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San Quentin — California’s oldest prison — executed hundreds from death row over decades

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest death row and was built in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison.

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This mysterious streak of light over California is actually an old space station antenna meeting its doom (video)

St. Patrick's Day revelers in Sacramento, California witnessed an old piece of the space station burn up in the atmosphere on March 17.

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Space station discarded some trash. It rained fire in California's sky

Jeff Watters and his friends weren't sure what to think of the streaking lights that dashed across the Sacramento night sky late Friday.

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California’s COVID misinformation law is entangled in lawsuits, conflicting rulings

Gov. Gavin Newsom may have been prescient when he acknowledged free speech concerns as he signed California’s COVID-19 misinformation bill last fall. In a message to lawmakers, the governor warned of “the chilling effect other potential laws may have” on the ability of doctors to speak frankly with patients but…

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George Skelton: Newsom shouldn't shy away from a State of the State speech

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom insists his presidential ambitions are "subzero," and I believe him. As president, he probably couldn't avoid giving a State of the Union speech before Congress. And he'd hate that.

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Who deserves a levee? The fight to save California communities from flooding

The tiny town of Hamilton City sits in the direct path of the mighty Sacramento River, muddy and swollen by this week’s storms.

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Dylan Hernandez: Don’t fret about UCLA. Resilience is part of the Bruins’ March Madness style

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Instinct will be to point to Saturday night as evidence of why UCLA won’t win a national championship.

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UCLA edges Northwestern to return to Sweet 16; David Singleton sprains ankle

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — How Sweet it is.

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Princeton crushes Missouri's Sweet 16 dreams with upset in NCAA Tournament

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A Missouri basketball season few expected to last this long ended more bitter than sweet on Saturday.

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Mysterious streaks of light seen in the sky over California

Mysterious streaks of light were seen in the sky in the Sacramento area Friday night, shocking St. Patrick’s Day revelers who then posted videos on social media of the surprising sight

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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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Bill Plaschke: UCLA looks all business in NCAA tournament opener rout over UNC Asheville

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — No Furman here. No Princeton here. No late craziness or shocking weirdness or shining momentousness here.

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UCLA opens NCAA tournament with rout over UNC Asheville

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The only nervous moments came several hours before tipoff.

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Upset city!: No. 15 Princeton ousts No. 2 Arizona in NCAA Tournament shocker

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Somewhere, Pete Carril is working over a stale cigar, nodding with pride and approval.

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Newsom says California is on track to cut unsheltered homelessness by 15%

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After criticizing local officials for failing to adequately address the pernicious problem of homelessness in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced that the state is on track to cut the number of unsheltered people by an ambitious 15% in two years and vowed to provide 1,200…

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Mizzou basketball erupts in second half for first NCAA Tournament victory in 13 years

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dennis Gates and the Missouri basketball team are sticking around California.

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Republicans made gains in Latino-majority districts in California, 2022 election figures show

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new report shows Republicans are gaining footholds in some California electoral districts where Latinos make up the majority population, a development that might concern some Democrats moving forward.

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Stolen helicopter crashes at Sacramento Executive Airport

Authorities say the attempted theft of a helicopter has ended in wreckage when it crashed at Sacramento Executive Airport

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Rep. Katie Porter comes to Northern California for Senate campaign: ‘I see Sacramento as distinct’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Southern California Senate hopeful Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, made her first Sacramento-area campaign stop Wednesday at UC Davis — what she called “a little slice of heaven” — in an hour-long meet-and-greet with the Davis College Democrats.

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Riders on the storm: Surfers shred on the American River near Sacramento

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Surf's up on the American River.

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NBA suspends Trey Lyles, fines Brook Lopez following altercation in Kings-Bucks game

The NBA has suspended Kings forward Trey Lyles and fined Milwaukee Bucks center Brook Lopez following their altercation in Monday’s game at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.

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2 arrested, officer injured after protesters clash outside Charlie Kirk’s speech at UC Davis

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 100 protesters picketed and clashed with police Tuesday evening at the University of California, Davis in a demonstration against a far-right radio show host speaking on campus at a conservative student group event.

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Lab-grown chicken nuggets and chocolate? How Calif.'s Yolo County is shaping the future of food

SACRAMENTO, Calif. Melted chocolate whirred around a melanger in California Cultured’s workshop, destined to be poured, hardened and broken into little squares. A tasty dessert, not yet legal to sell in the U.S.

Los Angeles Times

After COVID-19 school chaos, California lawmakers debate role of superintendent

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California children were stuck at home in distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and schools reopened unevenly across the state, raising equity concerns, frustrated parents demanded action from Supertintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.

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Protesters, counterprotesters square off in Sacramento over gender-confirming health care

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 40 people who oppose gender-confirming health care gathered on Friday at the Capitol, while a larger group of counterprotesters marched toward the event.

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