SACRAMENTO — Three former leaders of a Northern California Indian tribe have pleaded guilty to embezzling some $5 million in casino revenues that they used to fund luxury lifestyles. John Crosby, his mother Ines Crosby and her sister, Leslie Lohse, entered pleas Thursday to conspiracy and tax evasion charges. The...
Sacramento Should Look in the Mirror While Fighting Trump
As California builds its capacity to fight the Leviathan that is the Trump administration, does it risk turning our state government into a Leviathan of our own? This unhappy question occurred to me while reading Gary Gerstle’s recent history, Liberty and Coercion: The Paradox of American Government. The book examines...
Walters: Housing Shortage Crisis Looms Large
When the state Legislature returns to Sacramento this month after its summer vacation recess, it will have just four weeks to do something meaningful about California’s single most important issue – a housing shortage that takes a heavy economic and psychological toll on many Californians and is getting worse. While...
Postpartum Mental Illness: The Crisis No Expectant Mother Expects
Eva Schwartz didn’t have a history of mental illness. There were never any indicators that the birth of her first child would spark a years-long struggle that would threaten her marriage and her life. Schwartz was 29 in 2015, with a stable home life in Sacramento, as she awaited the...
Memorial Service Held for Sacramento Officer Tara O'Sullivan
SACRAMENTO — Tara O'Sullivan may have only been on the job with the Sacramento Police Department for a few months but law enforcement officials from across California mourned the slain officer Thursday morning as a longtime friend. An overflow crowd gathered at a memorial service for the 26-year-old rookie who...
Alleged Gunman in Death of Sacramento Officer Has Violent History
SACRAMENTO — A rookie Sacramento police officer was shot during a domestic violence call and lay wounded for about 45 minutes as the gunman kept officers at bay with bursts of fire, authorities said Thursday. She was finally rescued with an armored vehicle but died at a hospital. "We are...
Staff Rebels After LGBT Center Allows Uniformed Police at Pride Event
Organizers of this weekend's Sacramento Pride Festival have decided to allow uniformed police to participate, opening a rift in the organization and calls for its leaders to resign. Sacramento LGBT Community Center announced Thursday it has reversed its stance of banning officers in uniform from the two-day event, which begins...
Rare Albino Fawn Found, Rescued by Trucker in California
LOOMIS — A rare, all-white fawn has been found and rescued in Northern California by a truck driver who delivered the animal to a rescue center. The Sacramento Bee reported Sunday that the small albino deer with a pink nose and large pinkish ears was discovered sitting in the middle of a...
Tougher Vaccination Requirements Move Forward in California
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers moved ahead Wednesday with tougher rules that limit parents from choosing whether to vaccinate their schoolchildren as a handful of opponents shouted "we will not comply" inside the Senate. Senators sent the measure to the Assembly as the nation struggles to stem the highest number of...
With Not Guilty Verdict, What is Arambula’s Political Future?
Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula is a free man. A Fresno jury found him not guilty of one misdemeanor count of child abuse in a high-profile trial. At a post-trial news conference in his attorney’s office, Arambula answered a major question. Yes, he will continue with his job. After talking about problems...