Can U.S. health care be healed?
A conversation with Elisabeth Rosenthal Editor’s note: Former New York Times reporter Elisabeth Rosenthal, MD, is the author of An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became…
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Ghost of a chance: Battle brews over new anti-ghost gun bill at the state Capitol
A former police officer looks to tackle untraceable assault weapons Mike Gipson smiled as he walked through a lamp-studded hallway inside the state Capitol. Not…
A serial killer by any other name: Suspected Golden State Killer caught in Sacramento more than 40 years after his reign of terror began
Almost every district attorney had a personal story about the monster with many names. Anne Marie Schubert remembered being a 12-year-old suburban girl in the…
The music ends: Rapper Lizk sentenced to 30-years-to-life for simple gun possession
Performer’s situation draws sympathy from the judge handing out the sentence At 25 years old, Deandre Rogers is officially out of strikes. The South Sacramento…
Sutter vs. the people
This attorney’s lawsuit could impact hospital care nationwide Attorney Richard Grossman represents a group of 1,500 health plans in a class-action suit against Sacramento-based Sutter…
A Sacramento tradition: for the third year in a row, SN&R takes home top honor at California newspaper awards
Photo collage by Maria Ratinova By Eric Johnson “The Sacramento News & Review has a total sense of place, with relevant news stories that look…
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…
Surveillance debate
Capitol hearing exposes rift between law enforcement lobbies and civil liberty defenders It only took minutes for George Orwell’s1984 to be invoked during an April 3 hearing…
Stephon Clark was shot six times in the back
Of the 20 shots officers fired at Stephon Clark, eight hit their target. The first six hit him in the back. The worst fears…
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…
Loaded lyrics: Trial of rapper Lizk centers on soundtrack to area gang war
South city performer faces gun charges—again Deandre Rogers doesn’t deny he’s a gang member. But the idea that he was cruising through Sacramento with high-powered, automatic…
Help us track hate incidents in Sacramento
The Sacramento News & Review has joined ProPublica's Documenting Hate project, which provides members of the public with a discrete channel to report hate…
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…
Missed warnings: How Sacramento’s domestic violence victims are failed by the system, some losing their lives
As murder-suicides flared, officials searched for more effective way to gauge lethality On May 18, Jarrod Hill was supposed to walk into a Sacramento County…
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…
BREAKING: Ignited less than 24 hours ago and fed by dry winds, uncontrolled wildfires threaten Northern California
Fire season has grown longer and more severe since the Malibu fire in 2013, state fire officials said. (Photo courtesy of the California Department of…