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- The Sacramento Bee’s new newsletter lineup: More news for you, all day long
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- 4 hours ago
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- The Sacramento Bee has been consistently delivering email newsletters featuring our top stories straight to your inbox. Now, The Bee is offering an expanded lineup of different newsletters, many of them for free, and switching up some of the times they are delivered to you.
For our full list of newsletters and to sign up for them check out sacbee.com/newsletters.
✍️ and 📸: Chris Fusco
#news #newsletter #sacramento #info #california
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- Allora’s vegetarian tasting menu isn’t an afterthought. It’s the foundation
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- 21 hours ago
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- Vegetarians and vegans needn’t be left out of the fine dining experience at this restaurant, which offers a fully realized meat-free multi-course tasting menu.
At Allora, the fine-dining Italian restaurant in East Sacramento, chef Deneb Williams begins his entire process with vegetables.
“I was raised a vegetarian. My mom was a macrobiotic vegetarian my whole entire life. She still is; I only started eating meat when I started working in kitchens,” he said. “I do enjoy a steak every once in a while, but my passion for food is 100% about vegetables.”
Allora offers three-, four- and five-course tasting menus ($99-$159) in its serene dining room. Rather than just having one vegetarian or vegan dish per course, Allora’s vegetarian menu is as fully realized as its ominvore counterpart, with multiple options to choose from — not just the requisite mushroom risotto.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/...
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- Sacramento County animal shelter seeks help after cat killed in Florin area
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- 1 day ago
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- “Someone knows who this is,” officials said, urging tips from the public.
Bradshaw Animal Shelter is asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest in the beating and death of a cat earlier this month in south Sacramento. The shelter said it happened April 21, 2026, in the 8500 block of Sun Florin Drive, near Florin and French roads in the Florin area of Sacramento, California. #pets #animalshelter #cat #surveillance
📹️ Bradshaw Animal Shelter
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- Grieving mom says ‘to get away with murder in California, do it with your car’
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- 2 days ago
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- On the one-year anniversary of her son’s death, Allison Lyman couldn’t mourn in peace. She had found none after the vehicle crash, and she didn’t want state lawmakers to know peace, either.
Lyman and a group of other women whose loved ones were killed in collisions organized a rally on the west steps of the California Capitol on the anniversary on April 23 to lambast the lax criminal penalties faced by drivers who kill people.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article315470983.html.
✍️: Ariane Lange
📸: José Luis Villegas
#California #traffic #transportation #news #government #protest
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- Placer sheriff’s detectives arrest suspect in 1991 murder of kidnapped mother
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- 3 days ago
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- Cinthia “Cindi” Wanner was cleaning her sister’s Placer County home 34 years ago when someone kidnapped her, taking the 36-year-old mother and leaving behind her 11-month-old daughter in a high chair where she was found later crying and alone.
Wanner was sexually assaulted and left to die among trees in the Foresthill area, where her body was found more than two weeks later.
The investigation into her murder went unsolved without any arrests for more than three decades until earlier this year, when authorities used DNA to identify a suspect. Last week, a crime analyst in Arizona used facial recognition technology to help investigators find the man believed to have killed Wanner.
James Lawhead Jr., 64, was arrested on suspicion of homicide in Wanner’s November 1991 disappearance and subsequent death, Placer County Sheriff Wayne Woo announced on April 27 at a news conference in Auburn. He said investigators arrested Lawhead in the drivewa...
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- Telework remains energizing force for CA state workers as July deadline looms
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- 3 days ago
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- Two years and two weeks have passed since Gov. Gavin Newsom issued his first return-to-office order, which directed state employees to begin working from government offices two days a week. Newsom upped the in-office requirement to four days last year, but subsequently postponed that mandate after facing steep push-back from state employees and labor groups. In the intervening time, unions have filed lawsuits, lawmakers have introduced legislation and state workers have continued rallying, all to push back against the governor’s mandate.
On April 22, the state workers again vocalized their opposition to the governor’s telework policy during a march from the Capitol grounds to the headquarters of the California Department of Human Resources, leaders of which met with SEIU Local 1000’s bargaining team to begin negotiations for a new contract.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/the-state-worker/article315489629.html.
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- Sacramento ex-councilman Sean Loloee pleads guilty to federal fraud. Here are details
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- 3 days ago
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- Former Sacramento city councilman Shahriar “Sean” Loloee pleaded guilty in Sacramento federal court on April 23 to fraud and money laundering charges after admitting to obstructing Labor Department investigators and cheating on taxes tied to his Viva Supermarket stores, as well as fraudulently collecting more than $1 million in COVID relief funds.
Shahriar “Sean” Loloee faces a maximum of 59 years in federal prison on the seven charges against him. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 15 in Sacramento federal court.
As part of Lololee’s deal, federal prosecutors agreed to recommend a prison term at the low end of the sentencing range, according to the court filing.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article315506975.html.
✍️: Darrell Smith
📸: Hector Amezcua
#crime #sentencing #sacramento #news #california #court
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- Vegetables take center stage at Sacramento’s most beloved vegetarian restaurant
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- 3 days ago
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- From mushroom stroganoff to 10-course tasting menus, Mother restaurant defines vegetarian dining in Sacramento.
The current Mother at 2319 K St. in midtown is actually its second incarnation. The original Mother opened in 2014 on the K Street Mall, and became a much-beloved institution. It closed in 2020, shortly before the pandemic lockdown.
Chef Mike Thiemann’s friend Robb Venditti was a fan of the restaurant, and after its closure the two began talking over games of tennis about bringing Mother back. When Venditti sold his catering company, it left him the money to reboot Mother.
To read more about the restaurant, check out https://www.sacbee.com/food-drink/article315269175.html.
✍️: Sean Timberlake
📸: Renée C. Byer
#mother #restaurant #vegetarian #vegan #food #sacramento #feature #california
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- Feather River beach and floodplain to become Yuba County’s first state park
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- 7 days ago
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- A stretch of the Feather River known for its access to recreation and history of flooding has been slotted as the future site of the first state park in Yuba County.
Feather River Park, along the east bank of the river near Olivehurst, is one of three new state parks planned for the Central Valley that Gov. Gavin Newsom announced April 22 through an initiative called State Parks Forward.
The nearly 2,000-acre park pitched for north of Sacramento was christened along with two more proposed parks: San Joaquin River Parkway in Fresno and Madera counties, and Dust Bowl Camp in Bakersfield.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article315497950.html
✍️: Jake Goodrick
📸: California State Parks
#parks #outdoors #statepark #california #news
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- She says ChatGPT is responsible for her son’s death. CA lawmakers are listening
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- 8 days ago
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- Maria Raine, the mother of the 16-year-old Orange County teen who killed himself last year after discussing his suicidal thoughts with ChatGPT, is appealing to California lawmakers to place additional regulations on AI “companion” chatbots.
Raine, who filed suit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI in August, came to Sacramento to support two pieces of AI companion chatbot legislation lawmakers are putting forward. Senate Bill 1119 and Assembly Bill 2023 would require chatbot creators to make their products safer for children through design changes, parental notifications, and regular audits. The bills face broad industry opposition, and their movement through the California Capitol will likely be seen as a litmus test for whether states can reign in AI companies. The federal government has signaled it is not interested in putting regulations on the technology, but will not challenge states that do so in the name of child safety.
According to Matthew and Maria ...
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- ‘A daily hurt’: Families of Esparto fireworks victims confront defendants in court
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- 9 days ago
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- After a fireworks explosion in Esparto killed seven men last summer, their families stood in a Woodland courtroom on April 16 and, for the first time, told a judge what they have carried since that day.
In emotional statements during a bail hearing, relatives described lives cut short and families left to navigate daily loss, urging Yolo Superior Court Judge Daniel McGuire to keep the defendants in custody as the case moves toward trial.
The explosion killed seven people: Jesús Ramos, 18; Jhony Ramos, 22; Joel “Junior” Melendez, 28; Carlos Rodriguez-Mora, 43; Angel Mathew Voller, 18; Christopher Bocog, 45; and Neil Li, 41. They were remembered as fathers, sons and providers whose absence continues to shape their families’ lives.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/community/yolo/article315395369.html.
✍️: Daniel Lempres
📸: Hector Amezcua
#esparto #explosion #news #crime #court #california
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- Sacramento County reports 6 new measles cases, urges vaccinations for children
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- 9 days ago
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- Sacramento County health officials on April 15 reported six additional cases of measles, and urged families with unvaccinated children to reconsider getting immunizations and to stay home if anyone shows symptoms.
Since the start of the year, Sacramento County has confirmed 11 cases of measles, a disease that was only detected twice locally in the previous six years. Placer County has reported eight cases in 2026.
To read more, check out sacbee.com?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube.
✍️: Annika Merrilees
📸: Hector Amezcua
#measles #disease #health #news #sacramento #california
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- Aiona launches with pan-Mediterranean menu anchored on the open kitchen’s grill
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- 9 days ago
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- Sean Timberlake, The Sacramento Bee's food and dining reporter, attended a preview dinner for Sacramento's latest restaurant, Aiona, on April 17.
Aiona is the new project from husband-wife team Deneb Williams and Elizabeth-Rose Mandalou, who also own and operate Allora in East Sacramento. Allora serves three-, four- and five-course prix-fixe menus of upscale, refined Italian cuisine while Aiona will offer a broader, pan-Mediterranean palate with influences from Spain, Greece, West Asia and North Africa.
Aiona opened at 11:30 a.m. on April 20 for its inaugural lunch service. The restaurant is well positioned to become a new anchor in the downtown dining scene.
To read more about Aiona, check out .
✍️ and 📸: Sean Timberlake
#news #aiona #restaurant #sacramento #food #foodie #california #dining
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- Nugget opens new market in Rocklin with festivities — and cinnamon rolls
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- 15 days ago
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- The new Nugget Markets location in Rocklin, Calif. opened April 15, the company's 100th birthday, at 1501 Whitney Ranch Parkway. The market is the anchor tenant of the new Whitney Ranch Retail Center, which is still in development. To mark the event, the market is celebrating with samples, food demonstrations — and its bakery’s new signature cinnamon rolls.
The market is a new build and clocks in at 43,000 square feet, which is about standard for their markets. At the Rocklin store, massive displays of produce beckon you in even before you enter the store. Once through the door, you can continue along through the rest of the produce and meat departments to begin building your basket, or hook left to head to the deli counter, bakery and other prepared food options.
To read more, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Sean Timberlake
📸: Hector Amezcua
#nuggetmarkets #nugget #california #grocery #shopping #food #news
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- A Sacramento pig got his parents together and won a world record, all in 4 years
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- 15 days ago
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- Social media famous pig, Merlin, is best known for his content pressing buttons that play recordings asking for treats, kisses and more.
His propeller hat has become a signature look for the pig — a 4-year-old Vietnamese potbelly — who has more than 1 million followers on Instagram, a surprisingly hefty vocabulary and a Guinness World Record.
For four years, Sacramentan Mina Alali has been posting photos and videos of Merlin on Instagram. The pet pig quickly went viral with videos of him learning how to speak using buttons that, when pressed, play a recording of a word or phrase. He now has over 30 buttons he presses to ask for treats, to go outside and to share his thoughts.
Alali said adopting the pig was one of the best decisions she has ever made. Merlin has not only provided companionship and allowed his mom the opportunity to be self-employed through social media — but he also brought his family together.
“He’s pret...
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- Carmichael woman, 91, survived Holocaust. Here’s why she still tells her story
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- 16 days ago
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- Liz Igra has been telling her story for more than 40 years. Igra, who is 91 and lives at Eskaton Carmichael, spoke to about 50 fellow residents on March 24 about how she and her mother fled the Holocaust in the early 1940s.
To read about Igra's life and experience, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Graham Womack
📸: José Luis Villegas
#holocaust #survivor #news #sacramento #california #history
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- ‘A dreamer’s dream.’ Oak Park accessory shop cultivates girlhood through crafts
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- 17 days ago
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- When the COVID-19 pandemic launched shutdowns across the United States, Amanda Jensen, a Folsom resident, felt aimless. She was home alone all day, and when she wasn’t, she was hopping between waitressing and bartending in midtown. She was in $25,000 worth of debt and couldn’t pay her bills, Jensen recalled.
It wasn’t the life she saw for herself. But an old love from her high school days came back: hand making jewelry. What was once a hobby during her teenage days at Vista Del Lago High School in Folsom became a serious career path. “At the time, I wasn’t really ready to take it seriously,” Jensen said, “I remembered I loved it so much, and I had always felt the calling to be a business owner again.”
So, Jensen took a risk. While she said the world felt “so scary and uncertain,” due to the COVID-19 shutdown, she was determined to change her life. And six years later, she did. Jensen now owns Golden Hour Designs in Oak Park, a hypoallerge...
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- Life without parole for man who killed former CapRadio executive in 2022 robbery
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- 18 days ago
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- The man who shot and killed former public radio executive Charles Starzynski during a daylight robbery outside an East Sacramento tennis club in 2022 will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder, a Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled on April 10.
DeSean Leon Brasser Jr., shot Staryzynski at close range Oct. 20, 2022, as he reached into the trunk of his car outside the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club in East Sacramento. Sacramento County prosecutors said Brasser tracked the man from a bank’s automatic teller to the club at 39th and N streets, where he snatched a cash bag and shot Starzynski in the head.
Alexander Asterlin, the defense attorney, said Brasser showed remorse and was ready to apologize for Starzynski’s killing, saying the murder was not planned and was committed out of panic. Brasser interrupted his attorney. “I didn’t do anything to be sorry for,” Brasser said. “I’m not a ‘sorry’ person.”
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- Teen gunned down on Natomas High School campus; Sacramento police search for suspect
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- 18 days ago
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- A former Natomas High School student was fatally shot April 10 on the South Natomas campus as school let out for the day, according to school district officials and the Sacramento Police Department.
Police spokesperson Officer Anthony Gamble said the teen victim was not an active student at Natomas or Discovery but was on campus in an open area at the time of the shooting. The victim’s identity was not released pending notification by the Sacramento County Coroner’s Office. Gamble said the victim attended a “nearby school,” but declined to elaborate as officers continued the search for the shooting suspect, who he said is a Natomas High student. The motive of the shooting remained under investigation, though authorities said the victim was intentionally targeted.
Police and other law enforcement responded to the campus and the nearby Natomas Village Apartments across the street, near San Juan Avenue. According to radio dispatches reviewed by The Sacr...
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- DA: Esparto fireworks site had 1 million pounds of explosives when blast killed 7
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- 18 days ago
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- On April 10, Yolo County prosecutors unveiled sweeping grand jury indictments charging seven men and one woman in connection with a July 1, 2025, warehouse explosion near Esparto, Calif. that killed seven people and was tied to an alleged “massive” illegal fireworks importation, manufacturing and sales operation.
Five of the men face second-degree murder charges, accusing them of being criminally responsible for the deaths of workers killed when fireworks ignited at a rural compound at County Roads 23 and 86A just days before the Fourth of July.
At a news conference in Woodland following a monthslong investigation, prosecutors described the site as a “hub of illegal fireworks,” alleging the group repurposed and sold explosives marketed across California as consumer-grade fireworks under the guise of a legal display fireworks business well known across Northern California.
The indictment — handed up 276 days after the blast and unsealed ...
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- Watch lightning crack in the night sky in Fair Oaks during thunderstorm
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- 21 days ago
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- Sacramento area residents were treated to a light show as a storm April 9, 2026 moved across the region around 9:30 p.m.. See the lightning and hear the thunder #weather, #lightning #storm #rain
🎥 David Caraccio
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- Do college certificate programs pay off? California must find out | Analysis
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- 21 days ago
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- When California’s free online community college, Calbright, announced a new partnership with Western Governors University in January, the message was simple: Working adults who start with a certificate could turn that training into a bachelor’s degree and a better-paying career.
Under the partnership, Californians who earn workforce-aligned certificates at Calbright could apply them toward WGU degrees in technology, health care and other fields.
For adults whose education was interrupted by work, caregiving or financial barriers, the collaboration offers a ladder back into higher education that California needs. Too many working adults start training programs, then stall before achieving degrees that unlock higher pay. But the announcement also raised a question California struggles to answer: Do these certificate programs actually lead to higher wages?
To read more of Cathie Anderson's column, check out sacbee.com.
📸: Cathie...
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- Man shot by ICE in Patterson was acquitted in El Salvador murder, lawyer says
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- 22 days ago
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- Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, the man shot by ICE on April 7 when he allegedly weaponized his SUV while attempting to flee, was acquitted of homicide in El Salvador, his attorney said.
Documents by the Salvadorian government confirm he was accused of aggravated homicide against a man named Christopher Alexander Melgar Duran but was acquitted in 2019.
Immigration lawyer Patrick Kolasinski, who’s representing Patterson resident Hernandez and his family, held a news conference at his Modesto office Wednesday morning. The attorney said neither he nor Hernandez’s fiancee — who joined Kolasinski at the conference and was identified only as Cindy — has been allowed to talk with the man. Hernandez was taken to Doctors Medical Center in Modesto on Tuesday for treatment, and the only report given on his condition is that he’s “stable.”
To read more, check out sacbee.com or modbee.com.
✍️: Kathleen Quinn
📸: Hector ...
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- California Republican gubernatorial candidate reacts to endorsement by President Trump
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- 23 days ago
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- Steve Hilton, a former Fox News host, reacts to the endorsement by President Donald Trump during a campaign stop in Sacramento on April 7.
📸: Hector Amezcua
#politics #california #governor #news #sacramento #stevehilton
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- Stanislaus Sheriff says FBI is leading investigation into ICE shooting in Patterson
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- 23 days ago
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- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers shot a man in Patterson, Calif. on April 7, describing him as a wanted gang member who tried to run over an officer during a traffic stop. The subject was taken to a Modesto hospital, and as of early afternoon there was no information on his condition.
A news conference by the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI was held at about 3:40 p.m. and lasted three minutes. Sheriff Jeff Dirkse said that at about 6:30 a.m., dispatchers received a report from ICE about the shooting. He said that because no local law enforcement was involved in the incident, the FBI is the investigating agency.
To read more check out sacbee.com and modbee.com
Video from our sister paper The Modesto Bee
📸: Andy Alfaro
#news #ice #immigration #lawenforcement #california #shooting
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- Dashcam video appears to show ICE agent shoot at car in Patterson CA
- Date posted
- 23 days ago
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- Dashcam video appears to show ICE agent shoot at car in Patterson, California. ICE said April 7, 2026 that an officer shot a man named Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez near Interstate 5 in Stanislaus County.
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✍️ Graham Womack
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- The Sacramento Bee wants to know: What should Cesar Chavez Plaza be renamed?
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- 23 days ago
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- Cesar E. Chavez Plaza in Sacramento has hosted circuses, farmers markers, protests, concerts and more over 178 years. Now that sexual abuse allegations have been made public against the late civil rights and labor union leader Cesar Chavez, city officials support changing the name of the eponymous park in downtown Sacramento.
To have your say in what the park should be renamed to, email the Department of Youth, Parks and Community Enrichment at or submit your ideas for a Sacramento Bee poll at .
✍️: Ishani Desai
📸: Ishani Desai, Lauren Chapman
#cesarchavez #sacramento #news #california #city
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- Slim Shady, a Sacramento tortoise, needs a new home. His owner has to let it go
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- 24 days ago
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- Mona Heflin, 71, a Sacramento resident, is searching for a new home for her beloved 22-year-old tortoise, Slim Shady. The longtime pet could live up to 150 years — outliving her — so she's making the decision of finding him a new home to ensure his long-term care.
Heflin's husband died in 2018, she takes care of an adult son with diabetes and she has her own health issues. She said she has an aortic aneurysm and blocked arteries and is reluctant to have the bypass surgery she needs.
She needs the joy her tortoise brings, but not the trouble. Slim Shady needs a new home. She will miss him dancing, which she taught him to do. She will miss him responding to her call and following her. She will just miss him.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article315264014.html.
✍️: Graham Womack
📸: Paul Kitagaki Jr.
#tortoise #animal #news #sacramento #california
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- Opinion | Why The Sacramento Bee won’t be endorsing veteran Democrat Doris Matsui
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- 24 days ago
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- Opinion | In the June California primary election, Rep. Doris Matsui will not be endorsed by The Sacramento Bee for California's 7th congressional district.
Marcos Breton, The Bee's opinion editor, explains why.
To read his full column, check out .
✍️📸: Marcos Breton
#opinion #dorismatsui #politics #california #congress
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- Survivors recall Sacramento’s infamous Good Guys hostage crisis 35 years later
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- 26 days ago
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- On April 4, 1991, four Vietnamese refugees took over 40 other people hostage around 1:30 in the afternoon at a south Sacramento Good Guys electronics store.
The crisis would end around 10 p.m. with three hostages and three hostage takers dead. A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department sniper shot at one of the hostage takers and missed, which spurred the hostage takers to start shooting the hostages.
When the incident started, Al Bodnar was by a computer near the front door of the Good Guys electronics store. Bodnar, who is now 66 and lives in Folsom, was a Good Guys salesman.
On April 2, 2026, Bodnar reflected on the incident and how his faith kept him grounded 35 years later.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article315253091.html.
✍️: Graham Womack
📸: José Luis Villegas
#news #sacramento #hostage #crime #anniversary #history #california
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- Scorching March heat drops California snowpack to second-lowest mark in 75 years
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- 27 days ago
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- The light snow flurries in the Tahoe area this week after a spell of record-setting March heatwaves across California were not enough to reverse the damage.
California’s water officials gathered at Philips Station near Lake Tahoe on April 1 to measure what is typically the winter’s peak snowpack. Instead, they found only thin, patchy snow and no measurable snow, marking the second-lowest April 1 snowpack in 75 years.
At the Phillips Station snow survey site, much of the field had been reduced to wet, matted grass. From the remaining patchy snow, the Department of Water Resources officials were not able to obtain any measurable snowpack using their survey pole. The devastating final snow survey of the season at Phillips Station aligned with a broader snow drought trend across the state, with the statewide snowpack remaining far below average at 18%.
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article...
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- 1 woman sues 47 Sacramento businesses in 3 years. Lawmakers reach for solutions
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- One woman filed 47 lawsuits against small businesses and eateries in Sacramento since March 2023. She alleges the businesses have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, a 1990 civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities.
She is just one of many serial litigants filing lawsuits over alleged violations like inaccessible seating or bathrooms that are too small.
Critics say lawyers who file these cases are taking advantage of a well-intentioned law and that California’s legal landscape has made it a hotbed for “predatory” ADA lawsuits.
Disability rights advocates say there’s no excuse for not following the federal mandate 35 years after its passage and that these lawsuits identify real harms.
Two competing efforts in the California Legislature are aiming to inoculate businesses against having to immediately pay damages, but both face a steep road to passage.
Listen as repo...
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- Sacramento mother who was deported, then returned, will appeal green card denial
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- 27 days ago
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- Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, the Sacramento mother who returned to the U.S. on March 30 after a federal judge found her deportation unlawful, will continue her legal fight against the government.
Back in Sacramento on March 31, Estrada Juarez said she has appealed the federal government’s denial of her green card application — the first step in what ultimately resulted in her deportation nearly six weeks ago.
“I will not give up on my future or my family,” she said, hours after flying back to the capital region.
To read more, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Mathew Miranda
📸: Hector Amezcua
#news #deportation #immigration #sacramento #california #mexico
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- Opinion | Why California Democrats should quit panicking about a Republican governor
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Opinion | Are California Democrats hitting the panic button too soon on the idea of a Republican become the next governor?
Sacramento Bee opinion columnist LeBron Hill shares his thoughts.
To read the full column, check out sacbee.com.
✍️📸: LeBron Antonio Hill
#politics #opinion #california #democrats
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- California mother reunited at border with daughter after deportation
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
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- An emotional reunion unfolded outside the San Ysidro pedestrian crossing on March 30 as Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, who has DACA status, was reunited with her daughter, Damaris Bello, seconds after Estrada Juarez returned to the U.S. on humanitarian parole.
Forty days earlier, Bello had watched immigration agents arrest her mother at a routine green card appointment in downtown Sacramento. Estrada Juarez was deported to Mexico by the next morning.
What followed was a weekslong, nationwide effort to bring back the 42-year-old mother, whose removal sparked outcry from federal, state and local officials, including in testimony at a U.S. Senate congressional hearing.
Last week, following a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, a judge ordered the U.S. government to return Estrada Juarez in seven days.
On Monday, the deadline, Immigration and Customs Enforcement finally granted her permission to reenter. The m...
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- See winter return to Tahoe ski resort with up to 25 inches of snow forecasted
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
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- The snowfall gave snowpack at Kirkwood Mountain Resort a boost, improving snow coverage even as resorts approach scheduled closing dates. #weather #skiing #LakeTahoe #skiresorts
✍️ David Caraccio
🎬️ Kirkwood Mountain Resorts
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- Watch wild Lake Natoma video: Eagles, rattlesnakes mating dance, a ‘pet’ coyote
- Date posted
- 30 days ago
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- Sacramento County resident Carl Wilson set out with his camera above Lake Natoma when he spotted bald eagles working the shoreline, capturing close-up video of the raptors in action. More wildlife footage followed. Among the most striking of his recent clips: male rattlesnakes performing a combat dance for dominance just off the bike trail on the north side of the lake. #wildlife #wildlifephotogrpahy#eagles #rattlesnakes
✍️ David Caraccio
🎥 Carl Wilson
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- Family of murdered hostage speaks in court as Roseville shooter gets life sentence
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The convicted gunman killed the hostage and wounded two other people during the April 2023 police standoff at Mahany Park. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article315131672.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube
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- March Madness is coming to Sacramento. Here's what you need to know
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- 1 month ago
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- The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament will play championship games in Sacramento for the first time in 16 years.
The tournament will be in Sacramento from March 27 to March 30, with six games played over four days.
The Sweet 16, which is the third round of the tournament, and the Elite Eight, which is the quarterfinal round will be played at Golden One Center, and the winners of those games will move on to the Final Four, played in Phoenix this year. Sacramento basketball fans will have the opportunity to witness two teams move on to the Final Four.
For more March Madness information, check out sacbee.com.
📸: Lauren Chapman
#news #ncaa #basketball #marchmadness #womensbasketball #sports #sacramento #california
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- Sacramento band Cake fundraises for Councilmember Mai Vang: ‘Sing truth to power’
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- The band Cake hosted a concert Sunday in Sacramento, the city where the alternative rock group formed, to fundraise in support of city Councilmember Mai Vang’s bid for California’s 7th Congressional District.
Vang is running against longtime incumbent Rep. Doris Matsui to represent Sacramento, south Sacramento and parts of Elk Grove, El Dorado Hills, Placerville, Lodi and Galt.
“I’m so excited just to be part of this and so proud to have the support of a band that sings truth to power,” said Vang, who was elected to the Sacramento City Council in 2020 and was the first Asian American woman on the council. “This is about supporting a progressive movement across our country, East Coast, West Coast, because it’s time for change.”
To read more, check out https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article315149029.html?utm_medium=social.
✍️: Camryn Dadey
📸: Hannah Ruhoff
#cake #music #entertainment #polit...
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- Sacramento watched as fireball streaked across California night sky. Did you see it?
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Hundreds of sightings of the streaking meteor were reported just after 8 p.m. March 22, 2026 over California, Arizona and Nevada, according to the American Meteor Society. #meteor #astronomy #fireball #skies
✍️ Darrell Smith
🎞️ David Caraccio
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- Sacramento slice shops serve up a world of pizza. Find the style for you
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- Sacramentans know Zelda’s Original Gourmet Pizza is the hottest place to get an authentic Chicago deep dish pie.
Founder Zelda Breslin launched her shop in 1978, after gaining culinary pizza training at a Chicago pizzeria. In 2024, her family sold the restaurant to Jon Stevenson and Beau Cornell, who have been running the still-popular shop for just over a year.
Stevenson and Cornell believe Breslin was one of the first people to bring deep dish to the Sacramento region, and possibly the entire state of California. “It’s strangely a divisive pizza, because people have very personal tastes about what pizza is, what it should be,” Cornell said. “It’s like a love-it-or-hate-it kind of thing, but the people who love it are rad.”
To read more about Zelda's and Sacramento's many other pizza places, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Sean Timberlake and Camila Pedrosa
📸: Hannah Ruhoff
#pizza #sacramento #zel...
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- California Museum inducts a new Hall of Fame members, including Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- The California Museum inducts its Class of 2026 Hall of Fame members March 19, 2026 at its annual gala. Among them: Hollywood stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, Olympic athletes Carl Lewis and Janet Evans, pioneering sushi chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, scientist and author Riane Eisler, author Terry McMillan and America’s first all-women mariachi ensemble — the Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles. Legendary California politician John Burton was posthumously inducted.
✍️ Andrew Graham
🎞️ Hannah Ruhoff | David Caraccio
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- Cesar Chavez raged at me in 1991. Today’s sex allegations aren’t surprising | Opinion
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
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- Opinion | In 1991, Marcos Breton, the Sacramento Bee's opinion editor, met Cesar Chavez, the iconic American labor leader who was recently accused of sexual abuse.
In his column on March 18, Breton describes his impression of Chavez and his thoughts on the new allegations surrounding Chavez.
To read his full column, check out .
✍️: Marcos Breton
📸: Marcos Breton, Hannah Ruhoff
#opinion #cesarchavez #california #labor #farmworkers #news #crime #sacramento
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- Natomas parent staging sit-in with child arrested at district office
- Date posted
- 1 month ago
- Description
- A parent staging a sit-in at the Natomas Unified School District office was arrested on trespassing charges on March 17, according to the Sacramento Police Department.
Jessica Vroman, a Natomas parent, was staging a sit-in at the district office with her son, chronicling her day via videos on her Instagram. She said in a video that they were staging a sit-in until someone met with them about the ongoing teachers strike.
District spokesperson Deidra Powell said that Vroman and her child unlawfully entered the district office, which has been closed since the beginning of the teachers strike. Powell said that she was asked to leave and described her actions as “concerning.” “This individual was not authorized to be on-site,” Powell wrote in a follow-up statement. “All visitors are expected to follow established security protocols and respect facility guidelines. Exterior signage clearly indicates who individuals can contact for assistance and how to a...
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- See figure skater Alysa Liu’s gold-medal homecoming: From Milan to Oakland
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Alysa Liu returned to Oakland for a sun‑splashed rally after winning Milano Cortina 2026 gold, speaking on fame, family roots and future skating plans. @alysaxliu #figureskating #olympics, #goldmedal #Oakland
✍️ David Caraccio
🎞️🎞️ Paul Kitagaki Jr. | David Caraccio | City of Oakland | Getty Images
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- 42,000 kids without teachers as strike starts in 2nd Sacramento school district
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Teachers from Natomas Unified School District went on strike on March 10, becoming the second group of Sacramento-area teachers in a week to take to picket lines.
Hundreds of people demonstrated and marched near campuses while classes continued with substitutes.
Teachers followed through on a strike plan after negotiations with the district stalled, days after teachers for the 25,000-student Twin Rivers Unified School District went on a strike. The Twin Rivers teachers strike was in its fourth day with bargaining talks resuming Tuesday afternoon at the request of Assemblymember Maggy Krell, D-Sacramento.
Teachers and officials for the 17,000-student Natomas district have been unable to agree on pay, benefits and staffing levels for school support staff.
To read more, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Annika Merrilees , Emma Hall and Graham Womack
📸: Renée C. Byer
#education #strike #schools #union #s...
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- As Twin Rivers strikes for first time, 25,000 students go without regular teachers
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Members of Twin Rivers United Educators, or TRUE, began a strike on March 5. It is the first for teachers in the history of the Twin Rivers Unified School District.
The work stoppage meant that 25,000 students across 49 schools in Sacramento, North Highlands and Rio Linda went without their regular teachers. Union leaders say they are fighting for improved compensation, fully paid employer healthcare and smaller class sizes.
Thursday was a momentous day for the district, with teachers demonstrating at campuses, the district calling for a return to negotiations for union leaders and parents trying to determine whether to send their children to school as substitutes handled classroom duties. The strike is expected to continue Friday.
To read more, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Jennah Pendleton, Annika Merrilees and Graham Womack
📷️: Renée C. Byer
#sacramento #teachers #strike #union #workers #california #educa...
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- Protesters urge Elk Grove school district not to honor Transgender Day of Visibility
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- A small group of protesters gathered at an Elk Grove Unified School District meeting on March 3 to urge the board to reject a resolution to recognize Transgender Day of Visibility.
The protesters were led by Beth Bourne, one of the most prominent anti-trans activists in the state. Bourne is the chair of the Yolo County’s chapter of Moms for Liberty, a nonprofit that describes itself as advocating for parental rights.
To read more, check out sacbee.com.
✍️: Camryn Dadey
📷️: José Luis Villegas
#elkgrove #sacramento #transdayofvisibility #california #news
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- How actress turned Ph.D. scientist is helping lead California’s earthquake work
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
- Description
- Wendy Bohon is a trained Shakespearean actress who briefly worked in Hollywood after college. She is also earthquake geologist who helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey. And she's also a TikTok star.
Since early 2024, Bohon has been helping lead the state’s earthquake preparedness efforts as branch chief of seismic hazards and earthquake engineering for the state’s geologic agency. She plays a unique role for California as someone who blends doctoral-level scientific acumen with skill in communication and drawing an audience.
Some of this is evident in her TikTok account drwendyrocksit, where she has about 55,000 followers . “Scientifically, I do it because I think it’s important,” Bohon said. “Personally, I do it because it scratches that itch. And then I also do it because I’m really interested in the data and how we can use it to be better communicators and get more science to the people that are interested in it.”...
