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.

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The Folsom City Council approved another settlement for a former police officer this week. Via Ishani Desai www.sacbee.com/news/local/a... www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

A Folsom resident’s lawsuit halted a proposed mixed-use building in the city’s historic district because it would have been 4 feet taller than allowed under city rules, a judge ruled. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The vote puts the city at odds with the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, which approved pursuing a different structure involving elected officials.

The project, which requires city approval, sits next to one of North Natomas’ newest rental home communities.

This headline is great. @emmahall.bsky.social

Help, my jaw is on the floor and I can't pick it up! www.sacbee.com/news/politic... via @nicolenixon.bsky.social + @katewolffe.bsky.social

Newsom’s budget proposal would end homeless grant program. Shelters across the state could close www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The families of three men who died during incidents involving Sacramento law enforcement personnel filed separate wrongful death lawsuits in December against the city and county. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

The Rancho Cordova City Council approved a loan for the project Monday.

The deal waives fees for a $175 million indoor soccer arena, which developers have pitched as part of a larger, eventual development that may cost around $1 billion.

Inbox: Sacramento Steps Forward trying to get more people to volunteer for this month's PIT count...

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This happens every year but @arianelange.bsky.social turns it into a necessary and gut wrenching read www.sacbee.com/news/local/h...

Forgot to post, but in October, I hit 7 years at the Sacramento Bee and in June I hit 12 years as a professional journalist. It's still the best profession in the world.

New: City of Folsom paid $700K to two former officers who alleged racism while on the police force. Among the allegations, at the shooting range, a sergeant dragged a female officer across the dirt. He denied the allegation and is still on the force. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

PSA: Don't go to Sacramento City Hall on Christmas

Roseville police officers are set to receive 6.75% raises next year — the highest annual raises in at least the last four years. City Council to consider it tonight. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Emails obtained by The Sacramento Bee show that she raised concerns about “absurd” and “disrespectful” treatment only weeks before her departure.

ICYMI: My in-depth series on homeless shelter spending. Sacramento is spending millions on shelters that are getting only 1 in 5 guests into housing. With Renee C. Byer Story 1: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a... Story 2: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a... Story 3: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

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I went on CapRadio Insight yesterday to talk about my story on Sacramento's unannounced homeless shelter deaths www.capradio.org/news/insight... Story ICYMI: www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

NEW: The city and county of Sacramento have spent $120M of state and federal funding in the last 5 years to build and run 8 large shelters. They've housed 1 in 5 of the guests. A new $64M shelter opens soon. 1st in a 3 part series, with Renee C. Byer www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Lawsuit says Rancho Cordova illegally OKed Highway 50 billboard for city-tied entity www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

A Sacramento Bee Public Records Act request revealed the names of six people who died of drug overdoses, or apparent drug overdoses, at these government facilities.

Wildly fluctuating info on Sacramento's homeless population. In 2024, elected officials cited the PIT count and said homelessness had dropped almost 30%. Now, a local nonprofit says we're back up to almost 9,000 homeless people. 🤷🏻‍♀️ via @tclift.bsky.social

Sacramento County now has nearly 9,000 homeless people, new data show www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Under new planned federal cuts, Sacramento could lose 1,037 housing units, currently home to about 1,431 people. California, other states sued the Trump administration over it yesterday. www.sacbee.com/news/politic...

Bee Lao was the second person to die on Marysville Boulevard this year and the fourth person since last January. I spoke with one of the loved ones who are bearing the cost of this dangerous road: his 14-year-old daughter, Sophia. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

New: At least six people died of overdoses or apparent overdoses at drug-free city and county of Sacramento shelters in the last two years, since Jan. 1., 2024. None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...

Davis to pay $18 million to woman who slipped, fell on damaged sidewalk Via Daniel Lempres www.sacbee.com/news/local/a... Wow - these are usually well under 1M