By Chelsea Phua cphua@sacbee.com A Folsom police horse is retiring to work with children and disabled people after working for the department for five years, officials said. Dice (right photo), a former race horse before he joined the Folsom Police Department, will work in a therapeutic riding program run by the Grace Foundation of Northern California. In a news release, department officials said the rigors of Dice’s patrol duties and injuries he had sustained as a race horse were wearing on him
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West Sac PD joins effort to stop DUIs on St. Patrick’s Day
The West Sacramento Police Department will conduct a St. Patrick’s Day DUI/driver’s license checkpoint tomorrow, according to a news release. Other law enforcement agencies – including the Sacramento Police Department and the California Highway Patrol – also have announced that they will be out in force on the holiday, checking for drunk drivers
Regional Transit plans to cut 194 workers
Sacramento Regional Transit District warned the state Employment Development Department that it could lay off 194 employees by April 20.
Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif.
An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California’s vast urban center before dawn Monday, jolting people awake and putting first-responders on alert. There are no reports of damage, injuries or power outages linked to the temblor.
Sacto 9-1-1: Gunman robs Davis students of their tech gear
Two University of California, Davis students were robbed at gunpoint of their laptops, an iPhone and a calculator, the Davis Police Department said. A robber, dressed in a dark baseball cap and a shirt with a “Cal” logo, knocked on the door to the locked community room of the Avalon Apartments, 1617 Valdora St., about 10:15 p.m.
Sacto 9-1-1: Sex offender’s Sacramento County release comes with many conditions
Steven Joseph Jones has finished a treatment program in two state hospitals. A Superior Court judge approved placement of a seventh “sexually violent predator” in Sacramento County this morning — albeit with 15 pages of terms and conditions on his release from a state mental hospital. Steven Joseph Jones, 61, will move into a residence at 5050 Tyler Street in Foothill Farms after Judge Jack Sapunor cleared the placement before a handful of observers this morning
Hey Look, It’s a Surveillance Camera, I’m Going to be on TV
The Sacramento Police Department is releasing surveillance photos of two armed robbers.
Sacramento joins underage booze bust blitz
Members of California’s Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control had a busy Saturday, teaming up with dozens of local police departments in a fight against underage drinking. VIDEO: See the undercover sting
February retail sales up slightly
Retail sales nationwide showed slight gains in February, the U.S. Commerce Department announced Friday.
