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A California union president sent $25 gift cards to members. An uproar and reprimand followed

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Five months ago, members of AFSCME Local 2620, the union representing therapists and social workers in California state government, received preloaded $25 debit cards in the mail.

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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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Why a Sacramento-area restaurant owner brought in a priest to talk to his workers

Last November, a few weeks after the U.S. Department of Labor had notified owners of Taqueria Garibaldi restaurants in the Sacramento area that it had evidence of overtime and record-keeping violations, one of the chain’s owners showed up at the Howe Avenue eatery with a priest, the government says.

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Did Russia provide funding and support for booster of California secession movement?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In February 2018, as organizers of the so-called “CalExit” campaign to have California secede from the union and form its own country, a Russian national named Aleksandr Ionov sent electronic messages to a secession supporter, court documents say. Ionov offered funding for a protest that would have…

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares state of emergency due to monkeypox outbreak

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday declared a state of emergency in California due to the spread of the monkeypox virus in order to "bolster the state's vaccination efforts."

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What’s Next In The NBA For Utah State’s Neemias Queta?

Neemias Queta is gearing up for his second season in the NBA and could be primed for something big. The 7-footer from Portugal played three years at Utah State before he was drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2021. In his debut season in the ...

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A Major League Soccer 'Cupset' as Sacramento Republic advances to U.S. Open Cup Final

Sacramento continues its dream run as the first lower-division soccer team to get to the final since 2008 - with a chance to become the first non-MLS champion since 1999.

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After decades of failure, California dusts off controversial Delta tunnel water project

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here we go again.

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Sacramento Kings announce multiyear partnership with Grammy Award-winning rapper 50 Cent

Grammy Award-winning musician and entrepreneur Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson sat courtside with Kings owner Vivek Ranadive during a Las Vegas Summer League game earlier this month. Apparently, they had business to discuss.

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California’s COVID-19 numbers show some improvement. Has the latest surge hit a peak?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s COVID-19 numbers are showing early signs of improvement, after the state’s case and hospital rates climbed steadily from early April through mid-July, though some regions of the state are faring better than others.

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Alaska Airlines launches digital bag tag program to fast-track airport check-in

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Those flying Alaska Airlines this fall may get the chance to fast-track their way through luggage check-in with the company’s new electronic bag tag program.

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California private school and staffers indicted in death of 13-year-old autistic boy

A now-shuttered Sacramento-area private school for special needs students and three of its former employees have been indicted in connection with the 2018 death of a 13-year-old autistic boy, who was held in a face-down restraint for nearly two hours, authorities said.

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Gavin Newsom vs. Florida continues, this time over unemployment rates

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republicans launched the latest round of California vs. Florida Friday, warning Gov. Gavin Newsom that comparing his state’s economy to Florida’s — and, by extension, his leadership to that of Gov. Ron DeSantis — is a “comparison Newsom is likely going to regret.”

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Survey finds 'alarming' trend toward political violence among American population

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One in five Americans believes that political violence is at least sometimes justifiable, and over half believe that the country is headed toward civil war.

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Newsom signs gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas’ vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to Second Amendment groups and firearm owners.

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Newsom to sign gun law modeled after Texas abortion ban, setting up Supreme Court fight

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign a controversial gun control bill modeled after Texas' vigilante abortion law on Friday, teeing up a legal battle with a U.S. Supreme Court friendly to 2nd Amendment groups and firearm owners.

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How Demands for 'Local Control' Become an Excuse for NIMBYism

Conservatives' guiding principle should always be less government control, not more.

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‘A better life.’ How a Facebook community helps thousands fleeing California for other states

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Hundreds of thousands of residents have fled California for other states during the pandemic and it seems as though most of them have found a virtual home on one of Terry Gilliam’s Facebook pages. His groups – Leaving California and Life After California – have a combined…

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California’s 2022 wildfire season is off to a relatively tame start. Will it last?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Blazes have burned thousands of acres, cued mandatory evacuations and threatened some of the state’s oldest and most impressive trees, but far fewer acres have burned in California wildfires through the first few weeks of summer than at the same point last year.

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Newsom signs bill to track certain sexually violent offenders through GPS systems

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Law enforcement groups and criminal justice reformers are at odds over a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that will allow the state to keep tabs on certain "sexually violent predators" through Global Positioning Systems.

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Yosemite declined offer for retardant air-drop in Washburn Fire’s early hours. Here’s why

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yosemite National Park officials wasted little time responding to the first reports of a fire burning in the Mariposa Grove on the afternoon of July 7.

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Commentary: Why are lawmakers luring tech lobbyists to wine country before social media, crypto votes?

California lawmakers will soon end their summer recess and return to Sacramento for the final, most consequential month of the legislative year. August is when the Legislature determines the fate of hundreds of bills that have been snaking through the Capitol all year, making decisions that may affect millions of…

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Has inflation peaked? What experts say consumers can expect in the next few months

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Here’s what experts say is the future of prices, which have been increasing at levels unseen in nearly 41 years:

Los Angeles Times

George Skelton: If Newsom sees himself as president, he should move into position to run. That's what he's doing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is moving into position to possibly run for president, regardless of what he says or tells himself.

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Yosemite wildfire grew overnight, but is now 51% contained

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Washburn fire burning in Yosemite National Park continued to grow slightly overnight from Saturday to Sunday, but so did firefighters’ containment of the blaze.

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