Cynthia Hubert
The Sacramento Bee
Sacramento, CA, United States
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Sacramento Zoo sees Kings’ old Arco Arena as a good fit for its new home
The Sacramento Zoo has “looked at” the Kings’ former arena in Natomas, California, as it seeks to move from Land Park to a larger location, according to the zoo’s new director. → Read More
Nevada likely to appeal huge verdict over busing psychiatric patients out of state, official says
The state of Nevada will likely appeal a jury verdict that it must pay $250,000 to scores of people it put on Greyhound buses after discharging them from a mental health hospital, officials said Friday. → Read More
Jury finds in favor of mentally ill patients who were bused out of Nevada psychiatric hospital
A Las Vegas jury awarded $250,000 to potentially hundreds of former mentally ill patients of Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital who were bused across the US without proper care. One patient wound up in Sacramento. → Read More
Sacramento County declares homeless shelter crisis. Here’s what that means
Sacramento County took the unprecedented step of declaring an emergency homeless shelter crisis Tuesday during a Board of Supervisors meeting, allowing it to help administer nearly $20 million in state funding for the city of Sacramento. The City Council was expected to follow suit Tuesday afternoon. → Read More
After outcry from Sacramento homeless advocates, benches to return to K Street
Following an outcry from homeless advocates, the city of Sacramento will replace 10 benches removed from the K Street Mall last week. → Read More
Downtown Sacramento benches disappeared overnight. Darrell Steinberg says put them back
Following outcry from residents who interpreted the move as a way to drive homeless people away from the K Street corridor, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg said he wants to see the downtown benches reinstalled. → Read More
Why did downtown Sacramento benches vanish overnight? Homeless advocates have an idea why
Sacramento removed benches along K street in downtown Sacramento, sparking outrage from homeless advocates Oct. 11, 2018, who say the move was intended to deter people from sleeping on them. → Read More
Homeless patients were left on the streets by hospitals. This law could end ‘dumping’
Inspired by news stories about homeless hospital patients being “dumped” to the streets, a new law will require hospitals to work with shelters and other agencies to ensure that people without permanent shelter are discharged to safe places. → Read More
‘The nostalgia is really strong.’ Sacramento Zoo’s possible move stuns neighbors and visitors
For generations of families, the Sacramento Zoo has been an exotic neighbor. How do longtime Land Park residents and zoo visitors feel about the beloved institution moving to a larger location? → Read More
Will Sacramento Zoo move from its Land Park home? It could
The Sacramento Zoo is considering a plan to move from its longtime home in Land Park to a more spacious location. Large animals such as rhinos and tigers no longer are at the zoo because of space restrictions. → Read More
Suburban mom went from a fun night with friends to being paralyzed by a random bullet
Tara Rackley, paralyzed by a seemingly random bullet as she sat in a car in Sacramento earlier this month, is trying to rebuild her life as police search for the person who shot her. She’s 25 years old, married and a mother of two young boys. → Read More
NorCal Rapist suspect arrested. He’s a 58-year-old safety specialist at UC Berkeley
A suspect in the NorCal Rapist attacks has been arrested in a series of assaults that began in 1991 and continued until at least 2006. Police will announce Friday that a man who was living in Benicia was arrested Thursday in the case. → Read More
‘Systematic abuse’ unlikely to lead to prison time for two convicted of beating, starving dogs
Juries convicted two men of felony animal abuse in separate cases involving pit bull terriers. The two cases were prosecuted by the relatively new Animal Cruelty Unit of the Sacramento County DA’s Office. → Read More
Sacramento County cleared homeless camps all year. Now it has stopped citing campers
A federal court panel has ruled that prosecuting homeless people for sleeping on the streets when no shelter beds are available violates the Constitution. How does this affect Sacramento’s enforcement of a controversial local ordinance prohibiting camping? → Read More
19-year-old killed by police showed signs of mental illness after ‘very mellow’ childhood
Darell Richards was 19 years old, mentally troubled and searching for his path in life. How did he end up dead from police bullets Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, as he huddled under a stairwell in Curtis Park in Sacramento? → Read More
He thought his housing voucher would get him off the streets. He was wrong
Housing Choice Vouchers are supposed to be a golden ticket for people unable to afford market rate housing. But Sacramento residents who have scored vouchers, which offer subsidies for rental places, are finding that affordable housing remains elusive. → Read More
Homeless deaths surged in Sacramento County last year. Here are the leading causes
Sacramento County saw a 75 percent increase in the number of deaths of homeless people last year. In 2017, 124 people identified as homeless died in the county, compared to 71 the previous year. → Read More
With kennels full, crowded Sacramento animal shelters halt cat admissions
Sacramento’s municipal animal shelters are temporarily refusing to accept healthy cats, an extraordinary step prompted by overcrowding. “The cat population is a bit out of control right now,” said one manager. → Read More
‘The answer is always love.’ Sister Claire Graham spent a lifetime fighting for the poor
Sister Claire Graham, founder of Wellspring Women’s Center in Oak Park and a powerful voice for the poor in Sacramento, died this week at age 81. → Read More
They lost their home in a massive 2015 wildfire. Their story shows what new victims can expect
The Leonard family, who lost their longtime home and nearly all of their possessions in the Valley Fire in September 2015, finally have moved into their rebuilt house as a new constellation of wildfires rages. They spent the better part of the past three years in a trailer on their decimated property. → Read More