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June 5, 2020

• We’ve been hit with rubber bullets and tear gas, and Bee journalists are thankful — for you
• Change registers: Coalition asks people to buy from black-owned Sacramento businesses
• From rabbit poop to tomatoes, a new vegetable swap has a little of everything
• Sacramento-area university bucks trend: Pledges ‘neutrality’ amid recent protests
• No vandalism, 4 curfew arrests as Sacramento has seventh straight night of protests
• City Councilman wants Sacramento to lift controversial curfew immediately. Will it happen?
• Grass fire burning in south Sacramento County, closing roadways near Elk Grove, Vineyard
• Sacramento police investigating fatal stabbing in South Oak Park neighborhood
• Sacramento County reaches 1,500 coronavirus cases, 59th death; California near 4,500 dead
• Wind-whipped fire in Antelope burns near rail yard, may have been sparked by mower
• Worker falls to death, temporarily halting construction of NFL’s SoFi Stadium in L.A.
• California mayor who said no ‘good person of color’ has been killed by police resigns
• Should police officers be in schools? Large US districts remove them amid protests
• 4 days after fatal shooting, California Justice Department opens review of Vallejo police
• Sacramento law enforcement, faith leaders join to urge peaceful George Floyd protests
• Video shows massive fire engulf an Amazon distribution center in California
• Coronavirus cases jump by 33 percent in Placer County as it reopens business, government
• MLB super agent Scott Boras of Sacramento looks to cut deal for his Venice mansion
• Update: One lane of Highway 99 reopens in south Sacramento County after big-rig crash
• Yolo County restaurants, shops are reopening slower than others in the region. Here’s why
• Affirmative action and reparations. California’s black lawmakers say it’s time to do more
• Watch: California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers remarks on policing at press conference
• Bars, gyms and more can begin reopening in California next week
• White House touts 13.3% unemployment rate. Newsom says economic stimulus still needed
• California gives mask manufacturer more time on $1 billion coronavirus contract
• Listing local options to replace Grant Napear as Sacramento Kings play-by-play announcer
• Sacramento teen struck by rubber bullet during downtown protests undergoes jaw surgery
• ACLU demands Sacramento end curfew. City plans to keep it in place through weekend
• ‘Die-in’ planned in Sacramento mayor’s neighborhood, followed by Saturday march downtown
• Gavin Newsom backs ‘stranglehold’ restraint ban for California police after George Floyd’s death
• CHP detains man near Capitol whose truck has been spotted outside Gavin Newsom’s home
• Folsom player apologizes and resigns from football team after social media racial chats