Let’s taco ‘bout the new Taco Bell Cantina in Sacramento
Brooke Uhlenhop and Kayla Brown
January 30, 2020
Sacramento State alumnus David Smith and his wife Joye opened Sacramento’s first Taco Bell Cantina Wednesday, in downtown Sacramento on K Street, just a couple blocks from the Golden 1 Center. Unlike a normal Taco Bell, Cantinas serve alcohol along with tapas-style food that can only be found at...
‘Her memory will live on with everyone’: Friends and family remember Kaitlin St. Croix
Madeleine Beck and Nijzel Dotson
January 30, 2020
Kaitlin St. Croix’s friends remember a tradition that most of them experienced with her at least once: going to Dutch Bros on the first of every month to get the coffee shop's new sticker of the month. “It doesn’t matter the time, it doesn’t matter whether we had homework, it’s ‘drop everything...
#SacStateSays: ‘What did Kobe Bryant mean to you?’
January 28, 2020
Retired basketball icon Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine killed in a helicopter crash Sunday, Jan. 26, in Calabasas. Bryant’s impact reached further than basketball. The State Hornet asked Sacramento State students how Bryant and his death affected them. ...
Sac State student forced to switch class sections due to unbalanced sections
Kendra Rivera-Molina and Chris Wong
January 28, 2020
The Sacramento State School of Music reassigned eight students to a different class section of Music 10B, a Survey of Music Literature class, one of whom was reassigned without their consent. Karen Sorenson, a secretary for the School of Music, announced to two sections of Music 10B that students ...
1 injured after shots fired at Stingers Sports Pub near Sac State
Kendra Rivera-Molina, News Editor
January 27, 2020
A shooting occurred at the Stingers Sports Pub parking lot late Sunday night near Sacramento State, according to the Sacramento Police Department. The sports bar is popular among Sac State students and is less than a mile away from campus. Sacramento Police Officer Karl Chan said the victim, a...
CRIME MAP: DUI arrest, multiple thefts and hit-and-runs
Tyler Day and Allisyn Mayhew
January 27, 2020
Every week, The State Hornet will compile crimes recorded in the campus crime log into a map detailing their location and current status. Since Jan. 16, eight crimes were reported in the Sacramento State Police Department’s crime logs. A male subject was arrested for driving under the influe...
#SacStateSays: What are your thoughts on the proposed 2020 California state budget?
Kendra Rivera-Molina, News Editor
January 27, 2020
The State Hornet asked students what they thought about the California state budget, proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Jan. 10. The budget plans to spend $36 billion on higher education - including community colleges, California State Universities, and Universities of California - and $84 billion o...
Ruby Bridges honored at Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Sac State
Kayleen Carter and Dylan S. McNeill
January 26, 2020
Sacramento State held the 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in the University Union Ballroom on Saturday evening with a keynote speech from civil rights activist Ruby Bridges. Bridges was the first Black child to desegregate an elementary school in the south when, in 1960, she attended William ...
Prosecutors seek death penalty for suspect in killing of Sac State alumna
Kendra Rivera-Molina, News Editor
January 24, 2020
The Sacramento County District Attorney's office announced Thursday that it intends to seek the death penalty for the man accused of shooting and killing Sacramento police officer and Sacramento State alumna Tara O’Sullivan last June in North Sacramento. Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s death penalty ...
CRIME MAP: 12 crimes reported at Sac State over winter break
Cory Jaynes, News Editor
January 21, 2020
Every week, The State Hornet will compile crimes recorded in the Sacramento State Police Department’s campus crime log into a map detailing their location and current status. Over the course of winter break, 12 crimes were reported to the Sacramento State Police Department with vandalism being ...
