{"id":264353,"date":"2026-04-12T19:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264353\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T19:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T19:24:24","slug":"the-week-in-sacramento-bee-photos-april-4-to-april-11-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/264353\/","title":{"rendered":"The week in Sacramento Bee photos: April 4 to April 11, 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 lenses 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, April 4, and Saturday, April 11.<\/p>\n

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

\"Family Family members of the shooting suspect call for him as law enforcement officers demand his surrender after a shooting at Natomas High School that left one student dead on Friday. Authorities searched for the suspect at the Natomas Village apartments near the campus. PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com \"California California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton talks about his \u201cCalifordable\u201d plan at the state Capitol on Tuesday, the day after he was endorsed by President Donald Trump. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"California <\/a> California Democratic gubernatorial candidate Eric Swalwell is heckled during the town hall meeting at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center in Sacramento on Tuesday. Swalwell was pressured to leave the race after allegations of sexual assault surfaced later in the week. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Yolo <\/a> Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig speaks during a news conference on Friday in Woodland after eight people were indicted in relation to the fatal Esparto fireworks explosion in 2025. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"Sacramento <\/a> Sacramento Kings announcer Gary Gerould smiles before the start of a game against the Golden State Warriors game on Friday at Golden 1 Center. Gerould was honored during the game \u2014 the final home event for the team this season \u2014 for 41 seasons as the team\u2019s radio voice. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Candidates <\/a> Candidates Eric Guerra and Flo Cofer meet with attendees before the Sacramento County Supervisors District 1 forum on Thursday at the Coloma Center in Sacramento. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Cindy, <\/a> Cindy, fiancee of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez \u2013 who was shot by ICE officers during a traffic stop in Patterson \u2013 makes a statement at the office of their attorney in Modesto on Wednesday. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com \"DeSean <\/a> DeSean Leon Brasser Jr. is taken back into custody Friday in Sacramento Superior Court after being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the October 2022 murder of public radio executive Charles Starzynski. REN\u00c9E C. BYER rbyer@sacbee.com <\/p>\n


\n \"Profile
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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":264354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-264353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264353","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=264353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}