{"id":189654,"date":"2026-02-23T06:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T06:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T06:10:23","slug":"the-week-in-sacramento-bee-photos-feb-14-to-feb-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/189654\/","title":{"rendered":"The week in Sacramento Bee photos: Feb. 14 to Feb. 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, The Sacramento Bee\u2019s visual journalists capture the moments \u2014 big and small \u2014 that tell the story of our community. From moving images in our neighborhoods to the action-packed energy on the sidelines of local sporting events and portraits of area newsmakers, their lens offer a unique window into life in Sacramento and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>In this weekly feature, we spotlight some of The Bee\u2019s most compelling images from the past week across our news sports and features. This selection of moments were made between Saturday, Feb. 7, and Saturday, Feb. 14.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking on some of the photos will connect to more coverage.<\/p>\n<p>                                              <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article314746696.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">                                                                                                                                                                                        <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"758\"  alt=\"A dangling construction worker, far left, is rescued by a Sacramento firefighter as the second worker, awaiting rescue in a hanging scaffold at far right, communicates with firefighters on the roof the building at 15th and Q streets on Wednesday. Both workers were rescued. \" title=\"1283_NSL_260218_ScaffoldRescue.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                    <\/a>                                                                                    A dangling construction worker, far left, is rescued by a Sacramento firefighter as the second worker, awaiting rescue in a hanging scaffold at far right, communicates with firefighters on the roof the building at 15th and Q streets on Wednesday. Both workers were rescued.                                                                                             NATHANIEL LEVINE                                                                            nlevine@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/california\/article314733235.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">                                                                                                                                                                                        <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"794\"  alt=\"Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, speaks during a Sacramento Bee subscriber Q&amp;A at the historic Loomis Train Depot in Placer County on Tuesday. The congressman has until March 6 to announce the district he will run in for the 2026 election. \" title=\"SAC_6297_RepKevinKiley_HA_260217.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                    <\/a>                                                                                    Rep. Kevin Kiley, R-Rocklin, speaks during a Sacramento Bee subscriber Q&amp;A at the historic Loomis Train Depot in Placer County on Tuesday. The congressman has until March 6 to announce the district he will run in for the 2026 election.                                                                                             HECTOR AMEZCUA                                                                            hamezcua@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/business\/article314735894.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">                                                                                                                                                                                        <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\"  alt=\"Matt Ishii pickets with Sky River employees and supporters outside the casino for better wages and benefits on Tuesday in Elk Grove.\" title=\"SAC_0948_261702_JV_Sky_River.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                    <\/a>                                                                                    Matt Ishii pickets with Sky River employees and supporters outside the casino for better wages and benefits on Tuesday in Elk Grove.                                                                                            JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS                                                                            jvillegas@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\"  alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg visit at the opening of the San Quentin Learning Center on Friday. Steinberg served on the advisory committee for the project. \" title=\"SAC_0890_262002_JV_Gov_Newsom.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Sacramento mayor Darrell Steinberg visit at the opening of the San Quentin Learning Center on Friday. Steinberg served on the advisory committee for the project.                                                                                             JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS                                                                            jvillegas@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"1693\"  alt=\"Juan Cortez, of Reno, removes snow from the roof of his parents' home in Truckee on Wednesday.   \" title=\"SAC_6103_Avalanche_HA_260218.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Juan Cortez, of Reno, removes snow from the roof of his parents&#8217; home in Truckee on Wednesday.                                                                                               HECTOR AMEZCUA                                                                            hamezcua@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                      <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article314706010.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">                                                                                                                                                                                        <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\"  alt=\"A dragon from the Pleasant Grove High School Lion Dance Club meets onlookers at the Lunar New Year Tet festival in Elk Grove Park on Saturday.\" title=\"0543_261402_JV_Lunar.jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                    <\/a>                                                                                    A dragon from the Pleasant Grove High School Lion Dance Club meets onlookers at the Lunar New Year Tet festival in Elk Grove Park on Saturday.                                                                                            JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS                                                                            jvillegas@sacbee.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      <img class=\"responsive-image\" width=\"1140\" height=\"760\"  alt=\"Avery Schick, left, a worker in facilities maintenance at Sacramento State's residence halls, joins a Teamsters Local strike in the rain on Tuesday. \" title=\"SAC_0063_RCB_20260217_CSUStrike.JPG\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/>                                                                                                                Avery Schick, left, a worker in facilities maintenance at Sacramento State&#8217;s residence halls, joins a Teamsters Local strike in the rain on Tuesday.                                                                                             REN\u00c9E C. BYER                                                                            rbyer@sacbee.com                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218175935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Levine_Nathaniel.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nathaniel Levine\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/218175935\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nathaniel Levine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Bee visuals editor Nathaniel Levine joined the staff in 2003. His work has received awards from the Society of News Design, the Best of the West journalism competition and the California News Publishers Association, among others. A native Californian, Levine grew up in Grass Valley and attended UC Davis.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every week, The Sacramento Bee\u2019s visual journalists capture the moments \u2014 big and small \u2014 that tell the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122,89004],"class_list":["post-189654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-week-in-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}