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Fully driverless cars could be rolling down Sacramento streets in just more than a year, following a push by Mayor Darrell Steinberg, U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui and state Sen. Richard Pan to gain federal approval for automated-vehicle testing, the three lawmakers announced Thursday. "It's about knocking on the doors of all these car companies and saying, andlsquo;We want you here. Come to Sacramento,'" Steinberg said. The plan, described Thursday at a press conference at the California Automobile Museum, marks the first announcement of immediate business by new Mayor Steinberg.

Oceangoing travelers for the first time can see what crimes are being reported aboard ships operating in U.S. ports andmdash; and the numbers compared with last year could make some of them seasick. The number of reported sexual assaults on cruise ships jumped 550 percent in the first six months of 2016, going to 39 from six in 2015. Overall, reported crimes on ships jumped 408 percent to 61 from 12. The dramatic increase doesn't mean cruise ships are more dangerous or violent than they were last year.

A man with schizophrenia barricaded himself inside his apartment after breaking into a neighbor's house. Instead of breaking down his door, responding officers instead used their new mental health training to deescalate the crisis. Within an hour, the situation was safely defused and the man was taken not to jail, but to the hospital for evaluation.