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Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox (5) passes the ball in the first half during an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Success-starved Kings close in on long-awaited playoff berth

By Josh Dubow - Associated Press

FILE - Tents line a sidewalk on Golden Gate Avenue in San Francisco, Saturday, April 18, 2020. California Gov. Gavin Newsom will discuss homelessness in Sacramento, Calif., on Thursday, March 16, 2023, to kick off a four-day policy tour in lieu of a traditional State of the State address. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Gavin Newsom pledges 1,200 tiny homes for California’s homeless

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives past Sacramento Kings forward Chimezie Metu (7) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Giannis has 46 points, 12 boards as Bucks beat Kings 133-124

By Cameron Salerno - Associated Press

Protesters stand outside of the Senate chamber at the Indiana Statehouse, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in Indianapolis. Indiana Republican state Senators voted Tuesday, Feb. 28, to advance a ban on all gender-affirming care for those under 18, the latest in this year's conservative movement by states aiming to limit the rights of transgender youth. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) **FILE**

Ex-transgender ‘detransitioners’ raise red flags about ‘gender-affirming care’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers his annual State of the State address in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Newsom will not deliver a State of the State address this year. Instead, he will tour the state to highlight his major policy proposals. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California governor won’t deliver State of the State speech

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, left, shoots as Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis, center, and forward Harrison Barnes defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Kings outlast Clippers 176-175 in double overtime

By Joe Reedy - Associated Press

Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving (2) falls after a collision with a Sacramento Kings defender during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Irving’s 25 points, 10 assists lead Mavericks over Kings

By Cameron Salerno - Associated Press

Sacramento Kings forward Chimezie Metu, left, and Sacramento Kings guard Davion Mitchell guard Toronto Raptors forward Pascal Siakam during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Pascal Siakam scores 26, Raptors top Pacific-leading Kings

By Cameron Salerno - Associated Press

Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr., left, and Desmond Bane, second from left, guard against Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox, second from right, during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Randall Benton)

Kings use early 3s, big 4th quarter to top Grizzlies 133-100

By Cameron Salerno - Associated Press

Three vehicles are submerged on Dillard Road west of Highway 99 in south Sacramento County in Wilton, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023, after heavy rains on New Year's Eve produced levee breaks. Saturday's system was warmer and wetter, while storms this week will be colder, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sacramento. The Sacramento region could receive a total of 4 to 5 inches (10 to 13 centimeters) of rain over the week, Chandler-Cooley said. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Evacuation warnings amid flooding after California storm

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Dr. Amos C. Brown, Jr., vice chair for the California Reparations Task Force, right, holds a copy of the book Songs of Slavery and Emancipation, as he and other members of the task force pose for photos at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on June 16, 2022. California's committee to study reparations for African Americans will meet in Oakland Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, to discuss requirements for residents who may receive some form of compensation. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California reparations task force to talk eligibility

By Sophie Austin - Associated Press

State assemblyman and Republican congressional candidate Kevin Kiley speaks outside Manual Arts High School, on Sept. 13, 2021, in Los Angeles. In a sprawling district the runs from the Sacramento suburbs down the interior spine of California, Kiley defeated Democrat Kermit Jones, a physician and Navy veteran. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Republican Kevin Kiley captures California U.S. House seat

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) scores over Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (10) in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/José Luis Villegas)

Bane scores 31, Morant 22 as Grizzlies beat Kings 125-110

By Cameron Salerno - Associated Press

Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, left, of Lakewood, and Assemblyman Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, walk to a meeting of the Democratic caucus at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Rendon said afterward that Rivas has the support of the majority of the Democratic caucus to be the next speaker into his final term. Lawmakers will sort out the issue after the new Legislature takes office Dec. 5. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Census, term limit change means big turnover for lawmakers

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, right, prepares to announce his proposed measure to provide legal refuge to displaced transgender youth and their families during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, March 17, 2022. On Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Wiener's bill into law. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

New law aims to make California haven for transgender youth

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal (3) reacts after he made a 3-point basket during the second half of the team's NBA basketball Eastern Conference play-in game against the Indiana Pacers, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) **FILE**

Wizards open 2022-23 season Oct. 21 at Pacers

By Combined dispatches

Republican gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Brian Dahle poses in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Thursday, June 9, 2022. Dahle finished second in California's primary on June 7, and knows it will be hard to defeat incumbent Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. He plans to focus on what he says are the problems people care about the most, including high gas prices and rising crime. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Newsom’s opponent: I’m reasonable, not a ‘crazy Republican’

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

This Feb. 6, 2022, booking photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Smiley Allen Martin, two days before he was released to Sacramento County probation for his sentence on charges of corporal injury and assault likely to cause great bodily injury. Martin was arrested Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in connection with a mass shooting that killed six people in Sacramento, Calif. Martin is the brother of Dandrae Martin, the first suspect taken into custody in the investigation. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)

Mass shooting suspect served less time due to California law

By Don Thompson - Associated Press

Candles and flowers make up a memorial, Tuesday, April 5,2022, at a memorial for those killed and injured in a mass shooting on April 3, 2022, in Sacramento, Calif. Dandrae Martin, who is facing charges connected to Sundays mass shooting, made his first court appearance in Sacramento County Superior Court, Tuesday. Martin, 26, was arrested as a &quot;related suspect,&quot; on charges of assault with deadly weapon and being a convict carrying a loaded gun. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Police: Sacramento shooting was gunfight among gang rivals

By Adam Beam and Brian Melley - Associated Press

People attend a candlelight vigil for victims of a fatal shooting held at Ali Youssefi Square in Sacramento, Calif., late Monday, April 4, 2022. Multiple people were killed and injured after the shooting that occurred early Sunday. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)

2nd man arrested on gun charges in Sacramento mass shooting

By Adam Beam and Kathleen Ronayne - Associated Press