{"id":297949,"date":"2026-05-03T13:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297949\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T13:59:17","slug":"the-week-in-sacramento-bee-photos-april-25-to-may-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/297949\/","title":{"rendered":"The week in Sacramento Bee photos: April 25 to May 1, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alt rock group Ashley Jaguar performs during the return of Concerts in the Park across from Sacramento City Hall on Friday. It was the first of nine free weekly shows as the long-running free music festival returned to its traditional location in a park is undergoing a renaming process after sexual abuse allegations surfaced against the late civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez. Shows run through June 26.<\/p>\n

JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS<\/p>\n

jvillegas@sacbee.com<\/p>\n

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 25, and Saturday, May 2.<\/p>\n

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

\"Teacher <\/a> Teacher Amanda Chapman gently pats Natalie, 4, during a snack break at Edward Kelley parent participation preschool in Rosemont on Thursday. \u201cPeople refer to this as a magical place for a child to be, and it truly is,\u201d Chapman said. The school is facing closure because of budget cuts. REN\u00c9E C. BYER rbyer@sacbee.com \"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article315604588.html\"\/ Hundreds of demonstrators participate in the \u201cA Day Without Immigrants\u201d 20th anniversary march from Southside Park through downtown Sacramento to the John E. Moss Federal Building in Sacramento on Friday. REN\u00c9E C. BYER rbyer@sacbee.com \"Maurya <\/a> Maurya Perazzo of Sacramento holds a sign at Southside Park in Sacramento as she joins hundreds participating in the \u201cA Day Without Immigrants\u201d 20th anniversary march on Friday. Protesters demonstrated against ICE outside the John E. Moss Federal Building on Capitol Mall. REN\u00c9E C. BYER rbyer@sacbee.com \"Mandeep <\/a> Mandeep Singh, left, and Dr. Gurtej Singh wear kirpans as they join dozens of Sikh community members on Tuesday at the first Sacramento City Council meeting where the ceremonial blades were allowed after the council created a religious exemption for the weapons. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Sacramento <\/a> Sacramento City Councilmember Karina Talamantes holds up letters from children hoping to prevent the Sacramento Zoo\u2019s relocation before the vote to study its expansion in William Land Park during a council meeting on Tuesday. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Maria <\/a> Maria Kelly, an opponent of a proposed six-story apartment complex in East Sacramento, leaves the Sacramento City Council meeting after the project was approved on Tuesday. JOS\u00c9 LUIS VILLEGAS jvillegas@sacbee.com \"Cici <\/a> Cici Huber, of San Jose, wears a Keigo Takami, of the My Hero Academia anime and manga series, costume during the SacAnime at Cal Expo on Friday, April 24. 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":"Alt rock group Ashley Jaguar performs during the return of Concerts in the Park across from Sacramento City…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-297949","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\/297949","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=297949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}