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These migrants were flown to California from Texas. They don't know why or who paid for their flights

Eight Venezuelan migrants were flown last week from Texas to Sacramento with little cash — some without shoes — and the men have no idea why they were sent or who paid for the flights, an advocacy group said.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 20, 2022

What Sherri Papini said in court before being sentenced for fabricating California kidnapping

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Before Sherri Papini was sentenced to 18 months in prison for admitting her 2016 kidnapping was a hoax, the Northern California mother of two delivered an emotional statement to Senior U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb in a federal courtroom in Sacramento.

Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022

California's dead will have a new burial option: Human composting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will begin allowing an alternative burial method known as human composting in 2027, under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 19, 2022

Sherri Papini’s lawyer asks for 1 month in prison, 7 months in home detention in kidnap hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One day after federal prosecutors asked for an eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini for her 2016 kidnap hoax, her attorney asked a judge to give the 40-year-old Redding-area woman a one-month sentence in custody with seven more in home detention.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Prosecutors seek eight-month prison sentence for Sherri Papini over faked kidnapping

The kidnapping scheme began back in November 2016 when Ms Papini seemed to disappear while out for a jog

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2022

California barely avoided blackouts during heat wave. Was that a win or a wake-up call?

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It was a 10-day test of California’s ability to keep the lights on and maintain its green-energy crusade, an unprecedented heat wave that pushed the state’s power grid to the brink of rolling blackouts.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

Mosquito Fire erupts again after crews had made ‘great strides’ in containment

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Mosquito fire erupted again on Tuesday afternoon, spreading toward Placer County towns that have been under mandatory evacuation orders since the middle of last week when the wildfire made its first explosive, destructive run.

Tribune News Service · Sep 14, 2022

‘Great strides’ in Mosquito fire containment, as California blaze nears 50,000 acres

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Crews continue to make steady progress battling the Mosquito fire burning in Placer and El Dorado counties, with officials reporting “great strides” in containment on some sections of the fire amid changing weather conditions.

Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022

Prosecutors want California’s Sherri Papini to serve 8 months for admitted kidnapping hoax

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to send Sherri Papini to prison for eight months as punishment for her kidnapping hoax, writing in court files that the Northern California mom continues to tell people she actually was kidnapped and rejecting a proposal by probation officials that she…

Tribune News Service · Sep 13, 2022

George Skelton: When Reagan hosted Queen Elizabeth and Jerry Brown met with 'cool' Prince Charles in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Americans reject monarchism. It's in our DNA. But Queen Elizabeth II was one monarch most Americans respected and admired. She had grace and grit — lifelong characteristics that were brightly displayed on a venturous trip to California in 1983.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 13, 2022