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Newsom's 'CARE Court' homelessness plan faces new questions before first hearing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Battle lines have emerged in the debate over Gov. Gavin Newsom's far-reaching and controversial effort to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless individuals with severe mental illness, with Democrats and local government officials divided as the plan faces its first public hearing Tuesday.

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California's biggest election this year could be the race for attorney general

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The most contentious and closely watched California election in 2022 is likely to be the race for attorney general, where voters will choose in June from the liberal incumbent who was appointed to the job last year, three unheralded challengers and an openly gay career prosecutor whose…

Los Angeles Times

California mental health court won't help homeless, advocates say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Last month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to create a civil court system to compel treatment for people suffering from serious untreated mental illness, saying it's time for the state to "take some damn responsibility to implement our ideals."

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Sierra Club asks Sacramento County to move homeless, citing tripling of American River fires

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Sierra Club's Sacramento chapter is asking city and county officials to move hundreds of homeless residents along the American River Parkway into shelters and safe ground spaces, citing an increase in wildfires it says are often tied to homeless camps.

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Commentary: Miss a traffic ticket deadline, add $300. Guess who this affects the most

Here’s something you might find surprising. Despite two years of pandemic-related anxieties, California is now so awash in money that politicians in Sacramento are debating how to spend tens of billions of surplus dollars.

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Gilroy Garlic Festival canceled indefinitely, marking an end to a California summer tradition

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced Thursday it will no longer be hosting its annual food festival that celebrates the locally grown crop, putting an end to the 42-year-old summer tradition.

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California is swimming in tax revenue. Sacramento mayor wants to use more for homelessness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two years ago, Owen Newman Jr. was sleeping outdoors and bouncing around North Highlands, Del Paso Heights and south Sacramento.

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Arraignment delayed for Smiley Martin, suspect in deadly Sacramento gang shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A suspect in the April 6 deadly shooting in downtown Sacramento made his first appearance in court Friday after being hospitalized for injuries incurred in the melee.

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Sacramento mass shooting suspect appears in court

Prosecutors say an alleged gang member fired at least 28 bullets in a mass shooting in California's capital city

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Sherri Papini’s husband files for divorce after she pleads guilty to hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Keith Papini, who loyally stood by his wife’s side for six years as Sherri Papini maintained she had been kidnapped, filed for divorce Wednesday, two days after she pleaded guilty to charges that the whole thing was a hoax.

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PG&E wildfire victim trust lobbies Newsom, California lawmakers for $1.5 billion state loan

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The multibillion-dollar trust fund responsible for paying PG&E Corp. wildfire victims is lobbying Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature for a loan.

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Opposition mounts against Newsom's plan for court-ordered treatment of homeless people

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Six weeks after California Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a far-reaching effort to push more people into court-ordered treatment for severe mental illness and addiction, homeless advocates are calling it legally misguided and immoral as the proposal's first public hearing at the state Capitol has been delayed.

Los Angeles Times

Sherri Papini pleads guilty in faked kidnapping, awaits sentencing in Sacramento court

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — An emotional Sherri Papini formally admitted Monday that she made up her 2016 “kidnapping” from Redding, pleading guilty in federal court in Sacramento to a count of making false statements to a federal agent and mail fraud, part of a plea agreement she worked out after her…

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3 people killed in Sacramento shooting had ties to gangs, prosecutors say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Three people who were killed in the April 3 downtown Sacramento shootout that left six dead and a dozen others injured were associated with gangs and involved in a conflict that preceded the deadly incident, Sacramento County prosecutors allege.

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Who fired guns in Sacramento mass shooting? New documents detail gunfight, minute by minute

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — At 1:57:02 a.m. April 3, surveillance cameras at 10th and K streets caught a crowd of 70 to 80 people gathering on the northeast corner of the intersection.

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California Democrats are delaying their vaccine plans. Here's why

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Democrats were moving toward requiring COVID-19 vaccines for students and keeping them from opting out of shots with personal belief exemptions.

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Sacramento shootout that killed 6 detailed in court filing

Newly filed court documents provide for the first time a detailed account of how a deadly gunfight over an unspecified gang dispute unfolded in downtown Sacramento earlier this month

Los Angeles Times

California lawmaker scraps plan to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A bill requiring California students to be immunized for COVID-19 will not move forward, its author said Thursday, marking the second major piece of vaccination legislation to be pulled this year at the state Capitol before its first vote.

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Amid legal battle over secret recordings, confidentiality, Aryan Brotherhood defendants transferred out of Sacramento jail

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before a federal judge could rule whether the Sacramento jail was violating the constitutional rights of a half-dozen men accused of crimes on behalf of the Aryan Brotherhood, the defendants were whisked away in the middle of the night and taken to other facilities, including a nearby…

Los Angeles Times

Homicide detectives face huge challenges on Sacramento shooting. Here’s what we know

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After naming and securing two suspects, Sacramento police announced Tuesday they were looking for a third person thought to be involved in the capital city’s worst gun violence ever — a shooting that killed six and injured 12 people early last week.

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Newsom, lawmakers haggle over plan for relief from California's high gas prices

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — More than a month after Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to give Californians money to offset rising gas prices, he and state lawmakers have yet to find common ground on the most basic details of the plan: Who should be eligible for refunds and how much should they…

Los Angeles Times

In governor's race, challengers attack Newsom's record on homelessness

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Even as Gov. Gavin Newsom boasts of California's economic resurgence after the COVID-19 lockdowns, the tens of thousands of Californians living on the streets offer a searing counterpoint — a nagging reminder of the human suffering that has become a central focus of the long-shot candidates hoping…

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The Sacramento shooting escalated American violence. We know how to shut it down again

Johntaya Alexander did her big sister a favor early Sunday morning, showing up to give her a ride home when the downtown Sacramento clubs closed at 2 a.m. Minutes later, 21-year-old Johntaya, who dreamed of becoming a social worker, lay dying in her sister’s arms, cut down by gunfire that…

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: How can we prevent shootings like the one in Sacramento? Take domestic violence seriously

The two brothers suspected of involvement in the recent deadly shooting in Sacramento, Dandrae and Smiley Martin, share something in common besides blood.

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3rd suspect identified in Sacramento mass shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Authorities have identified a third suspect in a mass shooting that killed six people and injured a dozen others in downtown Sacramento on April 3.

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