City Hall protests to Kings’ draft pick: This week’s top stories in Sacramento

From a chaotic immigration vote at City Hall to bedbugs sending CDE workers home, Sacramento had no shortage of news this week.

Here’s a quick look at some of the week’s top stories from The Bee:

• Sacramento City Council members and staff briefly left the dais Wednesday as anti-ICE activists drowned out proceedings. Following their return, the council later passed an immigration action plan and an ordinance restricting city property from civil immigration enforcement on a 9-0 vote, despite the disruption.

• Bud’s Buffet, the downtown lunch spot that closed in 2020, reopened last Wednesday under new owner Haroon Khan as a halal Tex-Mex fast casual concept. The Ziyadeh family, who ran the original for 33 years, says the name reuse is misleading customers.

• Assembly Bill 1729, which would require state departments to justify in-person work requirements, cleared its second Senate committee Tuesday and is gaining momentum just one week before Gov. Gavin Newsom’s four-day return-to-office order takes effect July 1.

• The California Department of Education directed all staff at its downtown Sacramento headquarters to work remotely after bedbugs were found in the building. It’s the second such incident at the N Street site in recent months.

• Pistachio & Cream, an Italian-style dessert shop sourcing pistachios from Bronte, Sicily, opened June 12 at 801 L St. in midtown. The menu features 12 gelato flavors, coffee drinks and Belgian waffle bowls, with sugar-free and dairy-free options.

• The Sacramento Kings selected Arkansas freshman Darius Acuff Jr. with the No. 7 pick in the NBA draft to be their point guard of the future. Acuff averaged 23.5 points and 6.4 assists last season and was named SEC Player of the Year, though analysts note his defense remains a concern.