All week, friends have been sending me recent pictures of faded slugger Sammy Sosa with shockingly light skin. He looks "bleached." Sosa attributes his pale complexion to a cream he uses nightly. He claims his motivation is soft skin, not a racial makeover. He barely resembles the man I met in 2000, when we collaborated on his autobiography.

Former Sacramento Police Chief Albert Nájera was linked with "pension spiking" two years ago. He got an 8.6 percent raise and then an 11.2 percent raise months later. Then he retired, the raises went public, and Nájera looked bad at the conclusion of a 30-year career.

The most effective man fighting to deny the right of gay marriage in America is Frank Schubert of Sacramento.

Francisco Salvador Perez was a disabled state worker waiting to go home at a downtown bus stop when he was shot, allegedly by a homeless woman, on Sept. 22, 2008.

In every conflict, there is collateral damage. At Sacramento City Hall, where metaphoric bullets fly every day, City Manager Ray Kerridge is Mr. Bull's-eye. He is Swiss cheese walking.

It seemed like a misprint: A random DUI sweep Friday night in central and south Sacramento netted 57 people who were cited on suspicion of driving under the influence.

Based on nearly 30 years as a cop, Sacramento Police Chief Rick Braziel believes that confusing immigration laws are hindering cops and helping criminals.

As president of Sacramento State, Alexander Gonzalez is known as an occasionally combative man with eyebrows that furrow like crossed swords.

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