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Find out what's going on in your town. en-us An off-duty Sacramento County sheriff's deputy arrested for driving under the influence after slamming her vehicle into a Starbucks on Sunday morning has been using prescription painkillers for years following several on-the-job injuries, law enforcement sources said... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709683/sacramento-county-deputy-in-crash-has-used-painkillers Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 An off-duty Sacramento County sheriff's deputy arrested for driving under the influence after slamming her vehicle into a Starbucks on Sunday morning has been using prescription painkillers for years following several on-the-job injuries, law enforcement sources said... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6709690/sacramento-county-deputy-in-crash-has-used-painkillers Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 An elderly woman sipping coffee at Natomas Starbucks was injured this morning when a car crashed into the restaurant. At 8:23 a.m., Sacramento police received a call that a woman in her 30s had crashed her car into a Starbucks near Arena Boulevard and Duckhorn Drive.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6686874/woman-crashes-car-into-natomas-starbucks Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:27:08 -0700 An elderly woman sipping coffee at Natomas Starbucks was injured this morning when a car crashed into the restaurant. At 8:23 a.m., Sacramento police received a call that a woman in her 30s had crashed her car into a Starbucks near Arena Boulevard and Duckhorn Drive.... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6686876/woman-crashes-car-into-natomas-starbucks Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:26:08 -0700 Sacramento police arrested 17 homeless residents at their "safe ground" campsite yesterday, including one advocate for the homeless. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6676107/sacramento-police-arrest-17-at-safe-ground-homeless-camp Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:12:08 -0700 Sacramento police arrested 17 homeless residents at their "safe ground" campsite yesterday, including one advocate for the homeless. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6676153/sacramento-police-arrest-17-at-safe-ground-homeless-camp Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:12:08 -0700 The Rev. Dave Moss is led from a police vehicle by Sacramento Police Officer Mike Cooper on Friday after he was arrested with 16 others at an illegal homeless encampment on C Street. A cat-and-mouse game between police and homeless people who have been camping... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6681823/sacramento-police-arrest-17-at-homeless-camp Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 "Safe ground" camper Carmen Bray is photographed outside her tent by a Sacramento police officer as more than a dozen other officer break down the camp and take the tents and sleeping bags into evidence. The 11 campers on the site when the police arrived were given... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6681818/campers-gain-some-heavyweight-help Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 A 49-year-old woman died Wednesday afternoon after being struck by a Greyhound bus pulling out of the downtown station, Sacramento police say. Authorities say the death appears to be an accident and the bus driver has not been arrested. The woman, identified by... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6671139/bus-strikes-and-kills-pedestrian-in-downtown-sacramento Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:58:08 -0700 A driver with Pallet King out of Stockton failed to clear the 16th Street railroad bridge on Wednesday. A Sacramento utilities worker helps the driver deflate the tires while waiting for a tow truck. A truck was stuck for hours Wednesday afternoon under the bridge at... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6671126/truck-removed-from-underpass-north-of-downtown-sacramento Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:20:08 -0700 A driver with Pallet King out of Stockton failed to clear the 16th Street railroad bridge on Wednesday. A Sacramento utilities worker helps the driver deflate the tires while waiting for a tow truck. A truck was stuck for hours Wednesday afternoon under the bridge at... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6671132/truck-removed-from-underpass-north-of-downtown-sacramento Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:20:08 -0700 A Sacramento police officer removes tents and sleeping bags from Safe Ground to be booked as evidence of illegal camping on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2009. Within hours after being rousted from their "safe ground" campsite in downtown Sacramento on Wednesday morning,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6671124/sacramento-homeless-erect-new-tents-hours-after-eviction Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:12:08 -0700 A showdown between Sacramento police and several dozen homeless people appears to be far from over. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6681892/despite-citations,-advocates-say-homeless-campers-not-moving Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:00:08 -0700 Sacramento police on Monday arrested a 20-year-old woman in connection with a shooting at the Sacramento County Main Jail last month that authorities say likely was part of an escape plan by some inmates. Jackie Phoulivanh was booked into the jail on several charges,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6662947/woman-arrested-in-connection-with-alleged-jail-escape Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:05:08 -0700 Sacramento police are looking for witnesses to an accident early today that killed a pedestrian near North 12th and Sitka streets, north of downtown. At about 2 a.m., police were called to the area and found the victim, who had suffered fatal head injuries, lying... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6647238/witnesses-sought-to-early-morning-fatal-accident-in-sacramento Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:09:08 -0700 Sacramento police are looking for witnesses to an accident early today that killed a pedestrian near North 12th and Sitka streets, north of downtown. At about 2 a.m., police were called to the area and found the victim, who had suffered fatal head injuries, lying... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6647240/witnesses-sought-to-early-morning-fatal-accident-in-sacramento Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:09:08 -0700 A blind woman waiting for a bus was beaten and her purse stolen, but a suspect was arrested shortly after the assault, according to Sacramento police. The victim was knocked unconscious in the attack at about 5:10 p.m. Friday in the 2500 block of Franklin Boulevard,... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6641701/suspect-arrested-in-assault-on-blind-woman-at-bus-stop Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:24:08 -0700 Two teenagers admitted in a videotaped interview with Sacramento police played in court today that they beat a 90-year-old woman to death during the course of a robbery of her North Sacramento house. Daniel Alan Russell and Calvin Eugene Pearson said they used money... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6628191/video-tape-reveals-teens-admitting-beating-death-of-90-year-old-woman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:09:08 -0700 Two teenagers admitted in a videotaped interview with Sacramento police played in court today that they beat a 90-year-old woman to death during the course of a robbery of her North Sacramento house. Daniel Alan Russell and Calvin Eugene Pearson said they used money... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6628192/video-tape-reveals-teens-admitting-beating-death-of-90-year-old-woman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:08:08 -0700 Sacramento police are looking for an armed female bandit who has hit two south area shops - one yogurt and one ice cream. A Police Department news release gave this timeline and released the photos below: On Aug. 14 at 8:40 p.m., the suspect robbed an employee at... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6618554/sacramento-pd-hunting-female-bandit-who-hit-2-shops Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:37:08 -0700