A 33 year old woman has been arrested after detectives said she intentionally drowned her baby boy in a toilet, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said. KCRA reported that Kristen Gibson was under investigation after deputies went to a home in Rancho Cordova to investigate an infant’s death in July.
A female roommate told an emergency medical worker that she had found the woman and infant in the bathroom. The responding deputies’ initial investigation revealed that the woman had given birth while on the toilet, the department said. …

Police in Stockton, Calif., allege a man broke into an area home and then hid inside a large Rubbermaid-type container when officers arrived on scene. Sheriff’s deputies alleged Tuesday they found Joseph Womack, 22, hiding inside a container measuring 2 feet-by-3 feet after responding to a call about a potential burglary in progress at a Stockton home, KCRA-TV, Sacramento said. The container and its alleged cargo were found inside a bedroom closet, the deputies said.
The incident began Monday when a home owner contacted police about a possible robbery …

The teenage son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, is one of four people arrested in the murder of a San Diego student. Detectives have arrested Ryan Jett, Esteban Nunez, Leshanor Thomas and Rafael Garcia, all 19 years old, at different locations in Sacramento County.
Police say the victim, 22- year old Luis Santos was leaving a party on Oct. 4 with four friends when a fight broke out with a second group of four men. The verbal altercation escalated into a physical fight, which led to Santos …

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 …

This morning’s for was the Sacramento area thickest fog day of the season. The heavy fog even prevented Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger from holding a morning press conference at the Capitol to announce new budget special sessions. The governor’s morning commute flight from Santa Monica to Sacramento was canceled because of low visibility at Sacramento International Airport (SMF). The fog was bad in al local airports, visibility was about 220 yards at Sacramento Executive, Sacramento International and Mather airports.
Foggy conditions are expected to appear again Tuesday because of …

The Sacramento branch of the United States Post Office is launching its Dear Santa Letter Station for the 20th year today and is hoping to recruit volunteers to help make some of the letter writers’ wishes come true.
Post offices throughout the region receive thousands of letters each year addressed to Santa Claus, which end up in bins at Sacramento’s Royal Oaks Post Office at 2000 Royal Oaks Drive in North Sacramento, a postal service news release states. The “Dear Santa” station is staffed by postal employees and volunteers who …

Sacramento Friends Remember Rabbi Slain in Mumbai. Rabbi Gavriel Noach Holtzburg was only 29 years old, but a man well known in the worldwide Jewish community. Many here in Sacramento called him a friend.
The New York couple who recognized the threat of terrorism in India but believed their mission of spreading Jewish pride was greater than the potential danger were slain in a series of attacks across Mumbai that have killed at least five Americans. Holtzberg and his wife, Rivkah, 28, died in the attack on the ultra-Orthodox …

Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop William K. Weigand, who headed the Diocese of Sacramento for nearly 15 years,

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.

Display and public auction of decorated menorahs and Christmas trees. All money goes to support the Cathedral Square Homeless Program.