Wear a mask
Editor’s note: With little enforcement, will peer pressure be enough for Californians to do the right thing? Gov. Gavin Newsom hoped that public pressure would…
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Under pressure
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor offered police reforms. Many Black leaders are demanding more. With no meeting this week, the City Council won’t debate police reform…
Letters: Folsom politics, police reform
A manipulator Re: “Folsom political maverick steps down” by Scott Thomas Anderson (News, June 17): Roger Gaylord wasn’t a maverick. He was a manipulator who…
A little perspective
Editor’s note: In Sacramento’s police reform debate, look at the bigger picture. The city’s rate of police killings is lower than the national average. Sacramento…
Take the pledge
Editor’s note: The “Sacramento squad” is urging elected officials and candidates to “just say no” to police money. It doesn’t quite carry the significance of…
Stopping gun violence
Editor’s note: ShotSpotter contract creates another flashpoint in the “Defund the Police” debate In normal times, a contract extension like this would be routine. But…
The recipe for police reform
Essay: Sacramento’s new director of public safety accountability says she learned the hard way By LaTesha Watson There is a sense of urgency in the…
Actions, not words
Editor’s note: Sacramento’s mayor promises police reforms, but will rank-and-file go along? After hundreds of protestors staged a die-in near his home Friday evening, Mayor…
Snapshots from the protests
Many protestors are wearing masks to prevent spread of COVID-19. (Photo by Elisabeth Bayard Arthur) People took to a parking deck to get a view…
The right response to George Floyd
Essay: Instead of a curfew and the National Guard, Sacramento should be defunding police and limiting use-of-force By Katie Valenzuela When I watched the video…
You know George Floyd’s name. Should you know Reggie Payne’s?
The Sacramento man was suffering a medical emergency when police helped paramedics restrain him. He died a week later. Video footage of George Floyd dying…
What police reform could look like
Editor’s note: After George Floyd’s killing, there are lots of ideas to change policing. But is there the political will? If all the protests, marches…