WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) — In the parking lot near the entrance of the Casa Mobile Park Community, two candles were placed next to a parking space -- one for each sister who was found in a locked car. The girls were apparent victims of a murder-suicide on New Year's Eve. The two girls, 9-year-old Sara and 12-year-old Sophia were found in the car with the body of their 47-year-old … [Read more...]

State Auditor Elaine Howle has a fearsome reputation for tunneling deeply into public agencies and finding nuggets of information that officials would prefer to remain hidden. Opinion Recently, for instance, the Legislature directed Howle to delve into the finances of the University of California, and its cloistered executives, especially President Janet Napolitano, went into full DEFCON 1 … [Read more...]

To her roommate, Iris Ross was more than just a friend — she was family. "We used to say that she was the Stewart to my Martha, and I was the Martha to her Stewart," Lushanya Echeverria said. "We were a good team." On Christmas Day, Ross was going to a condominium near 16th Street and Highland Avenue to pick up her children and bring them back to their house about a mile away for their holiday … [Read more...]

The agency that disciplines unethical judges in California does not have to release thousands of confidential judicial complaints and investigations sought by the state auditor, a San Francisco Superior Court judge has ruled. Judge Suzanne Ramos Bolanos said in her ruling this week that the state Constitution gives the San Francisco-based Commission on Judicial Performance the power to shield … [Read more...]