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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.

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.

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...

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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

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.”

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.

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.

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...

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...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new program to help first-time homeowners in Sacramento is seeing success, as people are moving into their own houses.

A sideshow near the Sacramento International Airport led to both a high-speed chase and an unrelated truck driver being attacked by bystanders, officials said Thursday.

A California man who was arrested in Iowa with a carload of weapons and a hit list naming several high-ranking U.S. officials—including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and Anthony Fauci—was sentenced to merely two years in federal prison and fined a nominal $100. Kuachua Brillion Xiong was arrested in December 2021 after he was stopped by law enforcement in Cass County, Iowa, “for driving aggressively, weaving in and out of traffic, and speeding on Interstate 80 East.” Upon investigation, authorities discovered an AR-15 rifle, ammunition, loaded magazines, body armor, and medical kits in his vehicle. A Secret Service complaint...

The Athletics, as part of their efforts to relocate to Las Vegas in time for the 2028 season, will play their home games for the 2025-27 seasons at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, California, the team announced on Thursday. The deal includes an option for a fourth season. The A's lease with the City of Oakland is set to expire at the end of this season, yet the A's rejected a five-year extension on the lease of Oakland Coliseum. That, plus an apparent desire to retain as much of their local broadcasting revenue as possible (a factor that my have...

A 21-year-old man is dead and his 18-year-old brother was injured after a mountain lion reportedly attacked them in northern California on Saturday afternoon. The attack happened shortly after 1 p.m. in Georgetown, about 50 miles northeast of Sacramento, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. The 18-year-old was able to call for help after being attacked while hunting for shed antlers with his brother. The sheriff’s office said crews found he had suffered traumatic injuries to his face. The 18-year-old had also become separated from his brother, whom emergency crews immediately began searching for when they arrived.

Sacramento County is joining a growing list of places around the United States offering no-strings-attached payments to its lowest-income residents. The Sacramento Board of Supervisors approved the basic-income pilot program last week. It's set to offer $725 a month to low-income Black and Native American families. The county is funding the program through a partnership with United Way. Sacramento County has partnered with United Way for other basic-income programs in the past. About 100 families received $300 monthly from the county in its first program, which began in June 2021 and lasted through May 2023. United Way is still tracking...