New surveillance tools allow cops to spy on everyone—including you
Amazon’s Ring may have helped catch a killer. What else does it catch? Homicide detectives Christopher Britton and Courtney Bartilson arrived at the short, gabled…
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On the fast track
The Atrium, a new arts nonprofit, pulls in city money and builds political clout The sunlight is fading on the Old Sacramento waterfront as a…
Weed keeps winning
Hey! Happy Holidays and all that stuff. Got any predictions for the new year? I’m glad you asked. Cannabis is still winning. In the November…
State’s largest water district ignores tribes, conservationists, ratepayers on Delta tunnel
Metropolitan Water District will spend millions more planning an embattled conveyance system despite an outcry from its constituents By Scott Thomas Anderson The Metropolitan Water…
Will city finally fix a big broken promise to Natomas?
Years of resentment in District 1 over loss of Kings arena could be rectified with a world-class zoo By Scott Thomas Anderson For families and…
Piling on during the pandemic?
Editor’s note: Sacramento County puts off a hike in garbage rates for now, listening to COVID-19 fatigued residents. The city of Sacramento is also looking…
Desperate measures
Editor’s note: Facing an unrelenting COVID-19 surge, Sacramento County supervisors consider fining businesses that endanger public health With no end in sight to the latest…
A glutton for political office
Sheriff Scott Jones is raising campaign cash like he might run for a fourth term Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones made it sound like he…
Newsom launches rescue efforts for small businesses as new lockdown announced
More local governments are asserting independence from state’s edicts in the wake of court rulings, PR nightmares By Scott Thomas Anderson Small businesses across the…
A discount on arena rent?
Editor’s note: If fans aren’t allowed at Golden 1 Center, will the Sacramento Kings ask City Hall for a lower payment? Like almost every entertainment…
A dangerous time for disarray
Editor’s note: Sacramento County’s leadership is in transition as the COVID-19 pandemic peaks We’re heading into a long, dark winter of COVID-19. So could the…
Local news on life support
Can a bill before Congress keep communities from falling into the dark? “If newspapers die, the crooks won’t cry,” Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr….
Eight kids are owed money for living in a mold-infested complex. Here’s why they don’t have it.
When you’re poor, even the cracks have cracks Thomas H. Citron has $80,000 he literally can’t give away. The Los Angeles attorney secured the money…
For rural counties with state prisons, stopping inmate unemployment fraud is daunting
Rural prosecutors say they don’t have the resources to tackle California’s widening unemployment scheme behind bars Over the last two months, investigators across California determined…
New tactics to save California’s underground water from a warming world
State’s eco future is riding on reimagining how groundwater is recharged, moved and traded By Scott Thomas Anderson For California water districts, 2020 has been…
Doing time for a murder he didn’t commit
Sacramento judge: ‘When [SB 1437] passed … the first case I thought of was Danny Hampton.’ Danny Lashawn Hampton went along for a robbery and…
Sacramento should prepare for a COVID death wave
Infections are soaring around the region. We all know what comes next. If the past is any indicator, the Sacramento region will soon experience the…