Carvana acquires Sacramento CDJR, expands franchised dealership portfolio
Carvana continues shifting from pure-play digital retail to traditional franchise ownership. Publicly traded buyers are leveraging strong earnings to accelerate consolidation. Stellantis franchises remain attractive acquisition targets in 2025. Online used-vehicle retailer Carvana continued its expansion into...
Downtown Sacramento Packs In For Cut-Rate Feasts At Tropeiro’s Grill
Tropeiro’s Grill has transformed the former Pampas space in the Elks Tower at 1111 J Street into a more casual, everyday Brazilian steakhouse, offering pay-by-weight lunches, lower prices, and active social media promotion. Inside, gauchos continue serving meat from skewers while a buffet of feijoada, Brazilian...
Unhoused Patients Flood Sacramento ERs As Hospitals Scramble For Fix
Emergency rooms across the Sacramento region are treating far more unhoused patients, with visits rising from about 21,000 in 2019 to roughly 34,000 in 2024. Clinicians report frequent mental health crises, substance use emergencies and serious infections, while also trying to connect patients to housing and...
South Sac Gambling Den Raid Ends In ‘Life-Long’ Prison Terms For Two Men
A violent home invasion at a south Sacramento house, which also operated as an illegal gambling den, resulted in extremely long prison sentences for two men involved. John Edward Blount, 51, was sentenced to 301 years to life, while Eddie Lee White, 37, received 40 years and eight months. The...
Local Author Debuts Novel ‘The Palace’
SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – A Sacramento local and former publisher of Go for It Magazine, Robert Austin Cox recently became an author with the release of his debut novel “The Palace,” an exploration of the human mind and foreign policy. The idea of writing a novel...
Elk Grove hit-and-run leaves family grieving; suspect arrested, posts bail
ELK GROVE, Calif. — A family is grieving the loss of a father killed in a hit-and-run in Elk Grove nearly a week ago, speaking publicly about their pain, anger and the suspect’s release from jail as the case moves forward. Daniel Sanchez, 61, was outside his car...
Sacramento to pay $2.2 million to man injured by police during George Floyd protests
The City of Sacramento will pay $2.2 million in a civil settlement to a man suffering a traumatic brain injury after police fired a less lethal round at his head during the George Floyd protests.
Sacramento County Jail inmate dies after medical emergency, officials say
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 40-year-old man being held at the Sacramento County Main Jail has died following a medical emergency, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s officials said deputies discovered the inmate suffering from what appeared to be a seizure around 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Feb....
Conservationists keep pushing for environmental accountability in Sacramento, but more new oil drilling permits...
Some drilling is in ‘public health protection zones’ while pending from the oil lobby continues to soar. Permit approvals for drilling new oil wells in California were falling in 2025, a trend that followed numerous demonstrations from environmental groups in the heart of Sacramento. Yet in the first few weeks of...
Sacramento County DA plans move to Park Tower
(FOX40.COM) — The Sacramento County District Attorney is about to get new digs. The district attorney’s office is planning a move to Park Tower in downtown Sacramento. The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors will vote to approve a 15-year lease at the new location Tuesday. Currently the district attorney’s office...

















