SacPD officers make a felony stop in OakPark of a vehicle matching the description of a wanted vehicle.

House fires, another fiery vehicle crash, felony stop and more action news for this last Thursday of February, 2013.

Thursday’s action takes us all over Sacramento; the timeline is chalked full of assaults, fires, vehicle stop at gunpoint, flames from a homes rooftop just to earmark a few of the many incidents.  Read more »

Firefighters knew total structural failure was immanent and backed out to safety.

Sacramento, CA | After an arson fire series at a former Cal Worthington dealership, the fourth fire burned it down.

Sacramento Fire Department responded to a report of smoke coming from a vacant dealership Thursday night at the south-west corner of Franklin Blvd. and Florin Rd. in South Sacramento. When Engine 56 arrived they encountered flames coming from the boarded up doors Read more »

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 »

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 »

Hassan Peguese, 25, tased and detained by SacPD after holding up in women's restroom stall at Amtrak

Sacramento, CA | After locking himself in the Amtrak womans restroom, a suspect scuffles with police, injuring one.

Sacramento Police officers responded to the Amtrak station on I street Saturday evening for a report of a male who had locked himself in the women’s the restroom and was held up in there for nearly three hours.  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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Brutal DUI collision in front of Sacramento County Main Jail

Sacramento, CA | Three victims transported and one driver arrested early Saturday morning in a brutal DUI collision in front of the main jail.

Three people were sent the hospital in an early morning collision Saturday in front of the Sacramento County Main Jail. Read more »

Vehicle rolled several times before coming to rest in the clover leaf section

Sacramento, CA | A passenger and ejected driver survived a crash with multiple rollovers on Highway 99.

Just before midnight Friday evening, a vehicle traveling north bound on Highway 99 lost control at the 47th East exit area, stated Steven Blanco who witnessed the whole incident.  He stated vehicle rolled several times off the freeway, across the on ramp and into the middle of the clover leaf section, ejecting the driver several feet from the vehicle. Read more »

Garden Highway shut down Wednesday afternoon due to fatal crash.

Sacramento, CA | An elderly female was killed in a head-on collision on Garden Highway.

Just before noon Wednesday, an elderly female crossed over the center divider and crashed head-on with a family in another vehicle coming west on Garden Highway near Northgate Blvd per the Sacramento Police Department. Read more »

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Sacramento, CA | An electrical issue may be responsible for a mobile home blaze in the Parkway-South area Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in a mobile home on Dias Ave in the Parkway-South area of Sacramento. Neighbors stated that firefighters were there fast and quickly contained the blaze. Read more »