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Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester speaks at the scene where 18 people were wounded and six died in downtown Sacramento on April 3, 2022. <\/p>\n
Hector Amezcua<\/p>\n
hamezcua@sacbee.com<\/p>\n
The Sacramento Bee covered major local news the week of April 12-17, 2026, from a police chief\u2019s retirement to allegations against a Michelin-starred chef. Here are summaries of the top stories:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Police chief retiring: Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester announced her retirement<\/a> after more than 32 years with the force. The city\u2019s first woman police chief oversaw significant drops in homicides, shootings and motor vehicle thefts during her tenure. Deputy Chief Zachary Bales will become interim chief after Lester retires on May 15.<\/p>\n \u2022 Chef allegations: Former staff at Michelin-starred restaurant Localis, as well as at Betty Wine Bar + Bistro, detailed allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, belittlement and wage tampering<\/a> by chef Chris Barnum-Dann. Five people spoke on the record to The Bee. Barnum-Dann called the accusations \u201cbaseless\u201d but said he knows he \u201cpushed people in ways that were not always constructive and (he) regrets that.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Football coaches sued: A former student-athlete filed a federal civil rights lawsuit<\/a> against two former Del Campo High School football coaches and the San Juan Unified School District. The student is accusing one coach of using racial slurs and making a discriminatory reference to ICE. The student further alleges that the coaches ran unsafe practices.<\/p>\n \u2022 Supervisor\u2019s mini-stroke: Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna said he suffered a transient ischemic attack<\/a> at his home on Easter Sunday. Serna, who is not seeking reelection, was admitted to Mercy General Hospital and went home the next morning.<\/p>\n \u2022 Holocaust survivor speaks: Liz Igra, a 91-year-old Carmichael woman who survived the Holocaust, continues to share her traumatic story<\/a> with others. She founded the Central Valley Holocaust Educators\u2019 Network and donated thousands of books to help the network open a Holocaust library at Mosaic Law Congregation near Sacramento State in 2016.<\/p>\n \u2022 Peter Schrag remembered: Former Sacramento Bee editorial page editor Peter Schrag died at age 94<\/a> on March 19 in Davis. Schrag, a child refugee from Nazi Germany, led The Bee\u2019s opinion writing team between 1977 and 1996 and is considered one of California journalism\u2019s intellectual giants.<\/p>\n \u2022 CalPERS settlement: CalPERS settled a long-running case over retirees who worked for local governments<\/a> after retiring, restoring their pension benefits. Broader confusion around post-retirement employment laws remains unresolved.<\/p>\n \u2022 Norovirus rising: High concentrations of noroviruses were detected in wastewater in Sacramento, Davis and several other California cities<\/a>. The highly contagious virus causes diarrhea, cramps and vomiting, with the U.S. reporting 19 million to 21 million cases a year.<\/p>\n This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento Police Chief Kathy Lester speaks at the scene where 18 people were wounded and six died in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-274349","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\/274349","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=274349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}