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Is the Times Finally Turning on Gascon?

June 24, 2024 2:45 amJune 24, 2024 8:13 am

Restoration. Rehabilitation. Second chances. Equity. Those are at the heart of the progressive criminal justice movement and at the core of the Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s policies of law enforcement, or non-enforcement, as is more typical. And it seems...

UPDATED: Man Stabbed to Death at Downtown Sacramento Golden 1 Center With Concert Goers Nearby

November 15, 2023 1:52 pmNovember 16, 2023 2:27 pm

UPDATE BELOW: As hundreds of concert goers waited in line at the Golden 1 Center Tuesday afternoon, a man lay dying of stab wounds just a few feet away in the commons area of the downtown arena mall in Sacramento....

The Slaughter Over Juneteenth Weekend

June 21, 2023 3:57 pmJune 21, 2023 3:58 pm

As many Americans celebrated the end of slavery over the weekend leading up to June 19, called Juneteenth, dozens of people were wounded or murdered in violent attacks across the country. The Associated Press reports on over 103 shootings in...

California’s Blue City Crime Wave is On the Ballot

November 7, 2022 8:11 am

Massive spikes in violent and retail crime is one of the most important issues on the ballot this November, and especially in California. Crime is spiking across the state. In Sacramento’s Midtown residential neighborhood, a woman was robbed Thursday. She...

Sacramento’s 50th Murder of 2022: Dangerous Times in the Capitol City

October 24, 2022 2:26 amOctober 25, 2022 7:14 am

An older man who had a regular weekly pinochle game outside the Sutter Lawn Tennis Club in East Sacramento was robbed and murdered at gunpoint Thursday, ostensibly for the cash from the game between friends. He was shot in the face despite...

Another Shooting & Murder in Downtown Sacramento

September 26, 2022 2:50 amSeptember 27, 2022 10:22 am

Violent attacks by dangerous homeless transients are becoming the “new normal” in Sacramento. So are murders. Another downtown shooting occurred Saturday night in front of several popular restaurants and bars on the 2700 block of J Street. This shooting was...

Sacramento Drug-Addicted Transients Taking Over Neighborhoods While City Fiddles

September 6, 2022 2:49 pmSeptember 7, 2022 4:37 pm

UPDATED BELOW: The City of Sacramento has a big problem, and it isn’t the “existential threat of climate change.” Narcotics, burglary, aggravated assault, battery, vandalism, and weapon-related crimes are now commonplace in residential neighborhoods where new moms push strollers on...