Don Sweeney

Seven years ago, Daniel Altstatt parked a bright orange vintage 1972 VW bus in the backyard of his East Sacramento home. He also had five other vehicles on the property. A neighbor complained. #Thread 📷: @RENEECBYER

Hundreds of Black residents have started calling North Natomas home in the last decade. Today, we will take a look at why. #Thread 📷: @PaulKitagakiJr

Richard Louis Brown dodged his opponents for nine months. The SEIU Local 1000 president survived claims that his election was illegitimate. He scoffed at a board of directors vote to strip his leadership powers. #Thread 📷: Lezlie Sterling

A Sacramento Bee analysis found that at least 196 homeless men, women and children died in 2021 in Sacramento County. That number is significantly higher than the previous record of 140, set in 2018, according to the Sacramento Coroner’s Office. #Thread 📸: @RENEECBYER

Although it seemed like a routine bust at a marijuana grow house tucked away in the Sierra Nevada foothills, Sgt. Mike Charman soon believed he was chasing something bigger and orchestrated, with links to international financing. #Thread 📷 by: @pohl_jason

Doctors had to sew up the bites & claw marks after a black bear attacked a woman in her Tahoe Vista kitchen in October. Before her wounds healed, Tahoe’s bear activists called the woman’s family “bear killers" and deposited feces outside her house. #Thread 📸: @HectorJAmezcua

On the parched west side of the San Joaquin Valley, California’s drought has created a windfall for companies like Big River Drilling, which can hardly keep up with demand for new wells as farmers seek to extract more water from underground. #Thread 📷: @CraigKohlruss

NEW IN THE BEE: As California state workers return to Sacramento offices after COVID, Legionnaires’ disease — a severe form of pneumonia — is on the rise. Public health authorities say office reopenings could be to blame. 📸: Janice Haney Carr/CDC | #Thread

NEW IN THE BEE: Sacramento County is seeing an alarming increase in overdoses linked to fentanyl. Last year, illicit fentanyl contributed to the death of 95 people. That was nearly a three-fold increase compared with the 36 cases in 2019. #Thread 📸: @saranevisphoto

Poverty jobs. Poverty wages. Many Californians are working in jobs that don’t pay enough to lift them above the poverty line. What can be done? @equitylab_sac sought answers in its new mini-documentary 📽 #Thread sacbee.com/news/equity-lab/a…

As #Sacramento braces for another brutal #heatwave this weekend, just how hot has California’s capital city been this summer? The short answer: Pretty darn hot. 🥵☀️🔥 (Full #weather coverage in this #thread 👇) sacbee.com/news/weather-news…

Nearly 60 fires have started along the American River Parkway this year. The fires associated with homeless camps are a growing problem that firefighters warn is only going to get more dangerous as California enters one of the driest fire seasons in modern history. #thread

As wildfire season approaches, projects like Guenoc Valley are becoming points of conflict for developers, scientists & elected officials. The $1 billion resort & housing development planned for Lake County is in one of the most fire-prone regions in #California. #thread

TODAY IN THE BEE: A reimagined Sacramento Bee this morning showcases our exclusive journalism that engages you with insightful stories, bracing design, and comprehensive digital extras. Take a look in the eEdition: sacbee.com/e-edition

Since 2019, The Bee has utilized partnerships to add to our reporting team — covering equity, coronavirus and more. Ten months in, @kimbojorque has just started scratching the surface with her work. Your help and support are essential. #thread bit.ly/3fjI3uh

An increase in demand – combined with a constant pressure to grow – has created a tension between long-time residents and this California town’s new urban transplants. Read about it in this week’s #TippingPoint #thread sacbee.com/news/local/sacram…

Will Sacramento’s restaurant worker shortage mean higher prices and longer waits? A #TippingPointSac #thread on this subscriber-exclusive story 👇 sacbee.com/news/local/sacram…

As more and more Californians receive vaccinations, we know COVID reunions are happening all over the Sacramento region. We want to hear and share your story. #thread