A man was found dead inside a home where a 911 caller said someone had broken into her home early Thursday morning, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office said.
A former National Guard Task Force Member from Antelope was indicted Thursday after an investigation into her leaking sensitive operational information led to authorities finding an illegal machine gun and short-barreled rifle, federal prosecutors said.
A Bay Area man who claimed he was armed with a weapon was arrested in Tracy on Wednesday after police responded to a report that he was breaking into vehicles, the police department said.
A middle school in Elk Grove was on a precautionary lockdown Wednesday afternoon after deputies said a student received an anonymous text message about a bomb threat.
A former Sonoma State University criminal justice professor pled guilty Thursday to starting multiple fires around the massive Dixie Fire and in Shasta County, prosecutors said.