Jul 28 2012

McKinley park playground burned by arson fire

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An arson burned wood playground structure smolders early Saturday morning in McKinley Park

Sacramento, CA | A large, wood playground structure burned early Saturday morning in McKinley park.

Sacramento firefighters responded to a report of a fire at McKinley Park on Alhambra Blvd. early Saturday morning. When they arrived they found the large wood playground structure fully involved with fire and the trees above catching fire.

Fire crews got an initial knockdown on the blaze quickly, however Read more »

Jul 28 2012

Third fire at vacant dealership, potential firefighter killer

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Firefighters at higher risk than usual in string of recent vacant dealership fires

Sacramento, CA | Firefighters respond to third fire in vacant South area dealership

Sacramento Firefighters responded to the old vacant car dealership at the corner of Franklin and Florin Friday afternoon for the third time in two weeks. Assistant Chief Niko King stated that they expect to be responding to the structure again and have been pre-planning. Read more »

Jul 23 2012

Five transported to hospital in Meadowview fight

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Sac Fire works on fight victims while officers investigate a fight sending 5 to the hospital, 2 arrests and 1 vehicle into a structure.

Sacramento, CA | Officers are piecing facts together from a fight with knives, shovels and sticks leaving five injured.

Late Sunday afternoon, a fight involving at least five subjects broke out. SacPD stated that knives, shovel and sticks were involved. At least two subjects were transported to the hospital with stab wounds and a total of five patients were transported. Read more »

Jul 21 2012

Copter 2 Lands at UC Davis with drowning victim- Video

Saturday afternoon, Sac Metro Fire received reports of a victim under the water in the American river. Per radio reports, Metro Copter 2 quickly located the victim and orbited while boat 65 responded (already in the water near by). Witness reports were conflicting but put the victim under water for 5 to 30 minutes. Boat 65 rescued the victim and met up with Copter 2 who transported the victim rapidly to UC Davis Medical Center.

Copter 2 Lands at UCD with river drowning victim, July 21 2012 from SacMav Rapid Media on Vimeo.

 

Jul 21 2012

Cars burned with Molotov cocktails in South Natomas

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Two vehicles burned in South Natomas in Molotov cocktail attack

Sacramento, CA | Two cars burned in a South Natomas apartment complex early Saturday morning after being ignited by Molotov cocktails.

Two suspects were witnessed throwing Molotov cocktails into two vehicles early Saturday morning then fleeing through an apartment complex off of Truxel Road and Garden Highway. Read more »

Jul 21 2012

Overnight news capsule

The warm Friday night/Saturday morning was quite active starting out a hot weekend. These four interesting stories shaped Sacramento news this morning.

News_120720_VehicleRollOverHitRun_N_Mav-005.JPGCollision with rollover turns hit and run downtown to start the weekend

Late Friday night, an accident occurred at the intersection of Capital Avenue and 17th Street where a Dodge Durango crashed into a sports vehicle and rolled on its side. The driver of the Durango fled the scene shouting “life sucks” according to witnesses. No one was transported to the hospital in this incident however SacPD is searching for the driver of the Durango.

 

News_1207201_WaStollenCrashMinors_N_Mav-006.JPGStolen Washington vehicle and 13-year-old missing person turns up in South Sacramento, Pursuit, Crash, 4 minors injured

In the course of responding to an unrelated 911 call, SacPD officers encounter a stolen vehicle out of Washington State. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the 13-year-old driver, a missing person out of Washington as well, fled from officers down 21st Ave and crashed into a sound wall at 21st Ave and Deeble Street. All occupants in the vehicle were between 13 and 15 and sustained minor to moderate injuries. At least one occupant had to be extricated from the vehicle. All four occupants of the vehicle were transported to the hospital.

 

News_120721_CommercialStructureFire_OttoCir_N_Mav-008.JPGTidee Didee Diaper Services catches fire

A fire broke out in a commercial structure in South Sacramento early Saturday morning, just a few business away from where a major business fire took place just a few weeks ago. This fire was quickly extinguished and contained to one container in the structure.

 

News_120721_SetDualVehicleFires_N_Mav-007.JPGTwo vehicles burned in Natomas Saturday morning may have been hate crime per witness

Two suspects were witnessed throwing Molotov cocktails into two vehicles early Saturday morning then fleeing through an apartment complex off of Truxel Road and Garden Highway. A police radio report stated that a burglary report was taken yesterday morning for a “door kick” to the apartment of the owner of one of the vehicles. Our eye-witness believes this was a targeted hate crime due to the sexual orientation of the victims.

Jul 20 2012

Downtown collision leaves one injured

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Heavy duty collision sends one to hospital Thursday evening.

Sacramento, CA | Downtown collision with deployed air bag, car on its side and another front end smashed only sends one to hospital.

Two lives intersected as a man driving a blue truck southbound on 11th Street ran a stop sign and collided with a woman driving a black sedan westbound on S Street  in midtown Thursday evening. Read more »

Jul 18 2012

Early morning argument leads to homicide

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Sheriff SWAT team mounts up to move in on a Florin home where a woman was fatally shot earlier in the morning.

Sacramento, CA | Suspects from a Florin home are being sought for the shooting death of a 38-year-old woman.

At approximately three o’clock Wednesday morning, a man and a woman were out on the sidewalk in front of a residence in the 7900 block of Loucreta Drive in the Florin neighborhood of South Sacramento when a male from the residence came out and told them that they needed to leave, according to Deputy Jason Ramos, spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff Department. Read more »

Jul 15 2012

Rio Linda grass fire blackens several acres- video

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A dozer cuts a fire-line around the fire in an effort to stop the blaze and separate the burn from the unburned fuel.

Sacramento, CA | Firefighters battle a blaze near a Sacramento community.

A  large fire broke out in a field, Saturday, July 14, 2012, north-east of Downtown Sacramento in Rio Linda. When fire crews arrived, nearly ten acres had already been consumed and was making a run, crossing one creek and headed toward the next. Firefighters made a stand at the road and held the fire there. Read more »

Jul 14 2012

Fatal vehicle rollover with fire and entrapment

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Sac City Firefighters extinguish occupied burning vehicle after early morning rollover accident

News_120714_FatalVehicRollover_N_Mav-005.JPGSacramento, CA | The solo occupant of a vehicle was killed early Saturday morning when his car crashed and burst into flames.

Early Saturday morning, a vehicle traveling south on highway 99 from Florin was traveling at a slow rate of speed and straddling the slow lane and shoulder at approx 65MPH according to CHP. Read more »

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