{"id":252905,"date":"2026-04-05T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/252905\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:09:21","slug":"the-week-in-sacramento-bee-photos-march-28-to-april-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/252905\/","title":{"rendered":"The week in Sacramento Bee photos: March 28 to April 4, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

In this weekly feature, we spotlight some of The Bee\u2019s most compelling images from the past week across news, sports and features. This selection of moments were made between Saturday, March 28, and Saturday, April 4.<\/p>\n

Clicking on some of the photos will connect to more coverage.<\/p>\n

March Madness \"South South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Dawn Staley reacts during the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament Elite 8 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Monday, March 30, 2026. PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com \"South South Carolina Gamecocks guard Raven Johnson (25) cuts a piece of the net after her team beat the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs 78-52 during the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Monday, March 30, 2026. PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com \"South South Carolina Gamecocks bench reacts to basket during the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Monday, March 30, 2026. PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com \"UCLA UCLA fans react during the Sacramento Regional 2, part of the March Madness tournament, at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Sunday, March 29, 2026. HANNAH RUHOFF hruhoff@sacbee.com \"UCLA UCLA guard Gabriela Jaquez (11), UCLA guard Kiki Rice (1), UCLA forward Angela Dugali\u0107 (32), and UCLA center Lauren Betts (51) react after winning the Sacramento Regional 2 as a part of the March Madness tournament at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Sunday, March 29, 2026. HANNAH RUHOFF hruhoff@sacbee.com \"Oklahoma Oklahoma Sooners guard Aaliyah Chavez (2) shoots as South Carolina Gamecocks guard Agot Makeer (44) defends In the first half of the NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Golden 1 Center. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Texas Texas Christian University Horned Frogs guard Olivia Miles celebrates after making a basket as she runs up court against the Virginia Cavaliers in an NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament Sweet 16 game Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com A reunion and a return to California \"Maria <\/a> Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez breaks down on the beach as she\u2019s comforted by Ivonne Rodriguez, a press director working on immigration reform at FWD.US, in Rosarito, Mexico on Sunday, March 29, 2026. Estrada was overcome with emotion as she thought about her daughter, Damaris Bello, who witnessed her detainment by Homeland Security during an appointment in Sacramento. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Maria <\/a> Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez video chats with her daughter Damaris Bello as Estrada Juarez, a DACA recipient that was deported in February to Mexico, waits to return to the United States on Monday, March 30, 2026. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Ivonne <\/a> Ivonne Rodriguez, left, holds Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez hands as Estrada Juarez prays for a safe return to California while they wait in Rosarito, Mexico for permission to return to the United States on Monday, March 30, 2026. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Maria <\/a> Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez checks her blood pressure in Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday, March 30, 2026, just before walking across the border to the United States at the San Ysidro pedestrian crossing. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Maria <\/a> Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez crosses the United States-Mexico border at the San Ysidro pedestrian crossing on Monday, March 30, 2026, 40 days after being deported from California to Mexico. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Maria <\/a> Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez, a DACA recipient that was deported in February to Mexico, is reunited with her daughter Damaris Bello at the San Ysidro Port of Entry on Monday, March 30, 2026. Estrada was held for five hours before being allowed to cross back to the United States. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Maria Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez sheds a tear as she recalls being separated from her daughter, Damaris Bello, as she speaks at a news conference with Bello at Sacramento City Hall on Tuesday, March 31, 2026. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com <\/p>\n


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Nathaniel Levine<\/a><\/p>\n

The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n

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…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-252905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252905","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=252905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}