Chef Chris Barnum‑Dann is opening Betty on J in East Sacramento and three new concepts at Tower Broadway including a pintxos bar, market and bottle shop.

Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer‑Kahan introduced AB 1577 to require monthly reporting of data centers’ energy and water use so regulators and planners can protect ratepayers.

City staff are studying a vacant‑property tax and beefed‑up enforcement to push idle lots into housing and storefronts, but business groups warn the plan could backfire. Polling shows majority support short of the two‑thirds needed for a special tax.

Savannah at Southport, a 228-unit mixed-income complex in West Sacramento, sold for $50.65M — more than double its last recorded price. The buyer was listed as Pacific Housing Inc.

West Sacramento will vote on a $63 million overhaul of Bryte Park that would add an aquatics center, new fields and a small amphitheater. If approved, the park could close for up to two years while crews build the upgrades.

Peet's is lining up a new Roseville shop at 1801 Douglas Blvd in the Placer Center, per city records and leasing listings. The move comes as the chain has trimmed other California locations.

Pulte Homes bought 158 future home lots and closed escrow on about 40 acres in North Natomas' Panhandle, joining other builders moving the long‑planned neighborhood toward construction.

Mayor Kevin McCarty has appointed a three-member council subcommittee to consider renaming César Chávez Plaza after recent reporting raised new allegations about Chávez. The downtown plaza now faces a public review process.

Old Town Pizza is converting Roseville’s former post office on Vernon Street into a multi-level downtown location, aiming for a summer 2026 opening.

A Citrus Heights house on Twin Oaks Avenue burned twice within 12 hours; crews extinguished both blazes, no injuries were reported and Metro Fire is investigating.

Blue Shield’s latest statewide layoffs include cuts at its El Dorado Hills and Rancho Cordova offices, part of recurring reductions across California.

After nearly 50 years, officials say the Emigrant Gap Jane Doe has been identified as Melinda "Pip" Beardsley. The cold-case homicide remains under active investigation.

The California School Boards Association says Sacramento’s fragmented policies have stalled progress and unveiled a four‑bill push to force state accountability on closing achievement gaps.