Ariane Lange
@arianelange.bsky.social
I am an investigative reporter at the Sacramento Bee. I would love to receive an email, especially one with a tip about a dangerous road near you: alange@sacbee.com Also I am the vice chair of the Sac Bee Guild, go union
Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable.
Brian Lyman@brianlyman.bsky.social · last wk.A lot of what-the-hell moments in this story, but building a data center in a floodplain in Louisiana is inviting the wrath of Poseidon.
NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...
A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There
A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.
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A court said the man needed mental health treatment; all he got was jail time. Four years later, he’s abducting two California frog biologists at gunpoint. Great work by my colleagues uncovering this incredible systemic failure. www.sacbee.com/news/califor...
Forest Service kidnapping suspect terrorized neighbors for years. Washington state let him go
Court records detail Joseph Henrichsen's violent and paranoid behavior, and how Washington state missed an opportunity to commit him.
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A feral cat has been posting up outside our window and slow-blinking at my indoor-only princeling. My cat is not yet returning the blinks but this IS wearing him down and he now calmly observes the outsider. All very Aladdin and Jasmine, at any moment I may lose my son to a magic carpet ride
Porter pivots to potentially pedantic passion project (peddling positions on paperbacks) www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
‘I am closing the door’: Katie Porter to leave politics, become a book influencer
The former Democratic U.S. representative is pivoting to her rediscovered passion for reading and books.
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Millions of people do good in their communities every single hour and if we uplifted each example, we would drown out those who spend their time doing evil. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n... - RIP to both of these men.
Jayson Conner and Jeffrey Newman, Who Gave Backpacks to Those in Need, Die Days Apart (Gift Article)
The couple, who died within a few days of each other, provided needed supplies, like socks and wet wipes, to people living on New York City’s streets.
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"To lose her on a morning commute at an intersection the city has explicitly documented as dangerous for years is just an unmitigated tragedy, a systemic failure." Deaths like Louisa's occur because our leaders prioritize the convenience of drivers over the safety of pedestrians and cyclists.
‘Systemic failure’: Crash that killed Boston transit planner sparks furor over road safety efforts - The Boston Globe
Residents and public officials alike have been concerned about pedestrian and cyclist safety on the stretch of Tremont Street in Mission Hill near Parker Street for years.
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. What about painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
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Just flipped through seven reporter notebooks that were in my backpack and couldn’t find the notes I was seeking, then discovered an eighth notebook at the bottom of the bag. Feeling blessed.
This sums up the frantic and coerced deployment of "AI" throughout public and private sectors. Results of even cursory audits are horrifying every time, invariably paired with forced adoption and retaliation for asserting professional norms. Colonialism is a cherry on top.
Minnesota Star Tribune@startribune.com · 4w agoMayo Clinic’s former director of research operations alleges she was sidelined, then terminated, for raising objections over lax standards of studies involving AI.
The Ford F-250 car bloat — it’s so big, then there’s cargo to tote. From a parking lot crash the driver did dash! Cops then chased down the man on his boat?? www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
From a Walmart parking lot to Folsom Lake: Police track down hit-and-run driver
The incident occurred on June 26 at the Walmart store where police said a parked vehicle was struck by a Ford F-250 towing a boat.
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I got bodycam footage of two Sacramento encampment sweeps. On video, an officer tells two women, “It’s illegal to be homeless.” www.sacbee.com/news/local/h...
What really happens at Sacramento homeless sweeps? We got police bodycam videos
A Sacramento police officer tells a woman “it’s illegal to be homeless” in newly released bodycam footage.
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I don’t understand all the FIFA rules, but I believe our loss to Belgium today means we are required to adopt their street design standards
Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · last mo.USA v Belgium is a tough one for me because on the one hand I’m American and on the other hand…
Firefighters responded to a distressed elder’s 911 call and decided to flip her house. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
“In his Instagram post, Encina thanked Gomez, the Getty photographer, whose presence on the train he said was ‘quietly reassuring.’ In the interview, he said seeing a photographer there gave him some comfort because someone was documenting what was happening.”
Christopher Wiggins@cwnewser.bsky.social · 4w agoMy interview: “I came to this country as an infant and became a U.S. citizen,” Roswell Encina said. “So sitting there, on the Fourth of July, I couldn’t help but think about the promise of America and the work still required to protect it.” www.advocate.com/news/people/...
ty to the Sacramento Bee editors who have indulged my interest in the bat colony in the Tower Bridge Garage www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Tenacious bat colony returns to Sacramento parking garage after eviction attempt
A resilient colony of bat moms ignored the city and partially reestablished itself in Sacramento’s Tower Bridge Garage.
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Attn media types: Here’s a @transjournalists.org guide to reporting on the supreme court decision … www.transjournalists.org/covering-sup...
Covering the Supreme Court's ruling on trans athletes
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Hecox that states can restrict athletes’ participation on sports teams based on “biological sex.” The court held that ...
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And now my coworker has reported yet another Sacramento traffic death. Make it 92 people in the spreadsheet. www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
Pedestrian dies of injuries after Ramona Avenue hit-and-run in Sacramento
Police on Monday were notified that the man struck in last week’s hit-and-run had died at the hospital.
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Ariane Lange@arianelange.bsky.social · last mo.Okay I know everyone is talking about the supreme court and obviously that is bigger news but this news could be really big for road safety in Sacramento. I have logged 91 dead people in a traffic death spreadsheet since 2024 so this is meaningful to me www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
Okay I know everyone is talking about the supreme court and obviously that is bigger news but this news could be really big for road safety in Sacramento. I have logged 91 dead people in a traffic death spreadsheet since 2024 so this is meaningful to me www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
$75M for Sacramento street safety? New sales tax headed toward November ballots
A proposed sales tax to fund street safety in the California capital cleared the first hurdle to land on the November ballot.
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If Amazon spent half as much energy respecting workers as it does fighting unions, we'd all be having a different conversation.
Three weeks after my 20-year-old daughter Robyn was killed doing bicycle messenger work in NYC, my other daughter Rachel was t-boned by a distracted driver while on a training ride in Charlottesville, VA. Rachel's bicycle was destroyed in the crash... Fortunately it wasn't a large SUV or truck!
Why Today’s Towering Trucks Are a Bigger Threat to Cyclists
The research on tall vehicle hoods, larger blind zones, rising cyclist deaths, and what it all means for people on bikes.
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To get a bill out of committee, a California lawmaker had to cut out an acknowledgment that highway-widening doesn’t work www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
In eco-friendly California, lawmakers still cling to wider highways, bill shows
A bill would have required agencies to “consider alternatives” to highway-widening. A lawmaker cut that out to move the legislation forward.
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Bedbugs got Newsom’s RTO orders and they are reporting to work 🫡 www.sacbee.com/news/politic... by @wfam.bsky.social
CA Education Department workers bug out after parasitic insects found in office
Bedbugs were found in the education department headquarters earlier this month and in 2024.
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For example l walked along part of this road where eight people have died in 2.5 years (nine if you count the cyclist who died just outside city limits). Less scary than the Walerga overpass which, again, children use to walk to school. www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
Eight now dead in a string of fatal car crashes on Sacramento’s Roseville Road
After a collision on Friday, a total of eight men have died on a short portion of Roseville Road near the Sacramento County line since 2024.
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Ariane Lange@arianelange.bsky.social · last mo.I write a lot about dangerous roads and fatal crashes. Walerga Road is the only site I’ve visited that seemed too risky to traverse on foot as part of the reporting process. I was genuinely afraid that if I crossed the bridge, I would die like Shawn did. Children use this bridge to walk to school.
Reminder that any remotely rational "MAHA" would focus on cars. Cars sicken & kill Americans far far more than f'ing "processed foods" or whatever.