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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.

Tribune News Service · May 11, 2022

3 people killed in Sacramento shooting had ties to gangs, prosecutors say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three people who were killed in the April 3 downtown Sacramento shootout that left six dead and a dozen others injured were associated with gangs and involved in a conflict that preceded the deadly incident, Sacramento County prosecutors allege.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 18, 2022

Will Bunch: How Sacramento’s mass shooting killed the myth of ‘tough-on-crime’ prosecutors

Anne Marie Schubert — the veteran district attorney for Sacramento County, covering California’s capital city — doesn’t quite fit the profile of the perfect guest for the right-wing Fox News Channel, after she ditched the GOP to become an independent during the presidency of Donald Trump. Yet she’s been on…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Apr 8, 2022

A California mail carrier allegedly beat a turkey to death. Was it self-defense?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California wildlife authorities and the U.S. Postal Service are investigating reports that a mail carrier beat a wild turkey to death in Sacramento County.

Tribune News Service · Mar 4, 2022

Church massacre highlights how California lets abusers keep guns despite restraining orders

There was no room for interpretation in the domestic violence restraining order papers the shooter in Monday's church massacre had received a few months earlier.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2022