{"id":325558,"date":"2026-05-21T02:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325558\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T02:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T02:16:11","slug":"top-sacramento-stories-wagyu-restaurant-ca-governors-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325558\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Sacramento stories: Wagyu restaurant, CA governor&#8217;s race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CHUBBY-CATTLE-1.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"Bonsai trees decorate the dining room at Chubby Cattle, a wagyu beef hot pot restaurant in the Sakura Novi development in Novi, Mich., on Feb. 28. The Los Angeles-based restaurant chain plans to open its first Sacramento-area location in Roseville at the former Tahoe Joe\u2019s site on Taylor Road.\" alt=\"Bonsai trees decorate the dining room at Chubby Cattle, a wagyu beef hot pot restaurant in the Sakura Novi development in Novi, Mich., on Feb. 28. The Los Angeles-based restaurant chain plans to open its first Sacramento-area location in Roseville at the former Tahoe Joe\u2019s site on Taylor Road.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        Bonsai trees decorate the dining room at Chubby Cattle, a wagyu beef hot pot restaurant in the Sakura Novi development in Novi, Mich., on Feb. 28. The Los Angeles-based restaurant chain plans to open its first Sacramento-area location in Roseville at the former Tahoe Joe\u2019s site on Taylor Road.<\/p>\n<p>                Katy Kildee<\/p>\n<p>            The Detroit News via TNS<\/p>\n<p>From a high-tech wagyu restaurant heading to Roseville to fresh polling in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom, here\u2019s a rundown of Wednesday\u2019s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles-based Chubby Cattle BBQ plans to open its first Sacramento-area location in Roseville, taking over the former Tahoe Joe\u2019s site at 1905 Taylor Road, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/food-drink\/restaurants\/article315820964.html\">according to Roseville building records and the company\u2019s website<\/a>. The all-you-can-eat wagyu chain is known for technology-driven dining featuring tabletop grills, robot servers and conveyor belts. Roseville issued permits in April for the 7,100-square-foot building renovation, though no opening date has been announced.Republican Steve Hilton and Democrat Xavier Becerra are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article315816524.html\">consolidating support in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom<\/a> ahead of the June 2 primary, a new poll of 1,200 likely California voters shows. Hilton leads with 22% and Becerra trails by one point at 21%, with Tom Steyer at 15% and Chad Bianco at 10%. Becerra has surged from just 3% support in March, leading among Black and Latino voters, while Hilton dominates among Republicans with 56% support.Gov. Newsom\u2019s office <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article315828507.html\">pressed Oakland officials to clear a homeless encampment<\/a> near the home of former NFL star Marshawn Lynch, the governor\u2019s podcast co-host, according to text messages obtained through a public records request, and first reported by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/eastbay\/article\/newsom-oakland-homeless-encampment-marshawn-lynch-22264752.php\">the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>. Starting in late May 2024, Newsom\u2019s office repeatedly contacted then-Mayor Sheng Thao\u2019s chief of staff Leigh Hanson about RVs parked near the Lynch family\u2019s home in Temescal. Lynch co-hosts the \u201cPolitickin\u2019\u201d podcast with Newsom and Doug Hendrickson, Lynch\u2019s agent and Newsom\u2019s longtime friend.  <\/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<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bonsai trees decorate the dining room at Chubby Cattle, a wagyu beef hot pot restaurant in the Sakura&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-325558","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\/325558","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=325558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}