{"id":5878,"date":"2026-06-06T04:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/top-sacramento-stories-from-june-5-mlb-expansion-team-election-fraud-probe\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T04:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T04:05:15","slug":"top-sacramento-stories-from-june-5-mlb-expansion-team-election-fraud-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/top-sacramento-stories-from-june-5-mlb-expansion-team-election-fraud-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Sacramento stories from June 5. 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Sacramento State also replaced its provost following pushback over a telework policy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/in-wake-of-recall-kings-county-da-tells-avenal-council-it-cant-spend-public-funds\/\">In wake of recall, Kings County DA tells Avenal council it can\u2019t spend public funds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Here is a quick digest of today\u2019s top stories:<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sacramento Bee readers voted the Sacramento Solons as their top choice for a potential MLB expansion team name in West Sacramento, with the historical reference earning 40 of more than 130 votes cast. The name harkens back to a former minor league team based in Sacramento from the late 19th to mid-20th century.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced his office has multiple election fraud investigations underway in coordination with the FBI\u2019s Los Angeles office. The announcement followed President Donald Trump\u2019s claims, without evidence, that Democrats were stealing votes in the primary election.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Erika Cameron was replaced as provost at Sacramento State after just 15 months in the position, effective June 1. Longtime faculty member Mary Maguire, former dean of the College of Health and Human Services, has assumed the role. Cameron faced pushback in January after her office informed staff that telework agreements would be discontinued, requiring employees to work in person five days a week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegorelocationnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/ma-projected-to-advance-in-lieutenant-governors-race-opponent-still-unknown\/\">Ma projected to advance in lieutenant governor\u2019s race, opponent still unknown<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento MLB team name vote, US Attorney election fraud probes and Sacramento State provost replacement lead Friday&#39;s top stories in the capital region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top Sacramento stories from June 5. 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