Sacramento’s police budget soars as crime rates, staffing fall
Despite a decline in reported crime, Sacramento’s police budget has doubled over the past decade, while the number of sworn officer positions has decreased. At…
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Making an impact
Editor’s note: New Sacramento City Council members try to make a difference on housing, COVID and more Katie Valenzuela and Mai Vang aren’t wasting any…
Five murders in five days—and now an election
Sacramento County’s recent homicides continue violent trend and coincides with a historic election Five people are dead and another person is injured following a spate…
African Americans and cannabis
In the new legal cannabis world, arrests are still higher and opportunities fewer for Blacks Anyone wanting to argue that systematic racism exists in the…
Fifteen Minutes: Liz Kim, president, National Lawyers Guild, Sacramento chapter
Why the need for designated legal observers in the smartphone era?
Protests during a pandemic
Officials are concerned that crowded marches will lead to a spike in Sacramento COVID-19 cases The immediate priority for Sacramento officials is to find the…
Will cop be held accountable?
Essay: The videotaped beating of a boy is a moment of truth for Rancho Cordova police As a pastor serving in Rancho Cordova, it is…
Justice delayed, but not denied
Sacramento authorities announce DNA breaks in separate cold case stabbings Authorities in Sacramento County said last month that they finally learned who fatally stabbed two…
Editor’s note: Being neighborly
Gov. Newsom enlists Nextdoor to help Californians check on each other during coronavirus crisis Something like Nextdoor seems tailor-made for our new reality of staying…
An unpredictable call. A heavily armed suspect. An ambush that leaves police searching after the death of Officer Tara O’Sullivan.
Issues of domestic violence, access to guns and officer safety collided during rookie officer’s last call in Sacramento By Raheem F. Hosseini and Mozes Zarate…
Essay: Police have no place in gay liberation
By J. Ama Mantey On May 31, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center took a small, yet courageous step towards justice. Given police violence towards marginalized…
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,…
Organizers Urge Community-led Cultural Awareness Training for Police
BY EDGAR SANCHEZ It happened six months ago. But for some Sacramentans, the grief over the slaying of Stephon Clark continues unabated, as if he…
Lawsuit filed against police in July shooting death of man on Del Paso Boulevard
By Scott Thomas Anderson Family members of Joseph Mann, who was shot to death July 11 by Sacramento police, broke their silence at an emotionally…
I (heart) jaywalking in Sacramento
I love jaywalking in this town. And I hope I’m starting a trend. Just this morning, while running to catch the light rail, I reached…