A man accused of breaking into a home was discovered hiding in a Rubbermaid-type container, deputies say.

A missing teenager ran into a fitness center Monday with an inch-thick chain shackled to his ankle, and he may have been held captive, Tracy police said. Wearing just boxer briefs, the 17-year-old burst into an InShape Fitness Center at about 4 p.m., said Chuck Ellis, who works at the gym.
Michael Schumacher, 34, and Kelly Lau Schumacher, 30, are being questioned after being apprehended at a Tracy home where the boy was allegedly held, police spokesman Matt Robinson said. Robinson said detectives planned to interview the boy, who …

A man who allegedly threatened neighbors with a knife on Thanksgiving was beaten with a large decorative candy cane wielded by a bystander, Sacramento police say.

Police say a Wal-Mart worker has died after being trampled by a throng of unruly shoppers shortly after the Long Island store opened Friday. Nassau County police said the 34-year-old worker was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at about 6 a.m., an hour after the store opened. Police also said a 28-year-old pregnant woman was taken to a hospital for observation.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., in Bentonville, Arkansas, would not confirm the reports of a stampede during the day-after-Thanksgiving bargain hunting, but said a “medical emergency” caused …

Some people say cats have nine lives, and so might a turkey that not only avoided the dinner table but also a truck crash that killed many of its brethren. The bird fell from a truck Nov. 18 shortly before the rig crashed on Highway 16 just west of Dillard Road.
Feathers scattered across the road when at least one of the truck’s trailers flipped on its side. Some of the turkeys lived, but many did not.But somebody saw the plucky bird that managed to escape and called animal control …

It all started with one customer who ordered a double-tall, ginger snap latte.

Officials are looking for the driver of a car that hit and killed two people on Interstate 80 who had left their vehicle after a collision, the California Highway Patrol said.

Some experts say cows — not cars — are causing most of the dirty air in the San Joaquin Valley. A citizen group recently filed a lawsuit claiming air district leaders aren’t doing enough to control cow pollution in the area, but this week an appeals court sided with the air district. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District wouldn’t comment on the lawsuit.
Cow patties — in pollution terms — is a volatile organic compound. Farmers said they are doing all they can to cut down …

Did you see the brief and bright show in the sky over the Central Valley on Tuesday evening? Yea me neither.

People from Lincoln down to Modesto have reported seeing a large colorful bright light Tuesday afternoon.