A California mother and daughter filed suit against a Sacramento doctor in state court on Tuesday, saying he artificially inseminated the mother with his own semen without permission and then performed gynecological exams on his own daughter unbeknownst to her for years.
Read moreCalifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Tuesday that two Sacramento Police officers were justified in their use of force in the shooting death of 22-year-old Stephon Clark in his grandparents’ back yard a year ago.
Read moreTwo Sacramento police officers that chased Stephon Clark into his grandparents’ backyard and fatally shot the unarmed 22-year-old black man won’t face criminal charges, according to the local district attorney on Saturday.
Read moreOne day after being slapped with a $20 million lawsuit sparked by the killing of Stephon Clark in his family’s backyard, Sacramento officials were told Tuesday to revamp police use of force guidelines and conduct better investigations into police shootings.
Read moreThe family of Stephon Clark, the unarmed black man who was fatally shot by Sacramento police officers in his grandparents’ backyard in 2018, filed a $20 million wrongful death lawsuit against the city Monday.
Read moreSacramento County Superior Court’s largest employee union, consisting of court reporters, clerks and other technical workers, began a strike across four court locations Tuesday.
Read moreThe family of Stephon Clark, who was killed in a hailstorm of bullets fired by Sacramento Police Department officers, filed a $15 to $35 million wrongful death claim with the city this week – a precursor to the anticipated lawsuit.
Read moreA courthouse building boom is on the horizon in California after Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers preliminarily approved funding for 10 projects, including $460 million for a long-awaited project in Sacramento County.
Read moreAs Sacramento continues to be roiled by tension, particularly between the black
community and the city police department, a civil rights lawyer announced a settlement between the city and a black man who claimed to be the victimized by excessive force.
Born in San Francisco to Mexican immigrants, Judge David De Alba’s love for baseball as an adolescent grew into a thirst for jurisprudence. After 38 years as judge in the Golden State, he’s prepared to take over leadership of the Sacramento County Superior Court.
Read moreWith a two-year stint at the top of the bench coming to an end, Sacramento Superior Court Presiding Judge Kevin Culhane is ready to hand over the reins and quietly blend back into the court’s daily operations.
Read moreRetired Judge Lloyd Connelly was met with a standing ovation by the judges and staff of Sacramento County Superior Court, after the bench voted unanimously last week to appoint him as the court’s new executive officer.
Read moreSeeking to freeze a contentious $16 billion waterworks plan supported by Gov. Jerry Brown, Sacramento County sued the California Department of Water Resources on Thursday over its certification of the project’s “dizzying” and “shifting” environmental review.
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A powerful assemblage of environmentalists are targeting federal fisheries officials days after regulators gave California the green light on a $15.7-billion makeover of the largest estuary on the West Coast.
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Promising a quick turnaround for Democrats despite losing the presidency, California party leaders tried Friday night to build on their advantage in the nation’s largest state by appealing to skeptical progressives.
Read moreA black Sacramento man who was beaten by police after being stopped for jaywalking said Monday that he was also needlessly placed on suicide watch and assaulted again by jailers.
Read moreThe Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office on Friday found the 2016 killing of a homeless black man by police was justified, and that two officers lawfully shot 18 times at the man after he wielded a knife and ignored their commands.
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A woman claims in a federal complaint that Sacramento Kings star Matt Barnes choked her at club, then knocked her unconscious with an elbow to the face.
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