Free Republic 4th Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $2,146
2%  
Woo hoo!! And we're now over 2%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: sacramento

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Why is Sacramento spending millions on a divisive program other cities reject?

    09/20/2025 4:07:34 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 24 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | September 20, 2025 | By Robin Epley
    Last week, the city of Sacramento spent $2.6 million to retain the services of controversial AI technology that tracks the location of gunfire, an expense that other cities across the nation have rejected. “We believe that ShotSpotter is a crucial piece of (technology)… and we’re seeing a positive result from the use of these dollars,” said Zachary Bales, deputy chief of the Sacramento Police Department, at the city council meeting where the contract was approved.
  • Man who shot up the ABC affiliate in Sacramento previously worked as a legislative director for the California Federation of Teachers

    09/20/2025 3:03:52 PM PDT · by DFG · 43 replies
    X ^ | 09/20/2025 | Collin Rugg
    NEW: The man who shot up the ABC affiliate in Sacramento following the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, has been identified as Anibal Hernandez-Santana. An X account that appears to belong to Hernandez-Santana is full of anti-Trump posts, as reported by Variety. The man, 64, previously worked as a legislative director for the California Federation of Teachers, the outlet reported. “The authoritarian oligarchy is now complete. CBS+ caving, big law firms in DC, the subservients FBI and AG, university presidents stepping down, fan boys SCOTUS, public radio, ICE goons. We are going to have to ‘fight like hell’…” the account that...
  • The two times that Nelson Rockefeller almost became the 39th president.

    09/09/2025 7:00:38 AM PDT · by DIRTYSECRET · 23 replies
    On September 5, 1975, in Sacramento, California, a woman named Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme had attempted to shoot Ford. On September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore aimed a gun at President Gerald Ford as he left the Saint Francis Hotel in San Francisco.
  • Hulking schoolboy learns painful instant lesson after deciding to PUNCH school worker

    08/21/2025 7:14:37 PM PDT · by Morgana · 18 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | August 21, 2025 | ALEXA CIMINO
    A Northern California schoolboy learned a painful lesson after he decided to punch a staff member inside a high school gym - only to be dramatically body-slammed to the ground seconds later by a school resource officer. The wild confrontation unfolded Tuesday at Lincoln High School in Placer County, about 30 miles north of Sacramento, where a class of freshmen was watching from the bleachers. Video of the melee, which has gone viral on social media, showed the boy in a heated argument with a male teacher. The staffer appeared to lightly place a hand on the student's arm in...
  • How the capital city of Sacramento got its name

    08/20/2025 11:09:31 PM PDT · by CondoleezzaProtege · 16 replies
    Spanish explorer Gabriel Moraga discovered and named the Sacramento Valley and the Sacramento River in either 1799 or 1808; accounts vary. Moraga wrote, “Canopies of oaks and cottonwoods, many festooned with grapevines, overhung both sides of the blue current. Birds chattered in the trees and big fish darted through the pellucid depths. The air was like champagne, and (the Spaniards) drank deep of it, drank in the beauty around them. ‘Escomo el sagrado sacramento!’” (It’s like the Holy Sacrament.)
  • Border Patrol raids Home Depot parking lot in Sacramento; multiple people arrested

    07/18/2025 12:05:58 PM PDT · by L.A.Justice · 22 replies
    KCRA Television ^ | July 17, 2025 | Jonathan Ayestas
    Masked Border Patrol agents on Thursday raided a Home Depot parking lot in the south Sacramento area, resulting in multiple arrests. Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol sector chief, shared a video on Instagram, saying the operation led to the arrests of eight people for being in the country illegally. One of those arrested is an aggravated felon for charges related to fentanyl trafficking, he said. The Department of Homeland Security later said "at least 11" people were arrested in the Sacramento operation. The video also included blurred video of a man who Bovino said was arrested for allegedly impeding...
  • California Democrats are being called pedophiles as they do the right thing | Opinion

    05/06/2025 7:25:36 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 15 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | May 5, 2025 | By Robin Epley and Marcos Bretón
    Sacramento-area Assemblymember Maggy Krell forced Assembly lawmakers to consider her sex-trafficking bill on the floor last week. It blew up into the biggest controversy Sacramento has seen in a while. Assembly Democrats confronted a floor maneuver to force a vote on Krell’s bill to treat all solicitations of Californians under age 18 the same, as a way to battle sex trafficking. Democrats amended the bill over Krell’s objections.
  • Sacramento LGBT Center seeks emergency support after federal funding slash

    04/05/2025 7:46:25 AM PDT · by artichokegrower · 34 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | April 5, 2025 | Emma Hall
    Community organizations and county services have lost funding after the federal government began to cut $11 billion from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On Tuesday, the Trump administration eliminated multiple agencies and laid off 10,000 workers with HHS, according to The Associated Press. These cuts have affected several programs in the region, including the Sacramento LGBT Community Center and county programs.
  • Trump turns homelessness response away from housing, toward forced treatment

    03/26/2025 3:49:33 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 202 replies
    CBS News ^ | March 26, 2025 | By Angela Hart
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — President Trump is vowing a new approach to getting homeless people off the streets by forcibly moving those living outside into large camps while mandating mental health and addiction treatment — an aggressive departure from the nation's leading homelessness policy, which for decades has prioritized housing as the most effective way to combat the crisis. "Our once-great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary nightmares," Mr. Trump said in a presidential campaign video. "For those who are severely mentally ill and deeply disturbed, we will bring them to mental institutions, where they belong, with the goal of reintegrating them...
  • How one MAGA hat incited hate and division within Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ community

    03/22/2025 4:55:51 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 45 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | March 22, 2025 | By LeBron Antonio Hill
    The hate and intolerance inspired by Donald Trump’s second presidency found their way into Sacramento’s gay community last week and the result was a sad reflection of the divisions plaguing our country. Emotions were triggered by a red MAGA hat that is a symbol of Trump’s rise to power on the promise to “Make America Great Again.” For many gay people, the hat is a reminder of the intolerance members of the LGBTQ+ community have felt since Trump’s far-right movement took off nine years
  • Popular Sacramento LGBTQ club bans all MAGA gear

    03/20/2025 6:19:42 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 63 replies
    NBC News ^ | 03/20/2025 | Brooke Sopelsa
    An LGBTQ club in Sacramento, California, is banning all “MAGA-related attire” after a patron wore a “Make America Great Again” hat to the popular venue. The phrase and its acronym — especially when emblazoned on red baseball caps — have been popular among Donald Trump’s supporters since the president’s first term. Badlands owner TJ Bruce announced the new policy on the club’s Instagram page this week, saying the hat “led to discomfort among some patrons.” “We initially decided to ban all political attire to avoid further issues. However, after careful consideration, we’ve realized that a blanket ban is not the...
  • Demonstrators chain themselves to front gate of Gov. Newsom’s Fair Oaks home during protest over COVID-19 response

    07/27/2020 4:49:12 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 49 replies
    ktla ^ | Jul 27, 2020
    Demonstrators chaining themselves to a fence outside Gov. Gavin Newsom’s home in Fair Oaks on Monday morning called for mass prison releases and an end to immigration transfers because of the coronavirus pandemic. Monday’s protest came as deaths mounted at a San Francisco Bay Area prison where another condemned inmate died over the weekend. The group says keeping convicted people and detainees locked up is a risk to their lives... There have been at least 545 COVID-19 cases among inmates at California prisons, with 47 confirmed deaths. Newsom says 3,500 more inmates may be released to slow spread of coronavirus...
  • Gavin Newsom’s family plans move to $3.7 million Fair Oaks mansion

    01/17/2019 9:35:05 PM PST · by rintintin · 29 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | Jan 17 2019 | SOPHIA BOLLAG
    California’s new governor and his family plan to move to a $3.7 million, six-bedroom house in Fair Oaks they bought in December, according to property records obtained by The Sacramento Bee. For now, Gavin and Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their four young children are living in the historic governor’s mansion in downtown Sacramento. The governor’s office confirmed that they plan to move to Fair Oaks, an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, once their new house is renovated. Deed records show a limited liability company purchased the Fair Oaks property in December. The company is registered in the name of Gavin...
  • Newsom family to move from historic mansion to $3.7 million home

    01/19/2019 7:05:21 PM PST · by artichokegrower · 32 replies
    San Jose Mercury ^ | January 18, 2019 | Sophia Bollag
    California’s new governor and his family plan to move to a $3.7 million, six-bedroom house in Fair Oaks they bought in December, according to property records obtained by the Sacramento Bee. For now, Gavin and Jennifer Siebel Newsom and their four young children are living in the historic governor’s mansion in downtown Sacramento. The governor’s office confirmed that they plan to move to Fair Oaks, an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, once their new house is renovated.
  • $5,000 worth of baby formula stolen in West Sacramento. But that’s not the real crime | Opinion

    01/28/2025 6:03:15 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 54 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | January 28, 2025 | By Robin Epley
    Who steals baby formula? A lot of people, apparently; including two alleged thieves that West Sacramento police say stole $5,000 worth of formula from local Target locations a few days ago. Baby formula is a commonly stolen retail item because of its shelf life and essential value to many people. There’s even a black market for it — but the buyers aren’t who you’d guess
  • Elon Musk thinks high-speed rail is wasteful? Cutting funds would be the crime

    12/18/2024 6:03:49 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 101 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | December 18, 2024 | Tad Weber
    Sacramento-area congressman Kevin Kiley took to the floor of the House of Representatives recently to declare the following: “Mr. Speaker, I am very happy to report that the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency has honed in on perhaps the single-greatest example of government waste in United States history,” the Republican from Rocklin intoned. “And that is California’s high-speed-rail boondoggle.”
  • Gov. Newsom Buys $9 Million House in Marin County

    11/16/2024 9:52:13 AM PST · by artichokegrower · 63 replies
    California Globe ^ | November 16, 2024 | Evan Symon
    Governor Gavin Newsom, through a private LLC, bought a $9 million in the Marin County town of Kentfield on Thursday, where he is expected to begin soon dividing time from staying in Sacramento and commuting from his new home.
  • Former Democrat turns Republican: Kamala Harris 'did nothing to change the schools' in California

    09/08/2024 12:03:46 PM PDT · by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas · 12 replies
    fox news ^ | 9/8/2024 | Maria Lencki
    A former Democratic politician from California is ditching the Democratic Party and speaking out on Vice President Kamala Harris’ record on education in the state. Former California Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero announced Wednesday she was changing her voter registration to Republican, stating she has "had enough." "There are so many more like me, who have been disaffected Democrats, and we do not recognize this so-called party of democracy any longer," Romero told "The Ingraham Angle" on Thursday.
  • Longtime California Dem leader says 'adios' to her party and registers with GOP because 'I've had enough' (Gloria Romero)

    09/08/2024 6:09:18 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 20 replies
    Fox ^ | 9-5-24 | Charles Creitz
    A longtime former California Democratic legislative leader announced Wednesday she no longer "recognize[s her] party," while noting she still considers many of its historical figures, including former President John F. Kennedy, her "heroes." Gloria Romero, who served as the state Senate majority leader for three years of her more than 10-year stint in Sacramento, slammed the current state of her former party. Romero said she had been a delegate to the Democratic National Convention for both Jesse Jackson and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., adding that many Latinos and Latinas are leaving the party for similar reasons. "Today, I say ‘Goodbye...
  • Family spent a year looking for daughter after hospital said she checked herself out — but she was dead the whole time: lawsuit

    08/22/2024 10:25:11 AM PDT · by DFG · 68 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/22/2024 | Emily Crane
    A panicked family spent a year looking for their daughter after a California hospital told them she had checked herself out against medical advice — just to finally find out she’d been decomposing in its morgue the entire time, a new lawsuit alleges. Jessie Peterson, 31, died at the Mercy San Juan Medical Center, just outside Sacramento, in April last year after admitting herself for treatment for her long-diagnosed Type 1 diabetes, according to a negligence suit filed this month. Her grief-stricken relatives, however, claim the hospital failed to inform them about her death and instead quickly shipped her body...