Health Care

Yolo County Reports Second Fentanyl Death, Regional Death Toll Rises To 13

April 20, 2016

A second person has died of a drug overdose related to the counterfeit perspection pain pills containing fentanyl. There have been three overdoses in the county.

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Sacramento Fentanyl Crisis Update

April 19, 2016

We learn the latest in the investigation into the series of fentanyl deaths and overdoses in the Sacramento County region. DEA Special Agent in Charge, John Martin, talks about the ‘look-alike’ quality of this drug as it’s trafficked on the street.

New Fentanyl-Related Death In Sacramento Region

April 13, 2016 | Ed Joyce

There has been another death related to fentanyl poisonings in the Sacramento region.

Opioid-Related Overdose Count Rises In Sacramento Region

April 1, 2016 | Bob Moffitt

The Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services says there have been 36 fentanyl overdoses -- including nine deaths in the past two weeks.

Health Care

7 Dead, 21 Sick After Taking Street Painkillers

March 31, 2016

(AP) — Northern California health officials say two more people have died in the last week after taking street drugs believed to contain a powerful painkiller, raising the total to seven.