While law enforcement groups and anti-child-abuse advocates backed the bill, it was opposed by the American Civil Liberties ...

A legislative committee has rejected a bipartisan bill to end a loophole in California’s mental health diversion program that ...

Sacramento County health inspections closed a local restaurant serving Southern food after discovering evidence of a rat ...

Eighteen individuals were booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on charges related to being homeless over a period of ...

Rose Madera in Sacramento to be reinspected after receiving a yellow card during a health inspection on May 27.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is facing more scrutiny and tough questions regarding its controversial decision not ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN ... Kaiser in that agreement opted to pay $200 million in penalties for mental health violations, as well as state it doesn’t have enough therapists. Under the bill, Kaiser ...

"We can set the best practice. I believe that we—WellSpace Health and law enforcement—are going to work it out," he said. As Sacramento County is the first agency to make this change ...

it was the result of a 2024 federal court ruling that found law enforcement officers can be individually ... CBS13 contacted Sacramento County and its Behavioral Health Services about the new policy.

“Law enforcement officers are not trained mental health professionals. We’re not psychiatrists or psychologists. We have minimal training at de-escalation.” The shift has elicited serious concerns ...

SO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE NOT TRAINED ... WE WEAR THE BADGE, WE CARRY THE GUN, WE DEAL WITH CRIME, NOT MENTAL HEALTH. CRISIS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. LEE ANNE DENYER KCRA THREE NEWS.