A California man has been formally charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner, gas prices across the state continue to surge and a political influencer\u2019s visit to the Capitol has intensified debate over fraud in the Golden State.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what you should know.<\/p>\n
Assassination charge: Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, was formally charged with attempting to assassinate the president<\/a> after allegedly trying to breach a security perimeter at the Washington Hilton, shooting a law enforcement agent protected by a bulletproof vest. He was arraigned Monday in federal court.Gas prices keep climbing: California drivers are paying about $5.95 per gallon, roughly $1.84 above the national average. According to the price-tracking website and app GasBuddy, prices will rise further<\/a> as oil hovers around $101 per barrel amid stalled U.S.-Iran talks.Capitol fraud fight: Online influencer Nick Shirley\u2019s ambush-style confrontations with lawmakers over hospice fraud and AB 2624 have roiled the Capitol,<\/a> with Republicans labeling the bill the \u201cStop Nick Shirley Act\u201d and Democrats advancing it along party lines.Turkey season: Wild turkeys are more aggressive during spring mating season, which runs through May. Wildlife officials say you should not feed them<\/a> and can scare them off by making noise or waving your arms.In Opinion:Land use clash: Sacramento County supervisors are set to consider the 25,000-resident Upper Westside project in the Natomas Basin on Tuesday \u2014 a plan the city of Sacramento opposes<\/a> and has refused to supply with water, writes opinion writer Tom Philp.Homelessness stalemate: A bill by state Sen. Angelique Ashby to compel regional collaboration on homelessness through a joint powers authority faces county opposition<\/a> as attorneys call it legally flawed, while the City Council plans to discuss the concept Tuesday night, writes opinion writer Tom Philp. <\/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 Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A California man has been formally charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-288840","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\/288840","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=288840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}