A healing voice
Psychologist’s refugee story remains a motivating force behind her trauma work in Sacramento When Dr. Carolee Tran recalls her last glimpse of Vietnam as a child, the most…
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After the war: Trauma still haunts California’s Hmong community
In 1976, Robert By Khang was lost in a city where no one spoke Hmong, where no one could tell him that he’d gotten on…
Nowhere to go: Crammed shelters, a seller’s market and financial challenges brew recipe for a domestic violence disaster
On March 10, Sacramento police Detective Michael Severi sat in a courtroom describing a crime scene from last summer, after officers rushed into a house to…
Gunning for the source: ATF’s gun-tracing investigations are solving crimes across California
A Roseville police officer shot in the face by a .45-caliber Glock in October 2013; a 13-year-old gunned down on the streets of Stockton with…
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…
A Dark Development
Hidden money, weaponized disinformation and a strange turn in Folsom It was a cold night in February, and my car was inching through a rope of…
A Sleepless case: How detectives, prosecutors won groundbreaking Ambien double-murder trial
Placer County attorneys spent weeks battling over whether two teenagers were killed by a recklessly dangerous pill-popper or an accidental victim of Ambien-induced parasomnia. The…
BREAKING: Citrus Heights Councilman Bret Daniels is losing the sheriff's race–and now he may be censured for stalking women
Last fall, Citrus Heights Police Chief Ron Lawrence summoned his officer to discuss a harassment allegation involving a sitting politician. It wasn’t the first time…
Fear and power in Sacramento: California populist Travis Allen stokes hyper-partisan rage
“I am so much like Donald Trump, it’s scary.” Paul Taylor, long-shot Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, was on the west steps of the…
The bling ring: Illegal gambling operation tied to ‘rich-as-f***’ gang in Sacramento
For the second time in four years, law enforcement has broken up an illegal gambling operation in California run by Israeli nationals. The latest investigation…
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…
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
The house is torn down now. Some papers stapled to a hacked-up stump are the only evidence it ever existed. Before getting ripped to pieces,…