The Sacramento Bee’s top stories Tuesday spanned a mass shooting recovery, a road rage sentencing and a state telework proposal. Here’s a quick rundown:

Austin Scott James, an Antelope High School graduate and former Twin Falls and Idaho State Police officer, faces a long recovery after being critically wounded confronting a gunman at an Idaho In-N-Out Burger, as detailed in his family’s account of the Aug. 1 shooting that left three dead, including 23-year-old Ashley Garibay of Stockton.Blake Anthony Rakela, 21, was sentenced to four years in prison for voluntary manslaughter and his father, Anthony David Rakela, 61, received 90 days in jail plus probation for a misdemeanor assault in the March 2025 road rage death of Jeremy Styles in Rocklin. Styles, a 55-year-old husband and father of three, was struck in the head with a metal wrench during the confrontation.

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