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Sacramento County officials have agreed to pay $755,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by Salvador Garcia Jr., who was severely… The post Brickbat: Sic Behavior appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Colorblind Cash

Officials in Sacramento County, California, have unveiled a plan to help families of black and Native American children. And only… The post Brickbat: Colorblind Cash appeared first on Reason.com.

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Former chief of staff sues California pol after injuring back during coerced sex: lawsuit

“I want you to kiss it and prove your loyalty,” State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil told former Chief of Staff Chad Condit during a work trip, claims a civil suit filed in Sacramento County Superior Court.

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Man Disguised As Garbage Bag Steals Package From Front Door

A bizarre incident in Sacramento County where a person disguised as a garbage bag stole a package, captured on camera.

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Quadriplegic homeless woman who led Sacramento activists finally moves into housing

Holly Porter, the quadriplegic homeless woman who inspired and co-founded the first sanctioned, self-governed encampment in Sacramento County, moved into a Meadowview apartment last week following months of vociferous lobbying for local authorities to secure a permanent home for her.

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Sacramento Sheriff is sharing license plate reader data with anti-abortion states, records show

In 2015, Democratic Elk Grove Assemblyman Jim Cooper voted for Senate Bill 34, which restricted law enforcement from sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state authorities. In 2023, now-Sacramento County Sheriff Cooper appears to be doing just that.

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Sacramento County foster kids have been living in cells for 6 months

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County officials have for six months housed foster children in cells in a former juvenile detention facility, in violation of state law.

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California is phasing out its youth prisons. Is a ‘shadow’ justice system emerging?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Nia MooreWeathers first heard about California’s sweeping plan to shutter its youth prisons and transform the state’s juvenile justice system, she was filled with hope.

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2 people shot at Sikh temple hosting parade in Sacramento County

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two people were shot Sunday afternoon at a Sikh temple in the Vineyard section of Sacramento County, according to authorities.

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2 counties square off with California over mental health duties

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento and Solano counties are in a standoff with the state over mental health coverage for a portion of Medicaid patients in those counties — a dispute that threatens to disrupt care for nearly 50,000 low-income residents receiving treatment for severe mental illness.

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Tesla ‘spontaneously’ bursts into flames on Sacramento County highway

A Tesla Model S “spontaneously caught fire” on a Sacramento County highway last weekend after its battery compartment overheated, authorities said.

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California faces severe flood threat from "most potent" in barrage of atmospheric rivers

Sacramento County tonight issued evacuation orders, "effective immediately," with flooding "imminent."

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Sacramento region braces for next big storm as flood evacuations continue

Still recovering from a powerful atmospheric river system that caused widespread flooding and power outages and led to at least two deaths, Northern California is again bracing for another severe storm.

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2nd levee fails after breach in south Sacramento County prompts higher-ground advisory

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Residents in an area of Wilton in southeastern Sacramento County were told to seek higher ground Saturday night after a levee failed on a portion of the Cosumnes River. It was the first of two levees in southern Sacramento County to breach from heavy rains.

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Failure of levee 'imminent' as Sacramento County urges residents in southeast to seek higher ground

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Residents in an area of Wilton in southeastern Sacramento County have been told to seek higher ground ahead of what county emergency officials said Saturday night was an “imminent levee failure” on a portion of the Cosumnes River.

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California moves to shut down a 3rd state prison as inmate population shrinks

California officials on Tuesday announced they will begin the process of closing Chuckwalla Valley State Prison in Riverside County and are planning cutbacks at six more prisons, including a women’s facility in Sacramento County.

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This pharmacist is taking a loss to share the monkeypox vaccine. Here’s why

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Pucci’s Pharmacy co-owner Clint Hopkins heeded his conscience and the Sacramento County public health team’s call for help with vaccinating people at high-risk of contracting monkeypox.

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Experts question the role of white mulberry in the death of congressman’s wife

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Scientists, doctors and pathologists are questioning the Sacramento County coroner’s conclusion that Lori McClintock’s death was related to white mulberry, a plant that has been used as an herbal remedy for centuries — and one that the coroner’s botanical consultant called “not toxic” in a letter to…

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‘Incredibly prejudicial’: Why Sacramento courts have caged cells, and why that’ll change

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The steel-bar cells inside the courtrooms of Sacramento County Main Jail’s Patino Justice Center and Gordon Schaber Courthouse are some of the busiest spaces in a bustling Sacramento Superior Court. The cells are as much a part of the courtrooms as the judge’s bench or jurors’ box.

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Editorial: Masking in public areas should be mandatory, even if California officials won’t make it so

The current COVID-19 surge has put Sacramento County in a precarious position. The highly transmissible and evasive BA.5 subvariant is getting little resistance from a population that has largely abandoned basic precautions like mask-wearing that limited its spread. While deaths and hospitalizations are lower thanks to the availability of vaccines…

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As California welcomes Ukrainian refugees, counties fall short on interpreters

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After the Russian invasion, Katie Nelha and her husband couldn’t safely return to their home in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, so they took their chances as refugees. Flying from Poland, where they were working, to Mexico in early April, they crossed into the U.S. at Tijuana, where they were…

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COVID-19 still surging in California’s capital region. Will subvariants lead to even more?

A major Sacramento K-12 district has returned to indoor masking, a Bay Area county of more than 1.6 million people has reverted to a countywide mask mandate, and transmission and hospitalization rates for COVID-19 continue to swell throughout California as a new pair of omicron subvariants make up a growing…

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Sixth case of monkeypox reported in California as CDC confirms 25 infections across US

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Officials have detected a fourth likely case of monkeypox in Sacramento County, the local health office announced Monday, and if confirmed, it would be the sixth case of the virus in California since May 24..

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Sex, rashes and outbreaks: A rational guide to the monkeypox risk

LOS ANGELES — California marked its first suspected case of monkeypox Tuesday, in a person in Sacramento County.

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Sacramento Sheriff Scott Jones reignites fight with Black Lives Matter in new ad for Congress

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones is reigniting his feud with Black Lives Matter in his run for Congress.

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