The final confrontation: Sacramento murder trial details security guard’s last determined actions
It is a surreal if tragic moment captured in a still-frame: Two men reaching their arms out, each pointing a weapon at the other, and…
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Sacramento County already hit with ten homicides during the holiday season
Sacramento police and sheriff’s detectives have tackled ten homicide investigations since the start of November, with four of those murders happening in front of well-known…
The evolution of a travel writer: For Rick Steves, sojourning is more than escapism – it’s about the future
Rick Steves remembers sitting alone on a stage in Sacramento just before a curtain of chaos began descending on millions of peoples’ lives – and…
Ways of the Gun: Sacramento filmmaker releases spellbinding doc about the double-edged ubiquity of firearms in America
Journalist captures sound, fury and lasting symbiosis in ‘Gun Comedy’ Silver-shaded transitions from face to face. A camera’s eye that drifts behind turning wheelchairs and…
The ‘out of body’ stranger: Investigators reveal night of terror for murdered woman in Land Park
The first firefighter who tried to rush into the house that morning found himself struggling with the door. He could see a key sitting in…
The Plot: A years-long revenge gambit involving a meth dealer, a burglar and a member of the Aryan Brotherhood comes to light in Sacramento
The woman had been arrested on a warrant that day while doing her court-ordered community service. “Well, that’s kind of shitty,” one of the…
A dog that lives in Rocklin helped catch alleged killer, hostage-taker who escaped police custody
In the end, as the SWAT members closed in, it was a neighborhood dog in Rocklin that likely made fugitive Eric Abril know that he…
The deadly allure of Arctic light meets sunshine and California dreams in new book ‘Wanderlust’
Mitenbuler’s third nonfiction outing is stellar, bringing an eccentric personality back from the veil It’s getting hard to predict what path Reid Mitenbuler will take…
Guns, heroin and meth trades in front of Dutch Brothers: More alleged smuggling between Sacramento and Tahoe
Suspect parked his SUV right in front of FBI agent while allegedly directing deal for pounds of meth at everyone’s favorite espresso stand Law enforcement’s…
Last pieces of the Lost: investigators continue trying to close a serial killer probe that still haunts the region
San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Detective Jeremey Davis grew up in the same no-frills farming town as two of the state’s most inscrutable serial killers. They…
As murders continue Downtown, a city looks for answers
New nighttime economy manager is the face of a multipronged approach to turn the tide Leia Schenk didn’t show up to K Street on April…
Baristas enduring assaults, jarring confrontations, ongoing harassment remain a focal point for trying to unionize Sacramento Starbucks
It was the morning after Christmas 2022 when Rachel Holman walked into the Starbucks at 1901 J St. and noticed huge pieces of plywood fixed…
Thunder in the park – one dead, two hospitalized after gunman opens fire on CHP officer in Roseville
One of the most-sedate neighborhoods in West Roseville was engulfed in brief but devastating gunfire Thursday afternoon, leading to a tragic outcome. The incident happened…
Analysis: America has been the land of school killing grounds for 34 years, but only California and Tennessee police have shown glimpses of tactics that work
I wasn’t a journalist back when the Columbine High School massacre happened in 1999. In fact, I wasn’t too much older than the shooters who…
Irreversible: How chaos at Auburn’s ‘neighborhood bar’ led to a hard-fought murder trial
It was just past 1:35 a.m. when Auburn police sergeant Anthony Davis and his partner Stan Hamelin pulled up to a blue-collar bar on the…
Seeking ‘thin places’ in Ireland’s County Kerry
Across centuries of Celtic storytelling, there came this idea about places that draw a floating, fog-shrouded sensation between our edge existence and the grey realms…
Sacramento’s gang and homicide prosecutors close out the winter with multiple convictions
The year 2020 was a shocking one for Sacramento County as its neighborhoods endured the worst spike in gun-related homicides the region had witnessed in…