Mar 30 WATCH: Stephon Clark hit by 8 bullets during fatal police encounter, according to independent autopsy By Joshua Barajas UPDATE: Stephon Clark was hit by eight bullets in a deadly encounter with police earlier this month, an independent autopsy released by his family Friday show. The autopsy, detailed at a news conference Friday by Dr. Bennet Omalu, a medical… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 8:14 Stephon Clark killing by police is an American problem, says family attorney By PBS News Hour Gospel music echoed and tears flowed as family and friends gathered at Stephon Clark's funeral in Sacramento, California. Clark's killing by two police officers in his grandmother's backyard has sparked unrest that has brought parts of the city to a… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 5:05 Sacramento intends to turn ‘horrific’ Stephon Clark death into real change, says mayor By PBS News Hour Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg says the city won't wait to do a thorough review of the police department's policies, protocols and training after the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark. Steinberg joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the ways Sacramento has… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 6:46 News Wrap: Alton Sterling’s family rejects Louisiana’s investigation into deadly police shooting By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the state of Louisiana will not file criminal charges against two white officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man, in 2016. The state attorney general claims Sterling was resisting arrest… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: Gunman in Southern France takes hostages, attacks police By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, protesters blocked a highway in Sacramento and prevented thousands of fans from getting into a pro basketball game over the police killing of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man. Also, a gunman in Southern France… Continue watching
Dec 08 California struggles to breathe after year of climate-fueled wildfires By John Upton, Climate Central, Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News From Puget Sound to Disneyland and east over the Rockies, Americans have coughed and wheezed, rushed to emergency rooms and shut themselves indoors this year as pollution from wildfires darkened skies and rained soot across the landscape. Continue reading
Oct 08 Vice President Pence plans California fundraising visit By Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to arrive in California this weekend for a fundraising trip in a state that overwhelmingly rejected his boss. Continue reading
Feb 13 Fate of Oroville Dam spillway remains unclear, more than a decade after first warning By Dave Berndtson More than 180,000 people were evacuated from their homes in northern California after engineers worried the emergency spillway for the already-overflowing Lake Oroville would collapse. Continue reading
May 24 Clinton, Sanders head for all-out blitz in California primary By Ken Thomas and Lisa Lerer, Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders dueled for support ahead of California's presidential primary on Tuesday as the Vermont senator showed few signs of backing off. Continue reading
Mar 31 From industrial to creative, re-branding Sacramento with artful dumpsters By KVIE The southeastern quadrant of Sacramento is an industrial community that has seen many industries come through: mining, truck farming, recycling. Now, a group that advocates for the community has decided to re-brand it by asking artists to paint dumpsters. Continue reading