Becca Habegger

1 week ago | cbs8.com | Becca Habegger

Politics Lawmakers are considering a bill that would make someone sentenced in youth to life without opportunity for parole - eligible for parole after serving 25 years. A look at the debate at the state capitol over a bill that could guarantee parole hearings for those who committed crimes when they were 25 or younger SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A controversial bill going through the State Legislature could give violent offenders a chance at parole.

1 week ago | abc10.com | Becca Habegger

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A controversial bill going through the State Legislature could give violent offenders a chance at parole. SB 672, called the Youth Rehabilitation and Opportunity Act, would allow most people convicted of committing a violent crime when they were 25 or younger – and sentenced to life in prison without chance at parole – to get a parole hearing after serving 25 years. Current law allows this only for people who committed their crime as a minor.

2 weeks ago | abc10.com | Becca Habegger

GRIZZLY FLATS, Calif. — The rural community of Grizzly Flats – devastated in the 2021 Caldor Fire – celebrated a step forward Friday. “What we needed was one simple thing,” said ‘Mac’ MacNeil. “A house,” said Cathie Adams. The couple had a one-bedroom home in Grizzly Flats. “I made it my official residence in ’79, when I got out of the Navy,” MacNeil said. They lost it, all their belongings and cats in the Caldor Fire.

2 weeks ago | abc10.com | Becca Habegger

“This is an iconic street in Sacramento, with those palm trees,” said Mayor Kevin McCarty said. “I’m excited that we can further celebrate this important neighborhood.” The historic portion of San Francisco Boulevard is a six-block stretch bordered by Stockton Boulevard to the west and 55th Street on the eastern end. It’s lined with California fan palm trees on the inner median and deciduous shade trees on the outside.

2 weeks ago | abc10.com | Becca Habegger

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tens of thousands of low-income seniors and Californians with disabilities stand to lose Medi-Cal coverage due to a proposal in Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget revision. Newsom wants to reinstate something called the ‘asset test,’ to determine eligibility for low-income seniors and Californians with disabilities who want to get into the Medi-Cal and In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) programs. “It kept us in poverty.