SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — The Sacramento County Sheriff is using a deadly stabbing and arrest in Fair Oaks as an example of why the state's mental health diversion program should be overhauled.

Standing before images of abused toddlers, Sacramento County's law enforcement leaders warned that California's mental health diversion program is allowing too many defendants to escape punishment ...

Sacramento's sheriff and district attorney are urging changes to the state's mental health diversion program, claiming it is being used as a loophole to get people out of jail.

Lovey’s Landing RV Park, north of Meridian, Calif., is seen in an aerial drone photo from Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. The woman accused of smothering her son to death at the Sutter County trailer park has ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Phone lines that provide mental health support to tens of thousands of Californians say they are on the verge of shutting down or ...

Across California, arrests and citations rose following the Grants Pass decision. Officials insist the events are unrelated.

Citations and arrests doubled in San Diego, which also doubled the size of its police teams that respond to homelessness.

In major cities and more rural areas, arrests and citations rose in the months following last summer’s Supreme Court decision ...

The San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors last week approved the County’s annual budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026, which ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 28, leaders from the construction industry, government, and Sacramento International Airport came together for AGC of California's Mental ...

According to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, camera footage showed the breaking into the home, located in the 6000 block of Hilltop Drive. Deputies surrounded the home to try and draw him out.