Response to animal abuse case raises questions about Sacramento’s Front Street Shelter
After getting off the phone with Front Street Animal Shelter, Dan Aderholt and Claudia Cardoza realized that it would be up to them to save…
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Family trying to find Oak Park woman who went missing in early December
Kendra Parsons is spending her Christmas season locked in a tense search for her mother, Desaraie Carrol Parsons, who went missing on the first full…
Stolen wheels, lost connections: The story of a theft can be the story of a moment in life
When Nikki Chamberlain’s plans were disrupted by the pandemic, she didn’t sit around stewing in frustration or embracing a sense of helplessness, but instead climbed…
As state preps, residents make their case that the Delta Tunnel is an environmental crime story in full-view
Haunting memories of eminent domain come back to light as DWR sets its sights on Sacramento County properties For Mark Massoni, it was hard to…
Editorial: When it comes to violent crime, do we even hear victims anymore?
“She was my first-born. He took more than my child – he took the child who made me a mother.” Those are the words of…
The startling real-life crimes that inspired Sacramento’s ‘haunted river’ lore
There’s a menacing mythos along the edges of Sacramento’s waterfront, an array of spoken stories reaching from the Delta King’s pilot house to those iron…
Blood and Fire: the saga of a grisly execution that shocked the Delta is finally revealed in court
Rosa Ventura had only been a volunteer firefighter for a year when she confronted the unimaginable. Ventura belongs to a small group of emergency personnel…
Sacramento neighborhoods experience 8 murders in 12 days, no connections identified yet
From city streets to the avenues of the county, Sacramento’s early fall weather ushered in some startling challenges for law enforcement after 8 people were…
Missing in the Mountains: obsession, violence and tragedy in a quiet place
Marny Shaffer knew something was wrong almost as soon as she arrived for her daughter. Shaffer had made her way up a tree-lined path bending…
Chronicle of a death unforetold – a reporter is slain in a major American city
It’s been a surreal week for veteran newspaper journalists. The revelation that Jeff German, an intrepid, blue-collar investigative reporter who wore his legs out walking…
Busted by a bulge: On a traffic stop, ballooning bump in man’s front pants was ‘inconsistent with normal anatomy’
Alleged heroin and meth dealer got hooked after trying to play it like a porn star Is that a massive amount of contraband under your…
Gang member who sold guns at a Sacramento parole office, not surprisingly, didn’t get far
When violating parole to sell stolen weapons and illegal “ghost guns” around town, the lobby of the parole office isn’t be the best place to…
The Cold 52: Vicious Sacramento murder solved after half-a-century
A case that investigators never gave up on becomes the oldest homicide ever solved in Sacramento history Reflecting on the ominous nature of bloodshed, Nic…
Bidding farewell to a hometown newspaper editor
Restaurant pathfinder Jerry Budrick realized a later life dream becoming a one-of-a-kind journalist in the foothills. Now, that community mourns his passing. What is the…
Analysis: ‘We Own This City’ is the series that both sides of the police reform debate should be talking about
A real story of deep-rooted corruption, questionable incentives and the work of oversight investigators details how problems grow and are confronted in troubled departments …
Sacramento prosecutors get multiple human trafficking convictions, some tied to near-fatal attacks, ‘horrific’ dog abuse
It started when a woman rushed to a fire stationhouse, pleading for help as she bled from deep stab wounds to her stomach. The Sacramento…
Deadly ‘match’: how Tinder brought three into a shared orbit of stalking, torture, white power and an execution linking Rocklin to Rancho Cordova
It was 2 a.m. in the oldest part of Rocklin. Porch lights broke the blackness above some freight lines along Pacific Street and the overhang…