Sacramento, California - A dangerous disease, west Nile virus, has returned to California this summer.  Last week, four horses were diagnosed with the disease – two in Sacramento County and one each in Kern and Placer counties. Two of the horses have been euthanized due to the severity of neurologic signs, and the other two are alive and receiving veterinary care.

Washington, DC - Omar Ameen, 45, an Iraqi national, wanted on a murder charge in Iraq, appeared before a federal magistrate judge in Sacramento, California Wednesday in connection with proceedings to extradite him to face trial in Iraq.  Ameen settled in Sacramento as a purported refugee and attempted to gain legal status in the United States.

Sacramento, California - California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Friday applauded U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg’s decision to deny the Trump Administration’s motion to dismiss California’s lawsuit to keep a citizenship question off of the 2020 Census.

Sacramento, California -  Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. yesterday announced that he has granted 36 pardons and 31 commutations.

Santa Ana, California - A Walnut man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of conspiring to export U.S.-origin tactical gear to Syria, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and Syria Sanctions.

Hilmar, California - Hilmar Helping Hands received thousands of food items as part of a “Scoop it Forward” event to celebrate the official unveiling of the largest hand-painted dairy mural in the United States at the Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center.