Ian McDonald

My name is Ian McDonald, I’ve lived in Sacramento for my whole life and I’m the executive producer of digital content.

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  • Fat City Bar & Café in Old Sacramento to close on Nov. 2

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Fat City Bar & Café in Old Sacramento will close after 43 years on Nov. 2. Cobble roads and an old town feel bring visitors from far and near to Old Sacramento. But people are worried that the businesses that have been around for years will be leaving the area. Jermaine Starks said whenever he wants to get an experience of what Sacramento really is, he visits Old Sacramento and the places and restaurants that have […]

  • Police: Woman asks Lincoln officer for ride back to stolen car

    LINCOLN, Calif. (KTXL) — Police in Lincoln say a woman asked an officer for a ride back to her car after it had run out of gas, but the car was reported stolen a day earlier. According to a post on the police department’s Facebook page, 37-year-old Lynette Steward had flagged down an officer late Thursday night along Lincoln Boulevard and said she had run out of gas. With her gas can in tow, she told the officer she needed […]

  • Roseville police: Man allegedly admitted to killing two juveniles, two adults

    ROSEVILLE, Calif. (KTXL) — Police in Roseville and Mount Shasta are investigating a quadruple homicide after a suspect told officers he had allegedly killed four people. Around noon Monday Roseville police received a call from Mount Shasta about the homicide. The suspect, identified as 53-year-old Roseville resident Shankar Hangud, apparently admitted to the killings. The suspect adding that he had driven there with a body inside his car. The victims have been identified as two adults and two juveniles, according […]

  • Fox News Apologizes for ‘Disgraceful’ Comment about Thunberg

    NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News has apologized for a guest’s “disgraceful” description of environmental activist Greta Thunberg as mentally ill but was silent Tuesday on Laura Ingraham likening her to a murderous cult of children from a Stephen King story. The network responded swiftly to a news segment Monday where Michael Knowles of “The Daily Wire” said the 16-year-old environmentalist was a “mentally ill Swedish child who is being exploited by her parents and by the international left.” Knowles […]

  • Suspect Checks into Napa Hospital after Officer-Involved Shooting in Vacaville

    VACAVILLE — Police say a suspect was found at a Napa hospital after an officer shot at him in a north Vacaville neighborhood. The Vacaville Police Department says officers were conducting a probation search at a home on Shady Glen Avenue when they saw a man sitting in a black Kia Forte parked out front. The car’s license plate was connected to 27-year-old Nolan Bell, who officers discovered had a $45,000 warrant out for his arrest related to identity theft, […]

  • CHP Shares Video of Allegedly Intoxicated Driver Falling Out of Truck before Crash

    SACRAMENTO — The California Highway Patrol shared surveillance video of a suspected drunken driver falling out of a delivery truck before it crashed into a sign. The crash happened shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday, when the driver turned from Marconi Avenue onto Howe Avenue. Investigators say because the driver was intoxicated and not wearing a seatbelt, he fell out of the truck as it made the turn. The truck then crashed into a sign. Surveillance video shows the driver […]

  • 2 Beyer Students Arrested in High School Snapchat Threat

    MODESTO — Two Beyer High School students were arrested to an alleged threat posted to Snapchat, police say. Officers were called late Monday to investigate the photo, which investigators say showed a student holding a gun and included the caption, “Don’t go to school tomorrow.” Police say they arrested two students before school started on Tuesday. The Modesto Police Department said in a Facebook post that the teens were not armed when they were arrested, that no guns were found […]

  • Man Suspected in Karen Garcia Killing Arrested in Mexico

    COLUSA — After a year and a half on the run, Salvador Garcia Jr. is in a Colusa County jail awaiting trial. The U.S. Marshals Service found the suspect in Guadalajara, Mexico, last week. He’s accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Karen Garcia in 2018. She was 21 years old and the mother of his child. “I’m just always going to miss her. I literally have not stopped thinking about her since the day she went missing,” said Linda Quintero. A life […]

  • Mortar Shell Found in Placerville Goodwill Donation Box

    PLACERVILLE — A mortar shell was found inside a Goodwill donation box in Placerville, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said. The shell was discovered Friday, according to the sheriff’s office, and was taken away and disposed of by a bomb squad. No injuries were reported. The sheriff’s office said items like this often pop up when family members clean out homes of relatives who were veterans. It’s unclear if that was the case in this specific instance. They added […]

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