Sacramento, California

Sacramento (/ˌsækrəˈmɛnt/; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California. Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for TIME magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".

Sacramento became a city through the efforts of the Swiss immigrant John Sutter, Sr., his son John Sutter, Jr., and James W. Marshall. Sacramento grew quickly thanks to the protection of Sutter's Fort, which was established by Sutter in 1839. During the California Gold Rush, Sacramento was a major distribution point, a commercial and agricultural center, and a terminus for wagon trains, stagecoaches, riverboats, the telegraph, the Pony Express, and the First Transcontinental Railroad.

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Today in History: April 3, Unabomber arrested in Montana

Royal Oak Daily Tribune 03 Apr 2025
Joseph, Missouri, and one heading east from Sacramento, California.Related Articles. US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children Colorado man suspected in Tesla arson indicted on federal charges Cops release photos from CT home where ......
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Johnston blocked from taking developer's land by eminent domain - for now. What comes next?

The Providence Journal 03 Apr 2025
Lawyers talk restraining orders in Johnston eminent domain case. Lawyers talk about a federal restraining order in Johnston as the town tries to take land from a proposed housing development ... They are being represented by a local attorney, Kelley Morris Salvatore, and the Pacific Legal Foundation based in Sacramento, California ... ...
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Former Sacramento City Manager Howard Chan charged taxpayers for personal legal fees, reports show

Lodi News Sentinel 02 Apr 2025
Public records reveal Sacramento's former City Manager Howard Chan spent more than $3,000 on legal fees related to his own contract negotiations, then left taxpayers with the bill .......
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Federal judge pauses Johnston's bid to seize land slated for affordable housing. What to know

The Providence Journal 20 Mar 2025
They are being represented by a local attorney, Kelley Morris Salvatore, and the Pacific Legal Foundation based in Sacramento, California ... "The Town of Johnston went ahead and named itself the owner of this land," Pacific Legal Foundation Attorney Kady Valois said during a news conference on Wednesday at the property....
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Trump and recent gains give the California Republican Party hope

The Los Angeles Times 16 Mar 2025
... clear throughout the three-day convention in Sacramento. Panels during the three-day gathering at the Hyatt Regency and the convention center in Sacramento focused on issues such as “lawfare,” a practice Trump supporters argue weaponized the legal system against him and his goals....

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