Ryan Lillis
The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, CA, United States
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4-year-old boy among four shot inside south Sacramento apartment
Four people were shot, including a 4-year-old boy, inside a south Sacramento apartment Friday night. A woman was killed and a group of five male suspects were seen leaving the scene. → Read More
Where parents of Woodland students should go to pick up their school children
Here is where parents pick up their children while Woodland High School and Freeman Elementary are on lockdown after alleged shooting threats. Parents can go to Christiansen Park for high schoolers and Woodland Avenue for elementary students. → Read More
Police officer shot in Davis
A manhunt is underway after a police officer was shot in Davis → Read More
On the rise? The Central Valley is beating the Bay Area and L.A. in key measures
Driven by Bay Area transplants, California’s Central Valley is growing its population while its big coastal areas shrink. Jobs are also growing at a fast clip in the Valley while rent increases taper off. → Read More
California’s bullet train is pumping billions into the Valley economy. So why is it so unpopular?
California’s high-speed rail project is being built in the San Joaquin Valley. The bullet train proposal is years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. Here’s the latest on the unpopular project. → Read More
Sacramento and Placer counties receive multiple false bomb threats in nationwide scare
At least eight people in Sacramento region have received a spam email that is circulating across the nation, containing a bomb threat and asking for payment in bitcoin. → Read More
Jesuits release names of 11 priests accused of abuse in Sacramento area
The Jesuit West Province, a Roman Catholic order that represents states across the west coast, released a list of priests who have been credibly accused of sexual abuse since 1950. The list includes 11 priests who were assigned either to Jesuit High School in Carmichael, St. Ignatius of Loyola in Sacramento, or St. Elizabeth’s Church in Sacramento. → Read More
Are ticked off Bay Area transplants now influencing Central Valley politics?
California Central Valley’s voters continue to support Republican or moderate Democrat causes and candidates despite the increase of people moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to communities like Fresno, Modesto and Manteca. → Read More
‘This fire was outrunning us’: Surviving the Camp Fire took bravery, stamina and luck
How did the Camp Fire grow so quickly and burn the town of Paradise, California, as thousands of residents and evacuees fled? Survivors tell their stories of outrunning the deadliest wildfire in state history. → Read More
Generators, Coors and canned food. How these ‘mountain boys’ are surviving in Paradise
A small group of Paradise residents have remained in town after the Camp Fire destroyed much of the Northern California town. → Read More
‘Wallywood’ camp grows in Walmart lot in Chico. Walmart asks them to go
Camp Fire evacuees in California are being asked to leave the settlement tent city “Wallywood” in a Chico WalMart parking lot. It has grown in size and number of victims after the wildfire destroyed Paradise. → Read More
‘The height of character’: Volunteers set aside sorrow and exhaustion to search for Camp Fire victims
In the aftermath of the Camp Fire aftermath in Paradise, California, teams of volunteer rescue workers search homes for victims. The emotional toll is heavy. → Read More
Camp Fire death toll hits 71 on eve of Trump’s visit to California
The 10-day old Camp Fire still burning in the hills around above Paradise in Butte County now has claimed 71 lives. President Trump, Gov. Jerry Brown and governor-elect Gavin Newsom will visit California, Saturday, Nov. 17. → Read More
Camp Fire refugees create new town of ‘Wallywood’ as officials struggle with housing crisis
How will California find housing for the Camp Fire evacuees and where will they go? As the search continues in Paradise for the dead and missing, CA officials struggle to find homes for victims of the wildfire. Some people are making their own town of “Wallywood.” → Read More
Fire evacuees living in Walmart’s tent city in Chico told to leave. Who told them is a mystery
A sign in the Chico Walmart’s parking lot tells Camp Fire evacuees that they’ll have to leave by Sunday, but a Walmart manager said the story didn’t put it there. → Read More
‘We’re traumatized but we’re alive’: Survivors come forward as Camp Fire death toll rises to 56
As the Camp Fire, California, death toll increased, a list of more than 100 names of people who have been reported missing was released Wednesday in an effort to determine if some people on the list actually are safe and do not need to be searched for. → Read More
‘It’s pretty grim’: Paradise burns as Camp Fire rips through town
Desperate residents of the Northern California town of Paradise described a horrifying scene Thursday as the massive Camp Fire tore through the area, destroying cars, burning a hospital and forcing some to run from the flames as traffic out of town came to a halt. → Read More
Rural communities find inventive ways to get residents on the road
How do Big Valley residents of small and sometimes isolated towns like Huron and Cantua Creek, California, get around? They don’t have Uber or Lyft, they have a volunteer-driven ridesharing service with electric cars. → Read More
California Democratic Party evacuates headquarters over suspicious package
A suspicious package at the California state headquarters of the Democratic party prompted evacuations. → Read More
The economy is booming. Why do so many Central Valley cities want to raise taxes?
More than a dozen cities in California’s Central Valley are asking voters to raise the sales tax as cities tackle increasing populations, crime and aging and roads and other infrastructure. → Read More