{"id":323932,"date":"2026-05-20T03:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323932\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T03:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T03:22:12","slug":"sacramento-top-stories-native-american-holiday-fugitive-caught","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/323932\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacramento top stories: Native American holiday, fugitive caught"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Burgers.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Sliders are plated and ready to be judged at the second annual American River Burger Battle in Discovery Park on Saturday, May 16, 2026.\" alt=\"Sliders are plated and ready to be judged at the second annual American River Burger Battle in Discovery Park on Saturday, May 16, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Sliders are plated and ready to be judged at the second annual American River Burger Battle in Discovery Park on Saturday, May 16, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>            American River Parkway Foundation<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento saw a mix of tragedy, justice and major development news on Tuesday, May 19. From a deadly crash to a fugitive\u2019s capture in Mexico, here are the top stories making headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Camron Lee was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article315810194.html\">captured in Primo Tapia, Baja California<\/a> on Sunday, nearly two years after the July 2024 killing of Sacramento mother Angelica Bravo. His two children, ages 5 and 4, were recovered safely and reunited with their maternal grandmother in Sacramento County. A tip two weeks ago led FBI investigators, working with Mexican authorities, to Lee, who now faces murder and weapons charges.Bardis &amp; Miry Development intends to buy 35 acres of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/business\/article315810827.html\">Blue Diamond\u2019s midtown campus<\/a> and transform it into a walkable community with 1,000 to 2,000 homes plus ground-floor retail. Blue Diamond will retain 19 acres on the northeast side for in-shell almond processing, supporting about 90 jobs. The cooperative will also lease back its corporate headquarters until at least April 2030.California lawmakers are weighing a bill that would make <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/the-state-worker\/article315812672.html\">Native American Day a mandatory paid holiday<\/a> for state workers on the fourth Friday in September. Authored by Assemblymember James Ramos, the measure unanimously cleared the Assembly Appropriations Committee last week. The holiday would cost the state $16.3 million annually and take effect only if sufficient funding is available.Two high school students killed in a fiery Sunday crash near Rancho Murieta were <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/local\/article315816703.html\">identified by family and friends<\/a>. Their car crossed into the southbound lane on Scott Road, struck a tree and caught fire. Three other teens in the vehicle were hospitalized with moderate to major injuries, and investigators said speed was a factor.Good Neighbor took home the Judge\u2019s Choice award at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article315804598.html\">the second annual American River Burger Battle<\/a> last Saturday in Discovery Park with their Pangaea burger. Moksa Barrel House won People\u2019s Choice with a single juicy burger featuring a short rib chuck blend. Both reigning champions from last year were dethroned in the competition, which drew more than 500 ticket holders.  <\/p>\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article280707640.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sliders are plated and ready to be judged at the second annual American River Burger Battle in Discovery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-323932","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\/323932","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=323932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}