California saw major developments in politics, public safety and tech this week, while Sacramento saw a former city council member take a plea deal. Here are the top stories from April 19-24.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Former state controller Betty Yee suspended her campaign<\/a> for governor, citing a lack of resources needed to remain competitive. She had polled at 2% in recent surveys.<\/p>\n \u2022 Former Sacramento City Councilmember Sean Loloee pleaded guilty<\/a> to federal charges including obstructing U.S. Department of Labor investigations, underreported taxes tied to off-the-books pay at his Viva Supermarket stores and fraudulently obtaining nearly $1.2 million in COVID-19 relief funds. He agreed to pay $1.4 million in restitution and forfeit about $1 million.<\/p>\n \u2022 Sacramento council members unveiled a proposed resolution<\/a> to ban the use of city-owned property for immigration enforcement. Advocates said the measure lacked a timeline and enforcement power.<\/p>\n \u2022 A California bill would require autonomous vehicle manufacturers<\/a> to be cited for traffic violations committed by their driverless cars.<\/p>\n \u2022 Kenneth Kin Chee, founder and CEO of Devastating Pyrotechnics, made his first court appearance<\/a> on seven murder counts tied to the July 2025 Esparto warehouse explosion that killed seven workers.<\/p>\n \u2022 A group says it gathered more than 1.1 million signatures for a ballot measure<\/a> that would hold ride-hailing companies like Uber and Lyft legally liable for sexual misconduct during rides.<\/p>\n \u2022 Meta, the company behind Facebook, Instagram and other sites, announced plans to lay off about 10% of its workforce<\/a> \u2014 nearly 80,000 employees \u2014 starting May 20.<\/p>\n \u2022 A 25-year-old Southern California mountain biker died<\/a> after being bitten by a rattlesnake while cycling at a trailhead.<\/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":"California saw major developments in politics, public safety and tech this week, while Sacramento saw a former city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3703,7,122458,122459,121,122460,123,122,96778],"class_list":{"0":"post-285813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-betty-yee","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-city-council-member","11":"tag-major-developments","12":"tag-sacramento","13":"tag-sacramento-council-members","14":"tag-sacramento-headlines","15":"tag-sacramento-news","16":"tag-state-controller"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285813","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=285813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}