Tony Bizjak
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Sacramento, CA, United States
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Sacramento region is California's housing and growth hot spot
Led by El Dorado County, the Sacramento region became one of California's notable housing and growth hot spots in the final months of 2020, new data show. → Read More
Who’s the best mass transit chief in the country? He’s right here in Sacramento
Sacramento Regional Transit chief Henry Li, brought in as a change agent three years ago, has been named the top public transit executive in the country for 2019 from the American Public Transportation Association. → Read More
Sacramento International Airport just got this posh new lounge. It’ll cost you $45.
Starting July 9, Sacramento International Airport will add 2 private lounges, called Escape Lounge, serving food from the chef at the Hawks Provisions + Public House. There is one in Terminal A and B. → Read More
Sacramento Kings coach Luke Walton denies sex assault, says he did not grab, grope accuser
Sacramento Kings basketball coach Luke Walton denies an alleged sexual attack, in his first comments since being accused of assaulting former sports TV reporter Kelli Tennant. → Read More
Suspect charged with rape and torture in 1990s serial attacks in Sacramento area
Mark Manteuffel was arraigned Friday in Sacramento on rape and torture charges connected to brutal attacks in 1992 and 1994, days after prosecutors announced DNA evidence had helped track him to Georgia → Read More
‘Holy crap’! Sacramento residents report feeling shock waves from Central Valley quake
Sacramentans are reporting feeling strong reverberations from a magnitude 6.4 earthquake that hit the San Joaquin Valley on Thursday at mid-morning. → Read More
Court gives go-ahead to controversial 15-story condo project on J Street in midtown
The 15-story Yamanee condominium project, which would include 134 residences, won appellate court OK approval for construction at 25th and J streets. A local group had sued, saying it is too tall. → Read More
Suspect in 1990s rape, knife torture cases faces his first court day Friday in Sacramento
Mark Manteuffel, a former Sacramento State lecturer accused of three knife-point rapes in the early 1990s, will be arraigned in two of those cases Friday in Sacramento Superior Court, local prosecutors said. → Read More
Sacramento DA and police officials to announce arrest in violent 1990s crime cases
Sacramento District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert will hold a news conference this afternoon to announce the arrest of a suspect in several violent crimes that took place in the Sacramento area in 1992 and 1994. → Read More
Is a big announcement about Sacramento’s Major League Soccer hope coming this month?
Sacramento and Major League Soccer officials are in formal negotiations on a stadium plan and other details to bring a franchise to California, to be called Republic FC. The team will play in the downtown railyard. → Read More
Beleaguered DMV to open more field offices earlier – which locations have been added
In the second major addition in a year, California’s beleaguered Department of Motor Vehicles says it will expand field office hours yet again, this time opening dozens of offices around the state an hour earlier on a permanent basis. → Read More
Trump tweets anger over Supreme Court census ruling. Can he delay the count?
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court the Trump administration plan to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census, the president tweeted his anger, and suggested postponing the census. → Read More
Census citizenship question in limbo, but California isn’t letting guard down. Here’s why
The Trump administration’s plan to add a citizenship question on the 2020 Census was thrown into limbo Thursday by the nation’s highest court. But California officials remain wary of a last-minute revival, saying the Golden State stands to lose both politically and financially if the question resurfaces. → Read More
Supreme Court puts citizenship question on hold, but threat remains to aggravate undercount in 2020 Census
Advocates for immigrants and non-citizens say the question is an attempt to intimidate those populations and keep them from filling out the census, thus improving the chances of creating more political districts that benefit Republicans. The Trump administration has said the federal government needs to know at the block level how many residents are citizens and how many are non-citizens in order… → Read More
Fire-ravaged Paradise water agency faces state ultimatum: Fix your cracked dam spillway
The Paradise Irrigation District, already in financial trouble after the Camp Fire, has been told by California water officials to fix Magalia Dam. The district is working with U.S. emergency officials on a federal funding plan → Read More
Here’s Sacramento’s surprising rank on a new list of best cities for startup companies
Long seen as little more than a government town, Sacramento is rising in the ranks of cities where young entrepreneurs and startup companies want to stake a claim. → Read More
Terminal A at Sacramento airport evacuated Thursday due to suspicious package
Sacramento International Airport temporarily closed Terminal A on Thursday for a more than an hour after a suspicious package was found in the building at about 11 a.m. The terminal was reopened at 12:30 p.m. → Read More
Sacramento Officer Tara O’Sullivan killed on one of most dangerous police calls: Domestic violence
Police officers like Tara O’Sullivan responding to domestic violence calls face danger. A Sacramento man with a history of violence was arrested and charged with shooting O’Sullivan. A look at training and risks in California. → Read More
‘Scooter Wars’ to hit Sacramento: Here’s whose bringing 1,000 e-scooters to town
Jump, the Uber-owned company that made waves here last year with its rentable e-bikes and e-scooters, began this week unloading hundreds more of the red and black devices, with plans to eventually have more than 1,100 on the streets. → Read More
PG&E agrees to $1 billion in settlements with California towns, counties ravaged by wildfire
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has agreed to pay $1 billion to Paradise and counties in California that were damaged by wildfire. The PG&E settlement is part of its bankruptcy proceeding in federal court. → Read More