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A grass fire that closed a southbound lane of Interstate 5 near Wolf Creek on Monday afternoon is currently under investigation, according to state forestry officials.

The officer who fatally struck two pedestrians on the side of Interstate 5 in Sacramento back in December 2022 is now facing charges.

A Sacramento Police Department detective believed to have been responsible for a 2022 crash that killed two people on a freeway turned himself on Tuesday, officials said.

The man accused of shooting and killing an Amazon big rig driver in Lathrop pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge Tuesday.

An investigation into human remains found near southbound Interstate 5 closed down a lane for several hours on Wednesday afternoon, according to OSP and ODOT.

Multiple Douglas County fire agencies plus OSP and ODOT responded to a 10-acre vegetation fire late Friday afternoon, according to authorities.

Of the disaster, the brunt of the damage that is really belonging to the desert communities about 90 miles to the north and east. palm springs, the coachella valley, and even farther north to death valley and the nevada border, and what the pacific authorities are telling us is that they have the sense of the relief, because of the a, capricious winds the track of the storm, and the b, the sense of preparations, and the atmospheric rivers that we had earlier in the year and preparation, and due ...

Aggravation. hilary packed a wall up for a region at last saw a tropical storm 84 years ago. boulders tumbled. across southern california, benny tried to drive on flooded roads, some that turned into mock. >> i am trapped. yeah, i am trapped. >> reporter: this is normally a dry wash right here. all the debris clogged up the drains and now you have the water flowing right over the road. palm springs normally gets about four and a half inches of rain a year. it received nearly that much in one day...

A driver died Monday night after crashing into a tree in Elk Grove, causing road closures, officials said.

Lawmakers in both states have long acknowledged that the aging bridge, a congestion point on a key West Coast freight corridor, needs to be replaced.