Officials say North Highlands house fire was arson; clues sought

• UPDATE: Woman arrested in alleged hostage incident escapes -- briefly
  Taken into custody after an all-night standoff in West Sacramento, a woman who allegedly held her mother against her will, then slit her own wrists, became a fugitive for a short time Thursday morning [...]
• Pedestrian hit while crossing Arden Arcade street dies of injuries
  A woman struck in an Arden Arcade crosswalk while pushing her bicycle has died. The California Highway Patrol reported that Diane Bindernagel, 55, of Sacramento was crossing the street at Arden Way a [...]
• Authorities investigate death of woman in Nevada County home
  The Nevada County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a woman reported Wednesday morning at a residence in the community of French Corral. Deputies responded to a call in the 20000 block o [...]
• Thieves flee with urinal parts from KFC after foul deed in Roseville
  Scrap metal thieves are flush with success after taking a toilet part from a fast food urinal in Roseville. On May 10, according to a Roseville police crime report, two men entered a Kentucky Fried C [...]
• Three men sentenced in West Sacramento Lowe's parking lot attacks
  Three men convicted of attacking three people in Lowe's parking lot in West Sacramento in 2010 have been sentenced to prison. Jose Antonio Duran and Salvador Benjamin Vasquez Jr., both 20 years old, [...]