Ariane Lange
@arianelange.bsky.social
I cover regional transportation at the Sacramento Bee, and I would love to receive an email about dangerous roads near you: [email protected]
Some think that weeks of persistent fog is gloomy, but for me, it is simply enhancing the experience of eating soup
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Some think that weeks of persistent fog is gloomy, but for me, it is simply enhancing the experience of eating soup
Reposted by Ariane Lange
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
“Instead of hiring qualified full-time civil service staff, these agencies have opted to privatize public services at two to three times the cost,” a union president said‼️ www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
CA auditor confirms unions’ concerns that contractors are taking state jobs
As vacancy rates at several medical and correctional facilities climbed in recent years, California has come to rely on contracted workers.
www.sacbee.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“Instead of hiring qualified full-time civil service staff, these agencies have opted to privatize public services at two to three times the cost,” a union president said‼️ www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
I've been updating a spreadsheet of Sacramento traffic deaths. Just input the 30th death I've logged in 2025: a pedestrian. His name was David Zoellner, and he was 61. The deaths follow patterns: 26 of the 28 fatal crashes happened on the high-injury network, and 1 happened just outside the network.
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I've been updating a spreadsheet of Sacramento traffic deaths. Just input the 30th death I've logged in 2025: a pedestrian. His name was David Zoellner, and he was 61. The deaths follow patterns: 26 of the 28 fatal crashes happened on the high-injury network, and 1 happened just outside the network.
"A Post analysis found that of 27 cities that had at least five pedestrian deaths each year before adopting Vision Zero, all but one now have the same or higher pedestrian death rates than when those declarations were made." Not surprised. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"A Post analysis found that of 27 cities that had at least five pedestrian deaths each year before adopting Vision Zero, all but one now have the same or higher pedestrian death rates than when those declarations were made." Not surprised. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
A real doozy www.abridged.org/news/investi...
How rejected concrete fueled months of delays on Highway 50
Caltrans started construction on the freeway in 2021. The same concrete issue set back the completion of the Del Rio Bridge in Sacramento.
www.abridged.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A real doozy www.abridged.org/news/investi...
Wrote about Sacramento's new plan to improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists (and, by extension, drivers). The city has a lot of ambitious transportation plans like this one. Will this one be followed by decisive action? www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
Sacramento council OKs plan for better pedestrian safety — will it get funded?
The city lists 612 intersections where safety fixes are needed under a new active transportation plan.
www.sacbee.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Wrote about Sacramento's new plan to improve road safety for pedestrians and cyclists (and, by extension, drivers). The city has a lot of ambitious transportation plans like this one. Will this one be followed by decisive action? www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
Reposted by Ariane Lange
The City of Sacramento spent millions and put in years of work. and hundreds if not thousands of hours of public outreach into this plan to fix pedestrian safety.
BUT. THERE. IS. LITTLE. FUNDING. TO. FIX. THE. ROADS.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
BUT. THERE. IS. LITTLE. FUNDING. TO. FIX. THE. ROADS.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
Sacramento council OKs plan for better pedestrian safety — will it get funded?
The city lists 612 intersections where safety fixes are needed under a new active transportation plan.
www.sacbee.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The City of Sacramento spent millions and put in years of work. and hundreds if not thousands of hours of public outreach into this plan to fix pedestrian safety.
BUT. THERE. IS. LITTLE. FUNDING. TO. FIX. THE. ROADS.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
BUT. THERE. IS. LITTLE. FUNDING. TO. FIX. THE. ROADS.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/t...
I love being a reporter bc our local animal shelter has been making completely unhinged posts and I emailed the county PIO about it and was like "is this u?" and then she let me and a photojournalist who's won a Pulitzer follow her around and pet dogs for a few hours www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
One woman’s manic social media posts are getting dogs adopted in Sacramento
A social media manager pursues a slightly unhinged strategy for Sacramento County’s Bradshaw Animal Shelter.
www.sacbee.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I love being a reporter bc our local animal shelter has been making completely unhinged posts and I emailed the county PIO about it and was like "is this u?" and then she let me and a photojournalist who's won a Pulitzer follow her around and pet dogs for a few hours www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Ariane Lange
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So our campus just announced the six undergraduate programs being put on the chopping block.
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
One of them is Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Can we be a university without offering a Philosophy major?
“I can’t believe I’m talking about my son in the past tense.” www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
Father says teen son killed in Stockton mass shooting as portraits emerge of victims
The FBI now has a $50,000 reward for information of the mass shooting that left four people dead at a Stockton banquet hall
www.sacbee.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“I can’t believe I’m talking about my son in the past tense.” www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
Reposted by Ariane Lange
Exciting news: my union @pen-guild.bsky.social won our fight to hold management accountable for rolling out AI tools with no notice & for failing to hold the bots to the same standards all of us humans must follow — in violation of the contract they agreed to. A neutral arbiter said we were right!
PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections - Washington-Baltimore News Guild
This marks one of the first major labor-arbitration rulings on the impact of AI on journalism, setting an important precedent for the U.S. news industry.
wbng.org
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Exciting news: my union @pen-guild.bsky.social won our fight to hold management accountable for rolling out AI tools with no notice & for failing to hold the bots to the same standards all of us humans must follow — in violation of the contract they agreed to. A neutral arbiter said we were right!
Wildly fluctuating info on Sacramento's homeless population. In 2024, elected officials cited the PIT count and said homelessness had dropped almost 30%. Now, a local nonprofit says we're back up to almost 9,000 homeless people. 🤷🏻♀️ via @tclift.bsky.social
Sacramento County now has nearly 9,000 homeless people, new data show
Sacramento Steps Forward published the data using a different methodology than the Point in Time count.
www.sacbee.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wildly fluctuating info on Sacramento's homeless population. In 2024, elected officials cited the PIT count and said homelessness had dropped almost 30%. Now, a local nonprofit says we're back up to almost 9,000 homeless people. 🤷🏻♀️ via @tclift.bsky.social
Reposted by Ariane Lange
Lucy Li wanted to be a TikTok star. Oliver Karafa wanted to be rich. When a friend got in the way of their plans, they combined forces and pulled off a murder plot so preposterous that one of their lawyers used stupidity as a defence
How Not to Get Away With Murder: The stranger-than-fiction story of the Stoney Creek killing - Toronto Life
Lucy Li wanted to be a TikTok star. Oliver Karafa wanted to be rich. When a friend got in the way of their plans, they combined forces and pulled off a...
torontolife.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lucy Li wanted to be a TikTok star. Oliver Karafa wanted to be rich. When a friend got in the way of their plans, they combined forces and pulled off a murder plot so preposterous that one of their lawyers used stupidity as a defence
Alena Wong was almost killed six years ago while biking to school. She and her parents have hounded the city to make safety improvements; when I met them last year, they said Sacramento had done "nothing." This month, Sacramento installed a quick-build improvement. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Car crash death toll climbs as Sacramento pivots to a quicker safety strategy
The Department of Public Works announced a new Vision Zero initiative to hammer on fast, cheap street safety improvements.
www.sacbee.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Alena Wong was almost killed six years ago while biking to school. She and her parents have hounded the city to make safety improvements; when I met them last year, they said Sacramento had done "nothing." This month, Sacramento installed a quick-build improvement. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Ariane Lange
New: At least six people died of overdoses or apparent overdoses at drug-free city and county of Sacramento shelters in the last two years, since Jan. 1., 2024.
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
How drugs have claimed the lives of homeless while in Sacramento-run shelters
Six have died from drug overdoses in Sacramento city and county shelters in the last two years. Would changes in policy help prevent them?
www.sacbee.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
New: At least six people died of overdoses or apparent overdoses at drug-free city and county of Sacramento shelters in the last two years, since Jan. 1., 2024.
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
None were announced to the public and some weren't even announced to local electeds.
www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Bee Lao was the second person to die on Marysville Boulevard this year and the fourth person since last January. I spoke with one of the loved ones who are bearing the cost of this dangerous road: his 14-year-old daughter, Sophia. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
A Sacramento dad was the second person to die on Marysville Boulevard in 2025
Bee Lao, a pedestrian, was the fourth person killed on Marysville Boulevard in North Sacramento since January 2024.
www.sacbee.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Bee Lao was the second person to die on Marysville Boulevard this year and the fourth person since last January. I spoke with one of the loved ones who are bearing the cost of this dangerous road: his 14-year-old daughter, Sophia. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
I have been following every development in this story breathlessly like I just found out this carpet broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate
The cost was referenced in a notice of unprofessional conduct sent to the teacher who organized the carpet removal with her students’ help.
How did a Sacramento classroom carpet replacement cost $22,000? What receipts show
The cost was referenced in a notice of unprofessional conduct sent to the teacher who organized the carpet removal with her students’ help.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I have been following every development in this story breathlessly like I just found out this carpet broke into the DNC headquarters at the Watergate
This is the third death on Fruitridge Road within city limits this year. Last year, three men died on Fruitridge in Sacramento. www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
Police seek driver in fatal south Sacramento hit-and-run that killed pedestrian
Sacramento Police Department said the deadly crash happened just before 9:15 p.m. Wednesday at Fruitridge and Power Inn roads.
www.sacbee.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is the third death on Fruitridge Road within city limits this year. Last year, three men died on Fruitridge in Sacramento. www.sacbee.com/news/local/c...
Reposted by Ariane Lange
Some professional news:
I now have a new beat at the SacBee - Regional Watchdog Reporter.
In this role, I'll work with beat reporters to dig into things in the city/county of Sacramento AND its suburbs.
We are also hiring several other positions:
www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...
I now have a new beat at the SacBee - Regional Watchdog Reporter.
In this role, I'll work with beat reporters to dig into things in the city/county of Sacramento AND its suburbs.
We are also hiring several other positions:
www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...
Our evolution at The Sacramento Bee continues! We're looking for a proven newsroom leader and group of hard-charging journalists to join Theresa Clift, Ishani Desai and Daniel Lempres on our new… ...
Our evolution at The Sacramento Bee continues! We're looking for a proven newsroom leader and group of hard-charging journalists to join Theresa Clift, Ishani Desai and Daniel Lempres on our new Local...
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Some professional news:
I now have a new beat at the SacBee - Regional Watchdog Reporter.
In this role, I'll work with beat reporters to dig into things in the city/county of Sacramento AND its suburbs.
We are also hiring several other positions:
www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...
I now have a new beat at the SacBee - Regional Watchdog Reporter.
In this role, I'll work with beat reporters to dig into things in the city/county of Sacramento AND its suburbs.
We are also hiring several other positions:
www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-...
The people cry out for robust public transit and congestion-based tolling !
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The people cry out for robust public transit and congestion-based tolling !
A vigil in Sacramento last night marked World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. In California, ~4,000 people die in crashes each year. The vast majority of these deaths are preventable with changes to infrastructure and policy. Tough to witness this grief. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Fatal car crashes unite families at Sacramento rally. ‘They are violent deaths’
Families of fatal crash victims called for a stronger response in California, where 4,000 people die in collisions each year.
www.sacbee.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A vigil in Sacramento last night marked World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. In California, ~4,000 people die in crashes each year. The vast majority of these deaths are preventable with changes to infrastructure and policy. Tough to witness this grief. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
Reposted by Ariane Lange
Heartbreaking tragedy, and yet it's just one of over 4000 every year in California. Thank you @arianelange.bsky.social for telling the deeply personal story and explaining the systemic failures.
I wrote about public transit demand, vehicular homicide, dangerous roads and the lack of urgency around responding to any of them. It's also a story about a pedestrian who died in a crash—Drew Pringle, 21—and the staggering grief borne by his sister Erika. www.sacbee.com/news/local/a...
She says her brother was murdered. In California, the crash was an ‘accident’
4,000 Californians die in car crashes each year, usually in preventable collisions. Why?
www.sacbee.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Heartbreaking tragedy, and yet it's just one of over 4000 every year in California. Thank you @arianelange.bsky.social for telling the deeply personal story and explaining the systemic failures.
Reposted by Ariane Lange
Worth reading every line of this heartbreaking, enraging piece that tells the story of just one of the 4000 people killed by cars every year in CA & the effect of his death on his family. The driver, who ran a red light, got off with a little probation & got to keep her license. Shameful
She says her brother was murdered. In California, the crash was an ‘accident’
4,000 Californians die in car crashes each year, usually in preventable collisions. Why?
www.sacbee.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Worth reading every line of this heartbreaking, enraging piece that tells the story of just one of the 4000 people killed by cars every year in CA & the effect of his death on his family. The driver, who ran a red light, got off with a little probation & got to keep her license. Shameful