Unionized journalists at the Sacramento Bee proudly stand with colleagues at eight other McClatchy newsrooms. We are withholding our bylines from AI-generated content in protest. Not in our name — literally. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...

Unionized journalists at the Sacramento Bee stand in solidarity with journalists across the industry fighting AI initiatives that erode public trust in news ✊

New story up now: Ex-Sacramento councilman Sean Loloee pleads guilty, agrees to pay $2.4 million. On Oct. 15 we will learn if he gets prison time and how much. www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...

BREAKING: Former Sacramento city council member Sean Loloee has just pled guilty to federal charges regarding his Viva grocery stores. Sentencing set for oct. 15. He remains out of custody

Ex-Sacramento councilmember Sean Loloee set to plead guilty tomorrow in federal court. Here's the key allegations from the indictment: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

NEW: Sean Loloee plans to plead guilty Thursday www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...

The highest paid city of Sacramento employee in 2025 was not the city manager or the mayor. It was a fire captain who earned $365,754 in overtime — more than tripling his base salary. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The Sacramento Police Department cancelled the district’s contract for school resource officers last year, citing a police staffing shortage

Placer County plans to end its contract with a major for-profit company for medical services at its jails. They don't plan for county staff to take it over though like Sac County recently did... www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...

A secretive East Sacramento group is waging its latest battle over apartment plan Via Stephen Hobbs www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

NEW: Sacramento County’s top official says 2024 PIT count was “artificially low” He also said not to expect a decrease in the new count that is going to be released in June www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The report says Holly Andreatta threw papers that struck Shanti Landon during a March 11 Republican Party event in Roseville.

Howard Chan was no longer city manager for the year 2025. But he still made more than the woman who was actually doing that job. Via @ishanidesai.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Unionized journalists at the Sacramento Bee stand united against McClatchy’s latest AI “articles” initiative. We have withheld our bylines from these stories because we do not want the public to think this is being done in our name — it’s not. We think it’s disgusting.

Mai Vang said Rep. Doris Matsui does not support Medicare For All. Matsui said she’s not adverse to it.

At least 100 people are here in Elmhurst Sac at the Congressional candidate forum. Longtime US Rep. Matsui and city council member Mai Vang are present

The first of my campaign finance stories on the local races is up: Placer supervisor outraising Lincoln challenger 2-1, early campaign filings show www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez became one of the few people to be allowed back into the country after a deportation during President Donald Trump’s second term.

Wow this story is heartbreaking. I knew that unhoused adults calling the emergency 211 line couldn't usually get a shelter bed that night. But I thought moms with little kids still could. Important reporting from @arianelange.bsky.social and Renee C. Byer www.sacbee.com/news/local/h...

Ashby weighing in…

The petition involving the election for the Board of Supervisors seat was filed by a registered voter in the district.

A hearing will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday in Sacramento Superior Court over the ballot designation.

ICYMI: Give this a read. This kind of thing going to court is very rare. Really peels back the curtain on sweeps.

I wrote about a woman who is suing Sacramento for destroying her property in two homeless sweeps. www.sacbee.com/news/local/h...

Since the start of the current cycle in 2021, approximately 712 affordable housing units have been built in Roseville.

He recommended termination for Cordova High campus monitor — then lost his own job, the suit says.

The project will have 16 income-restricted units in order to qualify for a state incentive.

The micro-community, scheduled to be completed in January, has come under fire from area residents and two city council members.

If the lawsuit fails and supporters collect the required signatures, the measure could appear on the November ballot.

Sacramento County DA Thien Ho accused the city of allowing a “descent into decay” in the original lawsuit.

The city signed the settlement in December.

No state in the country has enough affordable homes, but California is one of the worst off: Only Oregon and Nevada have fewer available homes per household. bit.ly/4byZ4gV 📸 Larry Valenzuela

Mayor McCarty said downtown Sacramento homeless population down 70% from 2023. Is he right? www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Elk Grove is spending up to $350,000 per bed to build a new small homeless shelter. The amount per bed is nearly triple the amount of the average cost per shelter bed for eight other Sacramento County shelters. With @camryndadey.bsky.social www.sacbee.com/community/el...

NEW: Three homeless men froze to death on Sacramento County sidewalks this past winter. Activists are pushing the city, county to open more warming centers www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Cal-OSHA will investigate Truckee backcountry guide firm after deadly avalanche www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The High-Speed Rail Authority said it was aware of the matter and reviewing it after the Feb. 3 arrest in Folsom.

The controversial Alhambra apt complex was approved, but it will likely be appealed. Via Stephen Hobbs www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The settlement agreements were signed last year, regarding men who died in 2023.

Curtis Park favorite Pangaea will close in March. The owner is seeking a new location

The Board of Supervisors will consider financing the project during its board meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.

NEW: Sacramento County in 2025 and so far in 2026 paid $2.45 million in settlements to the family members of four men who died while incarcerated at the Main Jail downtown. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a... And there was another inmate death last night

Scoop by @jennahpendleton.bsky.social

As the district tries to stave off a state takeover, confusing directives have delayed payments for some of its lowest-paid workers.

This Navy veteran had finished law school and was planning to take the bar exam. But, his rep says, he never became a lawyer because he sustained a traumatic brain injury after Sacramento police shot him in the forehead with a projectile.

Elk Grove’s first hospital was initially expected to open in 2026.

The City Council will hear proposals in the next few months to balance an upcoming budget deficit.

New: Sacramento pays $2.2 million to legal observer injured by SacPD officer while filming 2020 George Floyd protest. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

About 60% of The Sacramento Bee’s reporters and photojournalists are white. But if you look at the pool of local reporters whose wages are so low they qualify for low-income housing, the ratio is flipped: 63% are people of color. Management offered a deal that would leave most of them low-income.