{"id":298995,"date":"2026-05-04T11:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/298995\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:20:23","slug":"concerts-in-the-park-return-school-closure-kirpans-sacanime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/298995\/","title":{"rendered":"Concerts in the Park return + school closure + kirpans + SacAnime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clicking on some of the photos will connect to more coverage.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/793b79b7092af644b021d6819018f63c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>(REN\u00c9E C. BYER\/rbyer@sacbee.com)<img alt=\"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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/4ba67c1c5864ebc52b527d4af406cfe1.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>(REN\u00c9E C. BYER\/rbyer@sacbee.com)<img alt=\"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. \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7de382aa5d717cb68cf277920e85690e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<p>(REN\u00c9E C. BYER\/rbyer@sacbee.com)<img alt=\"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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/8b721eead271f08af3dce4944296c14a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0ac5307ecf1a889f4a94e25fa521b339.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"636\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/99715e2f0fb572d733a1df2fe5726c04.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"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.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"690\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/31de01066d02db0a639ac41741524c63.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/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&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[126706,8771,121,123,122,126707],"class_list":["post-298995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-moving-images","tag-neighborhoods","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-visual-journalists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298995","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=298995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}