SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Recognizing that California hasn’t always been the bastion for reproductive freedom that it is today, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday granted a posthumous pardon to a woman who went to prison for providing then-illegal abortions in the…
Sacramento’s first-time home buyer crisis: ‘Our own people cannot afford our homes’
The starter home is becoming a myth for many first-time home buyers in the Sacramento, California, market. The typical renter’s income of roughly $47,000 is less than half what it takes to afford the median-priced home in the area, according to a new a…
Black patients suffered delays in COVID care after faulty readings by common device, study finds
Black patients experienced delays in COVID-19 treatment because a common medical device that measures blood oxygen levels tended to give inaccurate readings for darker-skinned individuals, according to a new study by Sutter Health. The inaccurate measu…
From Gabby Giffords to Paul Pelosi, a list of recent attacks, threats against political figures
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The early Friday morning assault of Paul Pelosi, husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is the latest incident in the disturbing trend of violence and rhetoric aimed at elected officials. Here’s a rundown of other recent attac…
A train cut off California man’s legs while he lay on tracks. Does he deserve $57 million?
The Amtrak amputation lawsuit went to the jury Thursday following an impassioned plea by Joe Nevis’ lawyer that jurors award him $57.6 million in damages for the Christmas Eve 2016 accident in which a train sliced off his legs. “He has 40 more years to…
California tree carnage: A decade of drought and fire killed a third of Sierra Nevada forests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Admirers of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are familiar with the swaths of blackened trees flanking its sprawling green forest ranges. A new University of California, Berkeley study quantifies that devastation, finding nearly…
Sacramento sheriff deputies stop Black people 4.5 times as often as whites, report says
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new analysis by the ACLU contends Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office deputies spend an exorbitant amount of time pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations, a practice that disproportionately harms Black and brown communit…
Heart attack deaths jumped sharply among young US adults in 2nd year of COVID pandemic
As the number of COVID-19 infection surged during the pandemic, deaths from heart attacks rose sharply as well, with adults ages 25-44 experiencing the most significant increases, according to new research from scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center…
The radicalization of Kevin Kiley: A California politician’s strange journey from MLK to MAGA
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In 2007, an idealistic 22-year-old Harvard student named Kevin Kiley wrote in his undergraduate thesis that “politicians are inclined to do the easy thing — cater to the worldviews of their constituents — rather than offer the more…
Alleged California serial killer charged with 3 Stockton homicides at court hearing
Wesley Brownlee was arraigned in a Stockton courtroom in the serial gun slayings that shook this city days after a weekend arrest that authorities say may have stopped another killing. Brownlee, 43, sat and listened to the charges read by San Joaquin S…