SF News California Fifth Graders Take On Harmful “Sephora Kids” Skincare Trend, Challenge Lawmakers CBS News California’s Julie Watts and her daughter’s fifth grade class investigated the harmful “Sephora Kids” skincare trend aimed at tweens and helped bring attention to AB 728, a bill that passed a committee 4-2 but was quietly killed in Sacramento.
SF News Formerly SF-Based Artist Found Dead In Placerville After Being Reported Missing In December A Laotian-born artist who previously lived in San Francisco, Somboun Sayasane, was reported missing the day after Christmas from his South Sacramento home, and now his roommate has been arrested in connection with his death.
SF News Sunday Links: Sacramento Sheriff’s Deputy Fired For Shoving Prisoner To The Ground The opening of the new Sunset Dunes park was a big success, but opponents' concerns haven't been addressed; the city announced the winners of its first Culture Forward grant program; and a Sacramento sheriff's deputy was fired for shoving an elderly prisoner to the ground.
Bay Area Sports A’s First Game in Sacramento Was a Complete Debacle, and Losing 18-3 Was Probably the Least Embarrassing Part The Sacramento A’s first home game was an 18-3 blowout loss, but still worse, the radio broadcast conked out seven times, scoreboards went out, there was a drone delay, and chants of “Sell the Team!” rocked the new ballpark Sutter Health Park.
SF News Woman Who Died During Conjugal Visit to Sacramento Area Prison Likely Strangled By Inmate Husband A coroner has ruled that a woman died by strangulation during an overnight visit to Mule Creek State Prison in November, and she was alone with her convicted murderer husband at the time.
SF News 97-Year-Old Sacramento Woman Murdered, Grandson and His Girlfriend Arrested for the Killing A 40-year-old man and his romantic partner stand accused of killing the man’s 97-year-old Sacramento grandmother and dumping her in the trunk of a car, and they also allegedly emptied out the household’s safes.
SF News Amazon Semi Truck Seems to Join In on NorCal Sideshow This seems like a first — an Amazon semi truck appears to have joined in on a recent sideshow in Sacramento, as several revelers jumped on the truck for the ride.
Bay Area Sports Rumors Flying That the A’s Might Stay in Oakland for Another Year, or Even Longer One of Major League Baseball’s most prominent agents has stirred the pot about the possibility of the A’s staying in Oakland for another year or longer, and it may be significant that the players’ union has still not signed off on the deal for the A’s to play in Sacramento.
Bay Area Sports A's Likely Dreading Playing on Hot Turf For 3 Years In Crummy Triple-A Stadium In West Sacramento The A's ownership could have more than just Oakland fans' ire to contend with when they make their move to Sacramento next year — they could also be facing a player revolt if conditions at their new temporary home stadium are as bad as they're sounding.
SF Politics Gavin Newsom Moving His Family From Sacramento to Marin County Governor Gavin Newsom is becoming a Marin County resident again, part-time at least, while he keeps his Sacramento home in the state capital, but his four kids will be attending Marin County schools.
Bay Area Sports Oakland A’s Are Officially Moving to Sacramento for the Next Three Seasons This will in fact be the final season that the Oakland A’s play in Oakland, as the team officially announced Thursday morning that they’re moving to Sacramento to play in a rinky-dink minor-league ballpark while their Las Vegas stadium gets built.
SF News One Kid May Have Exposed Up to 300 People to Measles at UC Davis Medical Center In Sacramento We probably have the anti-vaxxers to thank for this one, as a potential measles outbreak could be on the horizon in Sacramento after an unnamed child exposed as many as 300 people to the virus.
Arts & Entertainment A Sacramento Chihuahua Named ‘Bark Purdy’ Will Compete In the Puppy Bowl A Chihuahua mix by the name of ‘Bark Purdy’ hails from Sacramento, and he’s hardly Mr. Irrelevant as he heads to Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl XX. But sorry suitors, he’s already been adopted.
SF Politics Large Gaza Ceasefire Protest Managed to Shut Down State Democratic Convention Saturday A routine political-nerd event devolved into chaos over the weekend, as pro-Palestine protesters mobbed a convention center, ending several speeches early and shutting down the convention’s Saturday night proceedings.
SF Politics Sacramento County DA Sues City of Sacramento Over Homeless Encampments The latest homeless encampment lawsuit could be dubbed ‘Sacramento v. Sacramento,’ as the county’s DA has sued the city for not cleaning up homeless encampments.
Bay Area Sports The Homeless World Cup, a Soccer Tournament for Formerly Homeless Players, Comes to Sacramento On Saturday, the Homeless World Cup kicks off in Sacramento, with formerly homeless players from dozens of countries competing in a small-scale soccer tournament over a week.
SF Politics Second Plane of Migrants, Likely Sent By DeSantis, Arrives In Sacramento In the second such politically motivated stunt in three days, a second group of migrants arrived via private jet in Sacramento on Monday — and while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis hasn't publicly taken credit, he's likely about to, and the move appears to have his fingerprints all over it.
SF News Friday Night Lights Above NorCal Freak People Out, Were Actually Just Space Junk What appeared to be a fleet of invading space alien ships above Sacramento and much of Northern California Friday night spurred plenty of Cloverfield chatter, but it was apparently just flying, discarded parts from the International Space Station.
fairfield Fairfield Man Arrested On Suspicion Of Killing His Wife After Couple Was Reported Missing Last Week The suspect, 61-year-old Greg Hobson, was found by Fairfield Police Department detectives on Thursday arrested for the alleged murder of his wife, whose body is still misisng.
SF News Brawl Between Families Outside Sacramento Courthouse After Alleged DUI That Killed Five The first court appearance for an alleged DUI driver in an accident that killed five people was more notable for what happened outside the Sacramento courthouse, as a brawl broke out between families of the victims and the accused.
SF News Feathers Flying In Sactown Suburb After Postal Worker Fatally Bludgeons Aggressive, Menacing Turkey A controversy over a postal worker killing a turkey that attacked delivery workers has gobbled up Sacramento Nextdoor, as a “drumstick gang” of wild turkeys has had tensions marinating for months.
SF News Dietary Supplement Blamed In Death of Sacramento Valley Rep. Tom McClintock’s Wife Longtime California statehouse and now Congressional figure Tom McClintock’s wife Lori died in December, and newly acquired coroner’s report findings suggest an odd mulberry leaf remedy was likely to blame, bringing scrutiny on the highly unregulated dietary supplement industry.
SF News One Killed, Four Injured in Downtown Sacramento Shooting Early Monday morning, five adults were involved in a shooting that left four of them injured and one dead near the State Capitol Building in Sacramento; the shooting occurred less than three months after a gang-related shooting in downtown Sacramento killed six people and wounded twelve others.
SF News Third Suspect Booked in Connection to Sacramento Mass Shooting Sacramento police announced Saturday that officers and FBI agents located in Las Vegas arrested 27-year-old Mtula Payton concerning the mass shooting in downtown Sacramento on April 3 that killed six people and wounded a dozen others.
SF News Sacramento Second-Grader Brings Gun to School; Fremont High Schooler Arrested For Threats In the wake of Tuesday's horrific mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, local law enforcement has been on high alert looking out for copycat attempts. And in one disturbing incident that happened the same day as the Texas shooting, a young child in Sacramento brought a gun and ammo to school.
