California mass shooting: 6 dead, 12 injured in Sacramento The Sacramento Police Department says the shooting happened early Sunday morning. Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 3, 2022
Police say 6 dead, at least 9 injured in Sacramento shooting Police in Sacramento say six people are dead and at least nine others are injured after a shooting in downtown Sacramento The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022
Sacramento shooting: Six killed as police report at least 15 victims Police reported at least 15 victims from the shooting The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022
Jalen Green stays hot, scores career-high 33 points as Kings edge Rockets Rockets guard Jalen Green now has five games in his young NBA career with 30+ points, which no other 2021 rookie has done more than twice. It still wasn’t quite enough to beat Sacramento. USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 2, 2022
Student stabbed at Sacramento-area school; officers detain another student SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An eighth-grade student was taken to a hospital after being stabbed by another eighth-grader with a knife Thursday morning at an Arden Arcade school, San Juan Unified School District and law enforcement officials said. Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2022
Anita Chabria: This teachers' strike is not just about money. It's about respect for public education A few weeks ago, Sacramento teacher Kacie Go had 56 kids for second period. Los Angeles Times · Mar 31, 2022
Ukrainians in US mobilize to help 100,000 expected refugees Ukrainians already living in the United States are working through formal and informal networks to provide housing, food and a sense of community to as many as 100,000 refugees expected to arrive in the country The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022
California’s reparations effort moves ahead. Here’s what’s next SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s Reparations Task Force voted Tuesday to define those who are eligible for reparations as descendants of African Americans enslaved in the U.S. or of free Black people living in the country before the end of the 19th century. Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2022
California lawmakers target fentanyl as opioid overdoses surge SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers are responding to a surge in fentanyl overdoses and deaths in their cities with a list of bills that include imposing stronger penalties for distributing the synthetic opioid and easing access to safer consumption and treatment. Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2022
Who should receive reparations in California for slavery? Answers raise more questions SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Antoinette Harrell has spent nearly three decades of her life verifying cases of slavery in the South before and after emancipation. Los Angeles Times · Mar 30, 2022
Kings at Rockets: Prediction, point spread, odds, over/under, betting picks (March 30) Jalen Green and the Rockets are slight home underdogs (+2.5) versus Sacramento in an unpredictable game where most veterans on both teams are not expected to play. USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 30, 2022
Cannabis comestible contra hierba para fumar: ¿en qué se diferencian y cuáles son los efectos sobre la salud? SACRAMENTO, California— El panorama actual del cannabis comestible ha pasado de ser el estereotipo casero de "brownies de marihuana" a una industria innovadora, que empuja las papilas gustativas tanto de los fumadores como de quienes consumen marihuana por primera vez. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
Edible cannabis vs smoking weed: How are they different and what are the health effects? SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Today's edible cannabis scene has evolved from your stereotypical homemade "pot brownies" into an innovative industry, pushing the tastebuds of both stoners and first-time marijuana users. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
California Gov. Gavin Newsom broadens drought order — but again stops short of mandatory urban water cutbacks SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom, acknowledging the severity of the drought, ordered California cities and other local water agencies Monday to reduce their water usage and tighten their conservation rules. Tribune News Service · Mar 29, 2022
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 A Sacramento woman was evicted from a city homeless shelter. She died in a tent 10 days later SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tammy Couisan lost everything over the past four months.
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 Should rich Californians get gas price, inflation relief? Newsom, Democrats weigh options SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California leaders all agree that residents need some kind of relief from inflation and soaring gasoline prices — but who should qualify? Drivers? Those in lower income brackets? All taxpayers?
Tribune News Service · Mar 24, 2022 Abortion access in California: What to know about the system, costs and resources SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's been more than six months since Texas enacted a near-ban on abortions, and California is catching a glimpse of how such decisions, state by state, can affect its role in providing the service to people living outside the state.
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues Thousands of teachers and other school workers have walked out in Sacramento
Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022 News analysis: In California, the cost of driving has always been a political hot potato SACRAMENTO — Few California cultural touchstones have had more staying power over the years than the state's affinity for cars and its aversion to taxes.
Tribune News Service · Mar 18, 2022 Want vulnerable Californians to have healthier pregnancies? Doulas say the state must pay up SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 16, 2022 Helene Elliott: Next wave of American men give U.S. tennis fans hope INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — Stefanos Tsitispas didn't seem all that impressed by Jenson Brooksby after the precocious 21-year-old from Sacramento had upset him in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open.
Tribune News Service · Mar 16, 2022 Power shut off to homes near Yosemite. ‘Anyone with a heart knows this is wrong’ SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Power was shut off to homes near Yosemite National Park on Tuesday, the latest blow to a group of homeowners who were told in December by Yosemite that they’d have to remove or surrender the mobile homes they own without compensation by March 13.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 15, 2022 George Skelton: California must stop taking away child support from kids and families SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This seems counterintuitive in such a liberal state, but it's a fact: California rips off child support payments intended for moms who receive government aid.
Chicago Tribune · Mar 15, 2022 Chicago Bulls open a 3-game West Coast trip with a 112-103 loss to the 25-45 Sacramento Kings The Chicago Bulls began their final West Coast trip of the season on a low note, losing 112-103 to the Sacramento Kings on Monday night at the Golden 1 Center.
Los Angeles Times · Mar 12, 2022 Newsom promised to address California's high gas costs. But the politics are tricky SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Just how Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to make good on his promise this week to put money "back in the pockets" of Californians stung by the sharp rise in gas prices remains murky, but suspending or lowering the state's highest-in-the-nation gas tax appears less and less likely.