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Sherri Papini’s husband files for divorce after she pleads guilty to hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Keith Papini, who loyally stood by his wife’s side for six years as Sherri Papini maintained she had been kidnapped, filed for divorce Wednesday, two days after she pleaded guilty to charges that the whole thing was a hoax.

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PG&E wildfire victim trust lobbies Newsom, California lawmakers for $1.5 billion state loan

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The multibillion-dollar trust fund responsible for paying PG&E Corp. wildfire victims is lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature for a loan.

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Opposition mounts against Newsom's plan for court-ordered treatment of homeless people

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six weeks after California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a far-reaching effort to push more people into court-ordered treatment for severe mental illness and addiction, homeless advocates are calling it legally misguided and immoral as the proposal's first public hearing at the state Capitol has been delayed.

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Sherri Papini pleads guilty in faked kidnapping, awaits sentencing in Sacramento court

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An emotional Sherri Papini formally admitted Monday that she made up her 2016 “kidnapping” from Redding, pleading guilty in federal court in Sacramento to a count of making false statements to a federal agent and mail fraud, part of a plea agreement she worked out after her…

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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

Who fired guns in Sacramento mass shooting? New documents detail gunfight, minute by minute

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — At 1:57:02 a.m. April 3, surveillance cameras at 10th and K streets caught a crowd of 70 to 80 people gathering on the northeast corner of the intersection.

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California Democrats are delaying their vaccine plans. Here's why

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Democrats were moving toward requiring COVID-19 vaccines for students and keeping them from opting out of shots with personal belief exemptions.

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Sacramento shootout that killed 6 detailed in court filing

Newly filed court documents provide for the first time a detailed account of how a deadly gunfight over an unspecified gang dispute unfolded in downtown Sacramento earlier this month

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California lawmaker scraps plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill requiring California students to be immunized for COVID-19 will not move forward, its author said Thursday, marking the second major piece of vaccination legislation to be pulled this year at the state Capitol before its first vote.

Los Angeles Times

Amid legal battle over secret recordings, confidentiality, Aryan Brotherhood defendants transferred out of Sacramento jail

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before a federal judge could rule whether the Sacramento jail was violating the constitutional rights of a half-dozen men accused of crimes on behalf of the Aryan Brotherhood, the defendants were whisked away in the middle of the night and taken to other facilities, including a nearby…

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Homicide detectives face huge challenges on Sacramento shooting. Here’s what we know

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After naming and securing two suspects, Sacramento police announced Tuesday they were looking for a third person thought to be involved in the capital city’s worst gun violence ever — a shooting that killed six and injured 12 people early last week.

Los Angeles Times

Newsom, lawmakers haggle over plan for relief from California's high gas prices

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to give Californians money to offset rising gas prices, he and state lawmakers have yet to find common ground on the most basic details of the plan: Who should be eligible for refunds and how much should they…

Los Angeles Times

In governor's race, challengers attack Newsom's record on homelessness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even as Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of California's economic resurgence after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the tens of thousands of Californians living on the streets offer a searing counterpoint — a nagging reminder of the human suffering that has become a central focus of the long-shot candidates hoping…

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Commentary: The Sacramento shooting escalated American violence. We know how to shut it down again

Johntaya Alexander did her big sister a favor early Sunday morning, showing up to give her a ride home when the downtown Sacramento clubs closed at 2 a.m. Minutes later, 21-year-old Johntaya, who dreamed of becoming a social worker, lay dying in her sister’s arms, cut down by gunfire that…

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Anita Chabria: How can we prevent shootings like the one in Sacramento? Take domestic violence seriously

The two brothers suspected of involvement in the recent deadly shooting in Sacramento, Dandrae and Smiley Martin, share something in common besides blood.

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3rd suspect identified in Sacramento mass shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Authorities have identified a third suspect in a mass shooting that killed six people and injured a dozen others in downtown Sacramento on April 3.

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Sherri Papini accepts plea deal, will admit her 'kidnap' was all a hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six weeks after Sherri Papini was arrested and charged with faking her own kidnapping in 2016, the so-called Super Mom from Redding has signed a plea deal and will admit that she orchestrated the hoax, her attorney told The Sacramento Bee on Tuesday.

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Shooting challenges downtown Sacramento's rebuilding efforts

The recent mass shooting in Sacramento has shaken a downtown core rattled in recent years by violence, protests and the pandemic's economic drubbing

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'We're killing ourselves': Sacramento group seeks funding for gang violence prevention

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Aaron Cardoza, a former gang member and now anti-violence mentor, was in downtown Sacramento in the aftermath of a brazen shootout that killed six people and wounded 12 others.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Here’s how California can get more guns out of dangerous hands

The dramatic rise in gun violence over the last two years in the United States, as was demonstrated in the deadly shootout in Sacramento on Sunday, demands that leaders do more to keep firearms away from dangerous people.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Sacramento gang shooting killed 6, wounded 12

Six people were killed and 12 wounded in Sacramento last weekend in what police say was a shootout between rival gangs as bars closed and patrons crowded the streets just blocks away from the California state Capitol

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Sacramento wants to stop downtown gun violence. What these cities did after major shootings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Downtown Sacramento, where thousands reside and millions visit each year, has seen its share of live entertainment, tourists, buzzy nightlife, city employees — and violence.

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento carnage ‘came out of the blue,’ says gang intervention worker

As police, policymakers and family members of victims continued to grapple with a deadly shootout in downtown Sacramento Sunday that left six dead and 12 injured, gang intervention experts in the city said the explosion of violence appeared to have sprung up with little warning.

Los Angeles Times

New videos, details upend narrative of Sacramento shooting that left 6 dead

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When police first arrived at the scene of the shooting in the heart of downtown Sacramento on Sunday around 2 a.m., they came across bodies lying on the street.

Los Angeles Times

Sacramento massacre shows rising dangers of handguns converted into automatic weapons

As state and federal authorities continue to piece together how so many people were killed and wounded in Sunday’s shooting in downtown Sacramento, their attention has turned to a small, seemingly innocuous culprit: A gun accessory that quickly and cheaply turns many handguns into weapons capable of spraying dozens of…

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