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Local News

• Vacaville singer to perform at events leading up to Super Bowl in Indianapolis

For the past two years, Vacaville's had a special stake in the Super Bowl.Vacaville High School grad Kyle DeVan played with the Indianapolis Colts in the 2010 game and Will C.
• Fairfield mother gets probation in fatal fire case

Between sobbing and gasping for breath, a remorseful Shetarra James choked out the words Friday on four handwritten apology letters she had prepared for her three children and her niece who died in an apartment fire during her sentencing in Solano
• Vacaville teacher honored as one of California's best

Time seems to speed up in Shari Herout's kindergarten classroom at Foxboro Elementary School in Vacaville.
• Naked driver arrested in Fairfield

Authorities arrested a naked Fairfield man Wednesday afternoon after they say he was involved in at least two hit-and-run accidents on Interstate 80 in Fairfield then ran across the freeway, where officers Tasered and finally subdued him.
• Fairfield apartment damaged in fire

Fairfield firefighters descended on an area apartment complex Friday after a kitchen endeavor took a fiery turn, authorities said.
• Cause of two-alarm blaze in Fairfield investigated

Fire officials are continuing to investigate a two-alarm blaze that kept Fairfield firefighters scrambling after a single-story residence caught fire Friday night.

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Regional News

• Sacramento deputies named in three officer-involved shootings

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department on Friday released the names of deputies involved in three shootings last month.
• Man hit, killed by train; Sacramento authorities investigate

A 42-year-old man was found dead after he was hit Thursday night by a Union Pacific train on railroad tracks south of the Arden Way overpass, officials said.
• El Dorado health officer likely to get capital job

El Dorado County's public health officer is expected to take the same job in Sacramento County.
• Longtime Sacramento prosecutor John O'Mara retires

John O'Mara recoiled Friday at the mere thought of it. Talk about himself? It's not in his attention-avoiding DNA. All he wanted was to slide out of his fourth-floor corner office in the Sacramento District Attorney's Office. He saw no need to look back on the career during which he oversaw every county murder prosecution going back five presidents.


John O'Mara led the District Attorney's Office major crimes unit for 31 years.


Deputy District Attorney John O'Mara, left, presses defendant Jack Barron during his 2000 trial; he was convicted of killing three relatives. O'Mara retired Friday after serving as a Sacramento County prosecutor for more than 38 years.

• American River Parkway crimes decline, despite cuts in ranger staffing

Despite budget cuts and reductions in the number of park rangers, crime along the American River Parkway dropped dramatically last year, new figures from Sacramento County indicate.


Logan Henningsen, left, and Sienna Barelli, both 4 years old, savor some of the natural beauty that draws millions to the American River Parkway annually as they play on the shore of the American River in the William B. Pond Recreation Area on Thursday.


Young Chong of Sacramento exercises on Thursday at River Bend Park in the American River Parkway. While budget cuts have depleted ranger staffing, parkway crime declined sharply between 2010 and 2011.


Bicycling bridges the generations as riders cross a bridge between River Bend Park and William B. Pond Recreation Area on Thursday.

• Concealed-weapons permit application calendar full in Sacramento County

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department's calendar for applicants seeking a concealed weapons permit is booked to the end of the year, according to authorities.


Wayne Yarbrough, 41, of Orangevale, loads his pistol at The Rancho Cordova Shooting Center, Friday April, 11, 2008. AB 2235 would mandate new handguns to contain "smart gun" electronics, allowing guns to identify authorized users by palmprint, within 18 months after the technology becomes commercially available. (Sacramento Bee/ Brian Baer / BBAER@SACBEE.COM)

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National News

• Police raid Occupy camp in Washington

U.S. Park Police in riot gear entered the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square in downtown Washington on Saturday. Six people were arrested.


• Authorities: Man killed after stealing police car, killing officer

An Alabama robbery suspect fatally stabbed a police officer in jail, escaped in a stolen patrol car and wounded another officer before he was killed, authorities said Friday.


• Teens' tics baffle town

In the tiny New York town of LeRoy, one thing is for sure; since October, 16 people suddenly have developed uncontrollable twitching and verbal tics.


• 'Wild Orchid' director Zalman King dies at 70

Zalman King, a one-time actor who went on to produce and direct numerous films including "Wild Orchid," died Friday after a lengthy battle with cancer, his son-in-law said.


• Prosecutors drop Lance Armstrong doping investigation

Justice Department prosecutors said Friday that they are closing a criminal investigation of champion cyclist Lance Armstrong without filing charges that he used performance-enhancing drugs.


• Komen apologizes, restores Planned Parenthood funding

The foundation apologized for decisions that cast doubt on its mission to save women's lives and said it would keep funding Planned Parenthood grants.

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