The Latest Breaking News from Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento Republican activist and Jan. 6 capitol riot defendant Jorge Aaron Riley pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single felony count of obstructing an official proceeding, making Riley the third of four area residents to accept plea deals related to the insurrection.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force recently concluded its two-day public meeting geared toward compensating Black Americans affected by the legacy of slavery. But the nine-member body is a long way from the finish line.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Politicians with White House ambitions who don't have strong support in their home state probably should not run for president.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In an attempt to counter GOP efforts to limit reproductive rights, Gov. Gavin Newsom said California will cut ties with Walgreens over the company’s decision to stop selling abortion medication in 20 Republican states.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lisa Kennedy traveled Monday from her home in Auburn to attend the California March For Life rally at the state Capitol in downtown Sacramento and demonstrate her unwavering stance against abortion.

A federal judge on Monday rejected efforts by a Northern California defendant in the Jan. 6 insurrection to have his charges dropped, to have his trial moved from Washington, D.C., to Sacramento and to be released pending trial because his mental state is suffering in jail.

“American Idol” album Danny Gokey is coming to Northern California with his cool “Bus Stop” giveback program.

Facing a massive affordable-housing crisis pushing Californians out of their hometowns and some onto the street, state legislators passed law after law to boost housing production. Now, Sacramento is asking itself the million-dollar question: Is it working?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Los Angeles Clippers guard Norman Powell arrived at Golden 1 Center before Friday night’s tipoff against the Sacramento Kings with his left arm still in a sling, a day after injuring his shoulder while reaching out to stop a would-be Golden State rebounder.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Passionate voices filled a downtown auditorium on Friday during an intense discussion over whether Blacks and other historically disenfranchised Americans should receive reparations from the state.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — We've turned way off course from the "hydrogen highway" that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to chart for California two decades ago.