Special Reports

Sierra warming: Climate change puts heat on high country

Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:43 pm

Earlier this year, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Tom Knudson began to look at global warming in the local context, returning to the Sierra Nevada range, where he did his award-winning work. What he found there is that climate change is no longer a distant drama of shrinking polar ice caps. Follow Knudson's trek across the mountains and through the research, as he looks closely at what is happening and why. Through his stories and blog, and related videos, photos and graphics, see the toll being taken on trees, on wildlife and even on the snow that gave the range its surname: Nevada. Then participate by sending us your comments and your historic photos of this wilderness treasure. As year-round ice fades from the saw-toothed summits of the Sierra, it's clear an unwelcome reality is at our doorstep.

• Original story: Sierra warming: Climate change puts heat on high country
• Latest report: Forest Service unveils plan to fight climate change
• Sierra Summit blog
• Complete coverage including video, photo gallery and interactive map

Unprotected: An investigation of Sacramento County's Child Proctective Services

Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:46 pm

Twelve years after the death of Adrian Conway, whose murder exposed a risky Child Protective Services policy and forced massive reform within the agency, Sacramento's most vulnerable children still are being failed at the most basic level, a five-month Bee investigation found.

• Original story: Despite changes, abused kids still die in Sacramento County system
• Latest report: Sacramento County child protection woes extend into management, critics say
• Interactive graphic: Justice for K.C. Balbuena

Sacramento's mayor race

Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:47 pm

Sacramento's mayoral race has taken place against a backdrop of claims, counterclaims and a federal investigation into organizations run by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star challenging the incumbent. As the race neared its close, these revelations exposed in Sacramento Bee coverage were front and center in campaign advertising, debates and public forums.

Suspect Soldiers: Troubled histories follow some troops to Iraq war

Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:49 pm

Risks associated with employing people with criminal histories multiply in a war zone, where a single incident by one soldier or Marine can affect entire units and fuel anti-American sentiment. Yet, a yearlong examination by The Sacramento Bee found many soldiers with questionable backgrounds, including felonies and serious drug, alcohol or mental health problems. Some of those backgrounds were known by the services, some were waived, but others were never uncovered.

• See bios of 16 suspect soldiers
• Hot temper ended Sacramento man's dream of being a Marine
• Bee writer Russell Carollo answers questions about the series
• Complete coverage in 'Suspect Soldiers' special section

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Mark Garave checks out the three-story apartment complex he manages on Oct. 20, 1989 in San Francisco. No one was injured in the collapse that resulted in the third floor being just about at ground level. The apartment complex is located at 2100 North Pointe in the Marina District.
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A body is removed from a collapsed structure after the Loma Prieto earthquake in San Francisco in 1989.
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The levee of the Cosumnes River broke in several places causing major flooding in the area of Wilton on Jan. 2, 1997. Flood of 1997 Photo Gallery
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A house came to rest atop a car during flooding in the Arboga area along Feather River Blvd on Feb. 27, 1997. Flood of 1997 Photo Gallery
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Twenty-two people died when an old war jet failed to take off from Executive Airport during an air show and crashed into Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor on Sept. 24, 1972. Twelve of the victims were children. Nine members of one family died.

Investigative Report: Nail gun safety under fire as injuries soar

Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:51 pm

As the popularity of automatic nail gun's surged during the building boom of the 2000s, a Sacramento Bee investigation found, nail gun injuries also took off despite decades of warnings from researchers and doctors that the guns are dangerous, especially in the automatic mode known as "contact trip." Construction worker Manuel Murillo was one of the unlucky ones, shot through the heart as he worked on a remote Sierra cabin.

• Latest report: Nail gun study released
• See how a nail gun works
• Keeping Them Safe

Additional coverage
April 18: Feds prepare to publish warning on dangers
April 30: Bee investigation prompts nail-gun maker to halt production
May 17: Nail gun 'e-tools' in works
June 28: Nail gun makers warned in 2002 that their safety efforts fell short, documents show
August 14: Nail gun study finds training and 'sequential' tool cut injuries

A darker shade of green

Thursday, October 23 2008 - 3:53 pm

A fellowship from the Alicia Patterson Foundation allowed Bee reporter Tom Knudson, shown on assignment in Borneo, to explore the often-hidden costs of America's growing hunger for eco-friendly products and alternative fuels.

• January 20, 2008: Dark side of a hot biofuel

• December 7, 2007: Grubbing for oil
• September 23, 2007: Promises and poverty

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