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Sherri Papini of Redding leaves the federal courthouse accompanied by her attorney, William Portanova, right, in Sacramento, Calif., April 13, 2022. During a virtual hearing Papini accepted a plea bargain with prosecutors and pleaded guilty, Monday, April 18, 2022, to a single count of mail fraud and one count of making false statements. She will be sentenced on July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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California woman pleads guilty to 2016 kidnapping hoax
By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press
Mon,04/18/22-1:34PM , 537 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman pleaded guilty Monday to faking her own kidnapping and lying to the FBI about it, leaving her motive unanswered in the carefully planned hoax that set off a massive three-week search before she resurfaced on Thanksgiving Day in 2016.
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This Feb. 6, 2022, booking photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Smiley Allen Martin, two days before he was released to Sacramento County probation for his sentence on charges of corporal injury and assault likely to cause great bodily injury. Martin was arrested Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in connection with a mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento, Calif. Martin is the brother of Dandrae Martin, the first suspect taken into custody in the investigation. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

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Law reduced prison time for man tied to Sacramento shooting
By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,04/07/22-11:05PM , 422 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A suspect arrested in connection with last weekend's mass shooting outside bars in Sacramento served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed Personal protective equipment, PPE, with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER," during a press conference at the UPS Healthcare warehouse in Fontana, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The plan is to move from the pandemic stage into an endemic stage in which people will learn to live COVID. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP)

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California adopts nation's 1st 'endemic' virus policy
By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press
Thu,02/17/22-11:06PM , 239 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Thursday of a plan that emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed Personal protective equipment, PPE, with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California's COVID-19 response called "SMARTER," during a press conference at the UPS Healthcare warehouse in Fontana, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The plan is to move from the pandemic stage into an endemic stage in which people will learn to live COVID. (Watchara Phomicinda/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP)

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California adopts nation's 1st 'endemic' virus policy
By DON THOMPSON - Associated Press
Wed,02/16/22-11:07PM , 271 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California became the first state to formally shift to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus with Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement Thursday of a plan that emphasizes prevention and quick reaction to outbreaks over mandated masking and business shutdowns.
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