Articles by Scott Thomas Anderson



Return of the survivor

Mario Garcia brutalized women for years, but his conviction for Christie Wilson’s murder was assisted by the one woman he didn’t break On a January…





Fire from the sky

Inside the early evacuation that followed a lightning-driven inferno in Nevada County It started with a sound like the sky splitting open. Around 2 a.m….





The tinted tell

An alleged meth trafficker from West Sacramento faces federal charges as local officials drill down on the cascading effects of addiction 3-12-2020 A West Sacramento…



A doorway to distant comfort

The gumbo at Tori’s Place brings Gulf Coast greatness to the Capital City For nearly three centuries, gumbo has been warming mouths and spirits across Louisiana’s…


Symposium of sin

Sacramento Public Library hosts True Crime Mini-Conference Sacramento isn’t just the capital of California: For decades it has been known to crime aficionados as the…


Bull by the tail

Pain and perseverance at the bloodless Portuguese bullfights of the Delta  With dying sunlight shifting through the town of Thornton, Donald Alcino Mota lays back…


Unbreakable bond

Former state boxing champion Richard ‘Trino’ Savala emerged from a criminal past to become the region’s most unique youth advocate and bail bondsman Richard “Trino”…