.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A gun and ammunition were reportedly found in the desk of a second-grader at a school in Sacramento, officials say. >> Read more trending newsThe Associated Press says an incident at a Sacramento elementary school happened on Tuesday involving a second-grade student who reportedly had a gun and ammunition in their desk. The Sacramento City Unified School District in a statement to parents said staff members were alerted by students that a classmate brought a weapon to school. They immediately began to investigate and located a gun with an “accessive loaded magazine” in a student’s desk. The district said they are working with the police on their investigation which is ongoing.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — Ford Motor Company on Tuesday settled claims by 40 U.S. state attorneys general that the company made misleading claims about the fuel economy and payload capacity of some of its vehicles, violating state consumer protection laws. The attorneys general said Ford misled consumers about its 2013-2014 C-Max hybrid cars and 2011-2014 Super Duty pick-up trucks. The company misrepresented how far the C-Max hybrids could travel on a tank of gas and that the vehicles had better real-world fuel economy than other hybrids, the attorney generals said. Ford said it voluntarily flagged the incorrect fuel economy rating for federal regulators, corrected it and reimbursed people who bought or leased the vehicles during and shortly after the time that the rating was incorrectly advertised. The $1.2 million for California from the settlement will aid state and local enforcement of consumer protection laws.

The bill's co-sponsor and author, state Assembly member Jordan Cunningham, said it aims to stop children from becoming addicted to such platforms.

Business groups have warned that if the bill passes, social media companies would most likely cease operations for children in California rather than face the legal risk. The proposal would only apply to social media companies that had at least $100 million in gross revenue in the past year, appearing to take aim at social media giants like Facebook and others that dominate the marketplace. The bill gives social media companies two paths to escape liability in the courts. “There is no social media company let alone any business that could tolerate that legal risk,” the group wrote. Lawmakers appeared willing to change the part of the bill that allows parents to sue social media companies, but none offered a detailed alternative.

Sacramento police had to cut Saturday's event short because of the "overwhelming response." Meanwhile, a buyback event in Brooklyn gave iPads to people who dropped off certain types of firearms.

California Highway Patrol Stock photo of the California Highway Patrol station in downtown Sacramento on May 28, 2014. A man was rescued via helicopter by the CHP on Thursday, May 19, 2022, after becoming trapped on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. (RiverNorth Photography/Getty Images/iStockphoto)SAN MATEO COUNTY, Calif. — A man was rescued via helicopter by the California Highway Patrol on Thursday after becoming trapped on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. >> Read more trending newsVideo shared on the troopers’ official Facebook page shows the daring rescue. The CHP helicopter spotted the man, maneuvered about 100 feet above the spot and placed him on a rescue harness to extricate him from the cliff, KRON-TV reported.

I visited the writer’s California homes, from Berkeley to Malibu. What was I looking for?

Republicans think they have a chance this year to unseat an appointed state attorney general they say is too progressive even for California, in part because they view him as soft on crime as that issue rises in importance for voters. Two Republicans are running and so is a district attorney who gave up her GOP affiliation four years ago and is running as an independent, a label some see as more inviting to voters in a state that overwhelmingly favors Democrats.

Mike Ford has learned to travel light — and quickly. Since the start of the season, the 29-year-old first baseman has played for Tacoma, San Francisco and Sacramento. Traded from Seattle to the Giants on April 30, he was dealt back to the Mariners on Thursday.

California Medical Lawsuit Cap FILE— A sign directing where patients can park is displayed outside a medical facility in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, April 27, 2022. California lawmakers approved a bill, Thursday, May, 12, 2022, that would increase the amount of money people in California could receive who get hurt because of a doctor's negligence. Since 1975, the most money that Californians could win for pain and suffering in medical malpractice lawsuits was $250,000. But trial lawyers and consumer advocates have argued the cap protected bad behavior by discouraging many patients from filing complex and costly medical malpractice lawsuits. The bill includes other changes to the process of medical malpractice lawsuits.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — Soaring inflation will trigger an automatic increase in California's minimum wage next year, Gov. The minimum wage will jump to $15.50 per hour on Jan. 1, the highest of any state. California lawmakers voted to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour in 2016, but the increase was phased in over several years. The law says the minimum wage must increase to $15.50 per hour for everyone if increased by more than 7%. California has about 3 million minimum wage workers, according to a conservative estimate from the state Department of Finance.

The California Legislature has voted to increase how much money people can win in medical malpractice lawsuits.

California's water usage jumped nearly 19% in March.

California’s attorney general has subpoenaed ExxonMobil as part of what he called a first-of-its-kind investigation into the petroleum industry for its alleged role in causing a global plastic pollution crisis.

Prosecutors say an alleged gang member fired at least 28 bullets in a mass shooting in California's capital city.

Newly filed court documents in a deadly downtown Sacramento shooting reveal that three of the six who died were involved in the gang dispute that led to the massive shootout.

The recent mass shooting in California's capital city has shaken a downtown core that's been beset by violence and decades of economic struggles.

Six people were killed and 12 wounded in Sacramento last weekend in what police say was a shootout between rival gangs as bars closed and patrons crowded the streets just blocks away from the California state Capitol.

Police believe at least five shooters were involved in the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento last weekend and that it was gang-related violence.

California's capital city is mourning the six people who were gunned down last weekend in a gang dispute that turned into a mass shooting.

California's capital city is mourning the six people who were gunned down last weekend in a gang dispute that turned into a mass shooting.

The Sacramento County coroner has released the identities of the six people killed in the weekend mass shooting in California's capital.

California is advancing an innovative new way to deter illegal weapons, spurred by a mass shooting near the state Capitol.

Sacramento police have announced an arrest connected to the shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others in the heart of California’s capital city as multiple shooters fired more than 100 rounds and people ran for their lives.

Sacramento's police chief says multiple shooters opened fire in the city's downtown, killing six people and injuring 12 as the bars closed for the night.

Ukrainian communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are mobilizing in anticipation of up to 100,000 refugees arriving in the United States amid Russia's invasion of their country.

The first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court has been sworn in as officials praised the historic elevation of appellate judge Patricia Guerrero to the state’s highest court.

Thousands of teachers and other school workers have walked out in Sacramento.

Landry Shamet made a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left in overtime moments after missing an open look beyond the arc and the NBA-leading Phoenix Suns beat the Sacramento Kings 127-124 on Sunday.

Nikola Jokic had 38 points, 18 rebounds and seven assists, and the Denver Nuggets held on after blowing an 18-point lead and beat the Sacramento Kings 106-100.

Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis has been suspended one game without pay for what the NBA says what aggressively confronting and making contact with an official who called him for a technical foul.

A new bill in the California Legislature would let some nurse practitioners perform abortions without the supervision of a doctor.

The father who fatally shot his three daughters and a man at a California church this week repeatedly threatened to kill his estranged girlfriend.

Court documents say a mother of three children who were killed by their father at a Sacramento church had sought a restraining order last year out of fear for their safety.

California officials say a man under a restraining order and not supposed to have a gun fatally shot his three daughters and a chaperone before killing himself during a supervised visit with the girls.

Authorities say a man shot and killed his three daughters, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls at a church in Sacramento, California.

Newsom administration officials say they are in no rush to make changes to one of California's key climate change programs despite concerns it won't be able to meet its emissions reduction goals.

James Harden is staying put with the Brooklyn Nets.

Tyrese Haliburton scored seven of his 12 points in the fourth quarter on his way to a double-double, and the Sacramento Kings handed the stumbling Brooklyn Nets their sixth consecutive loss, 112-101.

Authorities say a 21-year-old man opened fire on a Greyhound bus in Northern California, killing a 43-year-old woman and wounding four others before he was arrested, naked, inside a nearby Walmart.

A bill that would have created the nation's only universal health care system has failed to pass the California Legislature.

California’s unemployment rate dipped a half-percentage point in December as the most populous state added 50,700 nonfarm jobs.

De’Aaron Fox scored 29 points, Chimezie Metu made a clutch 3-pointer with 46.7 seconds remaining and the Sacramento Kings ended their longest losing streak of the season by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 125-116.

Some Democratic California lawmakers want to make it easier for people to sue gun-makers and dealers for liability in shootings that cause injuries or deaths.

Paul George has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and will be out up to a month.

De’Aaron Fox scored 33 points, Tyrese Haliburton had a big fourth quarter and the Sacramento Kings won their season-best third straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 142-130.

Anthony Davis scored 25 points, Russell Westbrook added 23 and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame the absence of LeBron James to beat the Sacramento Kings 117-92.

The Sacramento Kings have fired coach Luke Walton after getting off to a disappointing start in his third season in charge.

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to defrauding the state of California out of more than $10 million in tobacco taxes.

Richaun Holmes had 23 points and a career-best 20 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings made a franchise-record 22 3-pointers in a 140-110 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has rolled up his sleeve and received a coronavirus vaccine booster shot.

For the NBA’s 75th anniversary team, 75 players weren’t enough.