After the war: Trauma still haunts California’s Hmong community
By Scott Thomas Anderson In 1976, Robert By Khang was lost in a city where no one spoke Hmong, where no one could tell him…
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These bands are your life
How the Knockoffs, Trouble Makers and Four Eyes survived fist fights, bad shows and 25 years on the Sacramento scene By Rachel Leibrock Bands come…
Fire down below: Records reveal nearly 30 gas wells in the path of Delta tunnel project
By Scott Thomas Anderson Seventeen bodies were hauled out of the tunnel, some charred by fire, others choked in soot. The men killed that day…
Hidden money, weaponized disinformation and a dark development in Folsm
By Scott Thomas Anderson It was a cold night in February, and my car was inching through a rope of ruby taillights spilling across North Sacramento….
Flame Dreams: Jeremiah Tower remains a California enigma
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sapphire and pomegranate gem lights burn across the gilded waves of the Crest Theatre. A large, eager crowd is spilling into…
A reluctant victim
Case involves a Ukrainian woman who requested a restraining order against prosecutor and only testified under the threat of arrest By Scott Thomas Anderson and…
Gripping ghost guns: The death trail of weapons that are untraceable, unrestrictable and so far unstoppable
By Scott Thomas Anderson The house is torn down now. Some papers stapled to a hacked-up stump are the only evidence it ever existed. Before…
Confessions of a killer cop
John Tennis breaks his silence after being fired for fatal encounter with Joseph Mann By Raheem F. Hosseini Dressed in a faded Superman t-shirt that…
The mouth’s gateway toward understanding
Renaissance chef Mourhit Drissi uses Casablanca Restaurant to serve cultural teachings By Scott Thomas Anderson Cooking over a fire on the outskirts of Morocco’s capital,…
Verizon deal will bring 5G network to the capital city—but at what cost?
Critics point to company’s record of sharing customer data, environmental damage and stance against net neutrality among reasons to be skeptical of $100 million deal…
Terminal father believed county attorneys delayed trial so he would die before he could testify against deputies
Two mentally ill young men, two officer shootings, two different outcomes By Scott Thomas Anderson and Raheem F. Hosseini The night before the civil trial…
Blood on the Tracks: how detectives solved the dark riddle of a train-hopper murder
By Scott Thomas Anderson Josh Alpert once wrote a letter about the death of his twin brother. “I can’t glance in the mirror without seeing…
BREAKING: 'Piegate' activist throttled by Kevin Johnson won't face retrial
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento’s most famous pie caper ended with a whimper instead of a splat. On Thursday morning, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s…
Requiem for the Delta
By Scott Thomas Anderson A cannon-shaped sea drone plunges through the darkness. On the waves above, Nicky Suard steadies herself in a speed boat as…
Profile: Vince Sterne, founder of Two Rivers Cider Company
By Luis Gael Jimenez When Vince Sterne first began brewing and selling his cider to Rubicon Brewing Co., almost exactly 21 years ago, he had no idea he…
Third-party obstruction: Reverse Public Records Act tactics at play in separate legal actions involving Kevin Johnson, other agencies
California government agencies avoid public-records legal fees when allies sue By Scott Thomas Anderson A new tactic to dilute the California Public Records Act met…
Killing Mom
A terminal cancer patient wants to die. Will California’s end-of-life bureaucracy let her? By Raheem F. Hosseini Past the double sets of sliding doors and…