Special Reports

By Marjie Lundstrom - Published: Sunday, May 3 2009 - 12:00 am

At Sierra Pacific Industries sawmill in Quincy, 150 people will lose their jobs Monday. Who and what is to blame for the cascading job losses is a contentious debate.

In a rare interview, meet Sacramento's painter triumvirate

By Dixie Reid - Published: Tuesday, March 31 2009 - 11:08 am

How did a local junior college come to own the work of a famous artist? It's part of a bigger story about Sacramento's diverse art scene and the characters who inhabit it: Wayne Thiebaud. Gregory Kondos. Fred Dalkey.

State to create programs to treat Asian problem gamblers

By Stephen Magagnini - Published: Thursday, March 19 2009 - 12:20 pm

California's Office of Problem Gambling, responding to Sacramento Bee coverage of the lack of services for Asian problem gamblers, Wednesday announced plans to create treatment programs.

Sierra warming: Climate change puts heat on high country

Updated: Saturday, November 8 2008 - 12:57 am

Earlier this year, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Tom Knudson began to look at global warming in the local context, returning to the Sierra Nevada range, where he did his award-winning work. What he found there is that climate change is no longer a distant drama of shrinking polar ice caps. Follow Knudson's trek across the mountains and through the research, as he looks closely at what is happening and why. Through his stories and blog, and related videos, photos and graphics, see the toll being taken on trees, on wildlife and even on the snow that gave the range its surname: Nevada. Then participate by sending us your comments and your historic photos of this wilderness treasure. As year-round ice fades from the saw-toothed summits of the Sierra, it's clear an unwelcome reality is at our doorstep.

• Original story: Sierra warming: Climate change puts heat on high country
• Latest report: Forest Service unveils plan to fight climate change
• Sierra Summit blog
• Complete coverage including video, photo gallery and interactive map

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Mark Garave checks out the three-story apartment complex he manages on Oct. 20, 1989 in San Francisco. No one was injured in the collapse that resulted in the third floor being just about at ground level. The apartment complex is located at 2100 North Pointe in the Marina District.
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A body is removed from a collapsed structure after the Loma Prieto earthquake in San Francisco in 1989.
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The levee of the Cosumnes River broke in several places causing major flooding in the area of Wilton on Jan. 2, 1997. Flood of 1997 Photo Gallery
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A house came to rest atop a car during flooding in the Arboga area along Feather River Blvd on Feb. 27, 1997. Flood of 1997 Photo Gallery
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Twenty-two people died when an old war jet failed to take off from Executive Airport during an air show and crashed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor on Sept. 24, 1972. Twelve of the victims were children. Nine members of one family died.

Unprotected: An investigation of Sacramento County's Child Proctective Services

Updated: Friday, January 2 2009 - 12:17 am

Twelve years after the death of Adrian Conway, whose murder exposed a risky Child Protective Services policy and forced massive reform within the agency, Sacramento's most vulnerable children still are being failed at the most basic level, a five-month Bee investigation found.

• Original story: Despite changes, abused kids still die in Sacramento County system
• Latest report: Sacramento County child protection woes extend into management, critics say
• Interactive graphic: Justice for K.C. Balbuena

Sacramento's mayor race

Updated: Thursday, October 23 2008 - 5:41 pm

Sacramento's mayoral race has taken place against a backdrop of claims, counterclaims and a federal investigation into organizations run by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star challenging the incumbent. As the race neared its close, these revelations exposed in Sacramento Bee coverage were front and center in campaign advertising, debates and public forums.

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