By Scott Thomas Anderson In a 12-month window, three young people – Spencer Newsom, Hailey Modesitt and Kade Webb – all died of fentanyl overdoses….
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By Scott Thomas Anderson On an April afternoon, a team of CHP officers confronted a volatile man they’d been tailing – and they did it…
On October 16, Sacramento Sheriff’s deputies were called to an apartment complex in Carmichael where a dog was discovered with serious injuries. The scene was…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Four decades and four-hundred miles of space had separated Richard Moore from the Roseville alcove where Madeline Garcia was savagely killed…
Cold case SN&R has been covering breaks open with apprehension of man who was teen suspect in unrelated arson near killing scene By Scott Thomas…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Joan Didion wrote that “life changes in an instant.” She was describing how quickly Death appears when we’re not ready; but…
By Scott Thomas Anderson On May 2, 1946, six inmates on Alcatraz island made a violent escape gambit – only to find themselves in an…
Detectives investigate the killing of Cheyenne Loomer, celebration of life planned for April 27 in Penryn By Scott Thomas Anderson Cheyenne Loomer’s family wasn’t there…
Working on the crime podcast ‘Trace of the Devastation’ meant revisiting events some would rather forget. But is forgetting them even possible? By Scott Thomas…
By Scott Thomas Anderson In Placer County’s main courthouse, just past its front metal detector, there is a document pick-up area with stacked metal baskets….
By Scott Thomas Anderson It is a surreal if tragic moment captured in a still-frame: Two men reaching their arms out, each pointing a weapon…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Sacramento police and sheriff’s detectives have tackled ten homicide investigations since the start of November, with four of those murders happening…
Journalist captures sound, fury and lasting symbiosis in ‘Gun Comedy’ By Scott Thomas Anderson Silver-shaded transitions from face to face. A camera’s eye that drifts…
By Scott Thomas Anderson The first firefighter who tried to rush into the house that morning found himself struggling with the door. He could see…
By Scott Thomas Anderson The woman had been arrested on a warrant that day while doing her court-ordered community service. “Well, that’s kind of…
By Scott Thomas Anderson In the end, as the SWAT members closed in, it was a neighborhood dog in Rocklin that likely made fugitive Eric…
Suspect parked his SUV right in front of FBI agent while allegedly directing deal for pounds of meth at everyone’s favorite espresso stand By Scott…