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Mass shooting in Sacramento leads to several people shot on Memorial Day
(FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento Police Department responded to a mass shooting where at least five people were shot. Around 8:18 p.m. on Monday, officers said they responded to the area of Coral Gables Court and Meadowview Road in South Sacramento where several people, including a minor, were struck by gunfire. The victims were taken to […]
Homicide investigation underway at North Highlands business park after man shot, killed
NORTH HIGHLANDS – A homicide investigation is underway in Sacramento County after a shooting left a man dead early Monday morning. The scene is along the 3300 block of Myrtle Avenue in North Highlands. According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, California Highway Patrol officers initially responded to the scene to investigate. Officers started life-saving measures, but the sheriff's office says the man was soon pronounced dead.Exactly what led up to the shooting is unclear, but investigators noted that the location is suspicious because where the man was found is off the beaten path and was in an area where businesses were closed. The name of the man who died has not been released at this time. No suspect information was available.
City aims to put brakes on cars illegally driving on Sacramento bike trail
SACRAMENTO — Cars have been caught on camera taking over a bike trail in a Sacramento neighborhood. It's a story we first told you about two weeks ago, and now the mayor and city council are taking steps to stop the illegal activity.It's happening along the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail. Residents say the trail should be a peaceful place to take a walk or ride a bicycle through the north Sacramento and Del Paso Heights communities.However, as we first reported earlier this month, cars are driving down the path and putting trail users at risk."We don't want to see some...
Demonstrators with pro-Palestinian messages interrupt Memorial Day event in Sacramento
SACRAMENTO – Demonstrators with pro-Palestinian messages interrupted a Memorial Day event at Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium on Monday. The event was being held outside of the auditorium and was set to feature a flag ceremony and speakers. Exactly when the protesters interrupted is unclear, but Sacramento police sent out an alert a little before 11 a.m. that demonstrators were now blocking J Street at 15th Street, right by the Memorial Auditorium. As seen in video taken at the event, the demonstrators were carrying signs and shouting pro-Palestinian messages. The original Memorial Day event was scheduled to go from 10 a.m. to...
Sacramento residents fed up with unhoused at abandoned property
SACRAMENTO, Calif — A Sacramento man said he is fed up with the mess and stress after an abandoned property in his downtown neighborhood became a place where the unhoused have started living. For the past few years, Paul has enjoyed living in downtown, but he said things started...
Pedestrian reportedly injured in crash on P Street in Downtown Sacramento
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A crash involving a pedestrian was reported at 3rd and P streets in Downtown Sacramento on Monday afternoon. Radio transmission from dispatch indicates that crews received reports of a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian at approximately 3 p.m. The radio transmission further indicates reports...
Outbuilding damaged by fire in North Sacramento, officials say
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A fire broke out at a building at Plaza and Traction avenues in Old North Sacramento on Monday at approximately 9 p.m. According to the Sacramento Fire Department, a fire broke out at an outbuilding at the intersection and spread through the majority of the building.
The newest large-scale zoo in in the U.S. in decades, set to be built in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Because the Sacramento Zoo is surrounded by housing, animal exhibits can’t be expanded. A new state-of-the-art $300 million zoo is now going to be built south of Sacramento in Elk Grove. Guest will be able to eat surrounded by an African savannah. The project, officials...
Watch: What does Memorial Day mean for those at Sacramento’s VFW 1267?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the men and women who served alongside their fallen service members, Memorial Day has a different meaning. We stopped by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1267 on Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento to hear what the day meant for some of the veterans there. Hear...
Sacramento police search for missing 12-year-old boy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento police are looking for missing 12-year-old Prince Hyson Saturday evening. Police say Hyson was last seen around 6 p.m. in the area of San Juan Road and Soda Way in South Natomas. Hyson is described by officials as a 12-year-old boy standing at about 4'5"...
Why Sacramento waterways pose risks to swimmers with unofficial start to summer
SACRAMENTO — Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer, but Sacramento-area waterways are posing dangerous and even deadly conditions for some swimmers.A 21-year-old swimmer struggled and went under at Woodward Reservoir in Oakdale on Sunday. The Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office spent hours searching for his body and later recovered it."We tell them 'You have to have a life jacket,' " said Kennith Anderson, who works at T&K's Jet Ski Rentals out of Modesto. "We don't care if you're a good swimmer."Anderson rents jet skis out on the reservoir that has taken the lives of two swimmers so far this...
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