Welcome to the SacMav LIve Incident Blog. We think you’ll enjoy our new format to catalog incidents throughout the day, as they happen. The cool part is, you get to become part of the news and comment within the live stream; just create a “Quick login” at the top and you can jump in on the action. SacMav’s Action News Incident Timelines are aggregated throughout each day and run live on the site during the day. At day’s end the blog is finalized to become an archived “Recap” of each day. Information is aggregated from various sources, including live scanner broadcasts, Twitter and Facebook posts and live on-scene uploads. Please email us at feedback@sacmav.com and let us know how/if you like it. Read more »

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 Welcome to the SacMav LIve Incident Blog. We think you’ll enjoy our new format to catalog incidents throughout the day, as they happen. The cool part is, you get to become part of the news and comment within the live stream; just create a “Quick login” at the top and you can jump in on the action.  Read more »

Driver survives major collision with Sacramento lightrail commuter train in downtown Sacramento

Sacramento, CA | A man had to be extricated from his vehicle in Downtown Sacramento Thursday after colliding with a lightrail commuter train.

The intersection at 10th Street and O Street in Downtown Sacramento was a buzz as usual around lunchtime Thursday when a Sacramento Rapid Transit Lightrail train collided with two vehicles at the intersection. Read more »

A section of pavement sinks as water floods the street

Sacramento, CA | Water gushing from beneath the street floods downtown area Thursday afternoon.

According to a resident of the effected street, water came up and onto the street from under the pavement for about an hour Thursday afternoon. The pavement where the water was coming from looked displaced, and sunken. Read more »

Officers detain alleged molestation suspect after being tased in Amtrak restroom

Sacramento, CA | Early unconfirmed reports are that an alleged molestation suspect was tased and detained at the Amtrak station.

[UNCONFIRMED] Per radio traffic, a subject locked himself in the Amtrak restroom over three hours late Saturday afternoon.

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Shots ring out at a downtown club injuring two women. (click this image to view more photos of this incident)

Sacramento, CA | Friends were saying good-bye for the evening downtown when shots rang out and two people were injured.

As friends were enjoying the wonderful evening air outside Capitol Garage early Saturday morning and getting ready to part ways, a black male wearing a hoody walked by and shot into the crowed, per Sargent Wendy Brown of the Sacramento Police Department. Read more »

Downtown burglar caught with the goods. (click this image to see more photos)

Sacramento, CA | Downtown police on patrol catch a suspicious subject to find out he burglarized a local wireless phone store.

Late Monday night, downtown officers spotted a man running with a purse in his hand and a mask pulled part way over his face. Officers gave chase, the subject dropped the purse he was carrying and he was captured a couple of blocks away on the corner of L St. and 4th St. Read more »

Sacramento, CA | Construction crew hits gas line in Downtown Sacramento. Over 50 homes evacuated.

Gas rises from a hole where construction crews accidentally damaged two gas lines at T & 6th Streets this afternoon just south of Downtown Sacramento while digging to install storm drain lines.

Sacramento Fire Department  responded as a level Two Hazmat  and up to fifteen homes and one business were evacuated.   Read more »