Kevin Johnson

Mayor Kevin Johnson still has hopes of major league sports in Sacramento, Monday morning he and his Think BIG group announced they will try to catch the eye of the Oakland A’s. Mayor Johnson said the effort will be “100% focused on jobs and...

One day after Mayor Kevin Johnson said he is looking into bringing a MLB team to Sacramento, his counterpart across the river told FOX40 he was a little surprised by the announcement. “That’s not usual, we have a really solid relationship...

Growing up in Brawley during the 1950s, Alicia Armenta remembers a time when students overheard speaking Spanish on the playground were admonished and told to stand by the fence surrounding the campus as punishment. The daughter of Mexican immigrants who...

Mayor Kevin Johnson was the first person to legally drive down K Street at a ceremony Saturday that officially opened the area to more than just foot traffic.   The mayor and other city officials paraded down the street in vintage cars, which is...

Little bistro, huge impact. Like a different sort of miracle of the five loaves and two fishes, Chez Panisse, the landmark Berkeley restaurant, and its founder and guiding spirit, Alice Waters, have leveraged a small temple of slow, local and organic food...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson said Tuesday that an announcement on a possible "Plan B" for a downtown sports and entertainment complex will likely be delayed until June. Previously, Johnson had said an announcement could be expected sometime in May. In...

TODAY HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD Hamlin Last Chance at Hayti, 4 p.m. Little Moreau Conference Meet at Lemmon, 10 a.m. Waubay Legion Meet, 2 p.m. COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships at Bismarck, N.D....

Sacramento bounty hunter Leonard Padilla says convicted serial killer Wesley Shermantine is endorsing him in this year's mayoral race. "When you have a guy on death row endorsing you, you have to be somewhat proud of that," Padilla told FOX40....

The Sacramento Kings have relieved Paul Westphal of head coaching duties. The organization made the announcement Thursday morning. In the statement, President of Basketball Operations for the Kings Geoff Petrie thanked Westphal for his efforts, “...

Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson on Tuesday reiterated his promise to pursue what he called "Plan B" for a downtown sports and entertainment complex. The initial plan to build at the rail yards was scuttled when the Maloofs, the owners of the Kings, backed...

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday it is up to owner Lew Wolff to decide whether to consider additional sites for a new ballpark for the Athletics.  Wolff maintains he’s focused on San Jose (the Giants are preventing the A&...

Mayor Kevin Johnson says the arena deal, as it is now, is not going to happen and he is looking forward to his “plan B” for downtown without a Kings arena. During a press conference Friday, the Mayor said “The differences are too far...