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July 1, 2021

• Report on homicides in California shows how deadly 2020 was in Sacramento County
• California drivers pay the nation’s highest gasoline taxes. Now they’re going higher
• California homicides surged 31% in 2020. New gun sales are also skyrocketing
• Janitors in California and Sacramento demand better working conditions
• Police look to DNA to help identify woman with amnesia found in Davis home’s backyard
• See flames, smoke tower over house in battle to contain Salt Fire
• California Capitol faces COVID outbreak of 7 new cases, including 2 breakthrough cases
• California’s low-income students have long struggled to afford college costs. Help is on the way
• Millions granted to Sacramento Fire Department to increase diversity, amid allegations of racism
• California officials seize 80,000 pounds of fireworks at Nevada border ahead of holiday
• Woman reportedly assaulted Walmart customers before standoff at Northern California home
• Authentic 1800s western town or movie set? This 58-acre New Mexico ranch can be yours
• LA recommends masks, again. Will other California counties follow as Delta variant spreads?
• 17 hurt in failed ‘controlled detonation’ of illegal fireworks, California cops say
• Interstate 5 open in both directions after Salt Fire threat closed highway near Redding
• Woman fleeing Border Patrol in Arizona desert plunges off rockface to death, feds say
• California ‘dealmaker’ to retire + Republicans hit Newsom on homelessness + Paying jurors more
• What would 76ers want from Kings in trade for Ben Simmons? We asked, experts answered
• Elk Grove’s annual Run 4 Hunger is Sunday. Watch for these road closures and detours
• Lava Fire updates: Containment reaches 25% on wildfire in Siskiyou County
• 10 Sacramento-area restaurants that opened in June, from brisket pizza and quesabirria tacos
• Did you win a Golden State dream vacation? Here are the California counties with winners
• Everyone deserves a home. Sacramento could set U.S. example on homelessness by making it law
• Kings guard Tyrese Haliburton headed to Las Vegas as member of USA Men’s Select Team
• UC Davis officials tout $60M Sacramento rehab hospital as educational and medical asset
• Placer deputies say they found 57 bags of marijuana after arresting man on DUI suspicion
• Delta variant of COVID-19 shows up in Sacramento region amid fears about contagious strain
• Gavin Newsom recall election date officially set: California voters to cast ballots in September
• California pleads for more power as summer blackout threat grows, hydro supplies fade
• See Mid-Century Modern home in S.F. with ‘most delicious’ in-law unit. Yours for $8M
• Is the air quality in these Sacramento neighborhoods bad? Residents can now tell in real time
• Victim in shooting near Sacramento State, Campus Commons identified by coroner’s office
• Man accused of leering at kids is arrested days after ‘creepy’ incident at Dixon store
• Fly over Sacramento area flower fields where zinnias are as colorful as fireworks
• Confederate flag displayed in Elk Grove school district vehicle; 2 employees on leave
• California prison guards get COVID bonuses. Other unions still hope for hazard pay
• Pay cuts end for California state workers. When will raises show up on checks?
• Where are wildfires burning in Northern California? Here are updates on 5 area fires
• Feds say 6 men charged after tons of marijuana smuggled to Minnesota from Sacramento area
• Speeders beware: CHP targeting drivers going too fast during July 4 maximum enforcement
• Residents of this Sacramento-area county live in one of the 50 healthiest US communities