The ‘second’ killing of Stephon Clark
In clearing officers, Sacramento County district attorney built a case against an unarmed homicide victim Gray walls, gray carpet, gray faces. Sleep- and stress-puffed eyes….
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California wins on Census
By Foon Rhee In its ongoing legal war with the Trump administration, California can chalk up another win. This week, a federal judge blocked plans…
Students add their voices for Stephon Clark
By Raheem F. Hosseini and Steph Rodriguez Thursday, Sacramento’s students took to the streets to speak up for Stephon Clark. Their voices arrive before they…
Stephon Clark protest in East Sac leads to 84 arrests
By Dave Kempa and Raheem F. Hosseini Demonstrators outfoxed police Monday evening, piloting a surgically disruptive march through one of the Sacramento’s richest neighborhoods. Police,…
On the margins of the margins
Next to a Sacramento neighborhood, Southeast Asian homeless immigrants struggle to survive flood waters and a lack of services The woman I’ll call May and…
Mayor goes to Meadowview to promise economic justice
Mayor Darrell Steinberg has now put a dollar figure behind his call for inclusive economic development in Sacramento’s neighborhoods—$200 million over five years. In his…
A Sacramento crime reporter compares notes with Scotland’s top crime novelist
Ian Rankin’s research and hardened realism has universal appeal I first learned of Scotland’s literary shadow weaver while strolling down Edinburgh’s Young Street in 2015. I’d…
Checkpoint Walmart: Folsom Walmart won’t let customers leave store without passing through security
By Scott Thomas Anderson In its nearly 70-year history, Walmart has added groceries, prescriptions and even on-site oil changes to its discount portfolio. Now, at…
What can you bring to a protest? Key committee to consider question Tuesday
A controversial proposal to limit what people can bring to protests is back after being pulled a Sacramento City Council agenda last month. But the…
Under the Delta’s domain: One-tunnel pivot doesn’t change likelihood of widespread eminent domain seizures
By Scott Thomas Anderson Donis Whaley woke up one recent night and realized it was all happening again. Whaley was born and raised in Port…
Pod save West Sacramento
From urban development to safety and public health, suburban mayor sees big possibilities in tech By Scott Thomas Anderson West Sacramento Mayor Christopher Cabaldon recently…
Crazy train
Lack of land acquisitions, billions in cost overruns make some lawmakers trouble one of Jerry Brown’s largest infrastructure projects By Scott Thomas Anderson Just days…
A dying child, a distant mother and the Trump travel ban that stood between them
The Trump administration on Tuesday granted a mother’s desperate appeal to be allowed into the United States to hold her dying infant son one last…
What the bones say: Arrest in grisly murder made with luck, determination and a tale beyond the crime tape
The hikers stopped when they saw the skeleton splayed out along the manzanita and scrub brush. It was weather-beaten. A cervical vertebra was missing from…
Threat below the surface: Intake-related drowning in the Delta coincides with revelation about tunnels’ safety planning
By Scott Thomas Anderson A question has haunted towns and marinas along the Delta for five months:What happened on June 23 in the waters near…
In Their Own Voices: SN&R’s video interviews with Hmong survivors of ‘the Secret War’ in Laos
By Scott Thomas Anderson, Karlos Rene Ayala and Pachia Lucy Vang In conjunction with the USC Annenburg Center for Health Journalism, The Sacramento News &…
Corporate cartel logic
Sacramento and Amador among 31 California counties claiming that Big Pharma companies perpetrated an organized criminal conspiracy For Chris, it started with a trip to…