Ashley Sharp

VACAVILLE -- Santa's little helpers are tackling trash on Candy Cane Lane and Lollipop Lane in Vacaville, home to an annual Christmas light display put on by neighbors that draws in thousands of visitors each year.

WOODLAND -- The family of a teenager shot and killed just days before Christmas outside a Woodland home is now fighting for answers and an arrest.

SACRAMENTO -- An old tradition was brought back as hundreds of people gathered to kick off the new year along Old Sacramento's waterfront.

WOODLAND -- Two seniors living at The Californian Assisted Living in Woodland rang in the New Year in style, turning 100 years old on January 1.

VACAVILLE -- A cat stuck high up in a tree for more than five days is back on solid ground thanks to a community effort to get him down.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY — Of the that went into effect on New Year's Day, one piece of legislation that was first passed by the state legislature more than 20 years ago is finally in place.

SACRAMENTO -- The Sacramento Kings rolled out the red carpet to treat the A's like royalty as the region will soon welcome its second major professional sports team to town.

The vigil served as a moment to pause and reflect on what has changed since Nichols' death — and what has not.

A playground caught fire and was destroyed over the weekend in Fairfield's state streets neighborhood along the Linear Park Trail.

All paid firefighters at the Isleton Fire Department, the assistant city manager, the accounts payable clerk and the city building inspector were laid off in a unanimous vote by the city council.