Sacramento Man Using Second Chance To Inspire Change In Oak Park
From the suit and tie to founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Center, it's hard to believe Dr. Caroll Cooks did 27 years of hard time.
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From the suit and tie to founder of the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Center, it's hard to believe Dr. Caroll Cooks did 27 years of hard time.
Picture this: a Safeway gas station along the back corner of a now empty 72-acre lot just off Sutterville Road in Sacramento.
The nonprofit organization that's sponsoring the program believes it won't just reduce blight, but also crime.
Then Oak Park experienced a downturn as many businesses and homeowners left. Now the neighborhood south and east of Downtown Sacramento is experiencing a revitalization.
Shilo Baptist Church in Oak Park welcomed back hometown hero Anthony Sadler for services Sunday morning.
The winds of change in the housing market are breathing new life into an area that's had a bad reputation.
From its early beginnings, Sacramento has steadily spread out. As it did so, neighborhoods sprung up and businesses developed. Families gave each of the many named neighborhoods a flavor of their own.
The community of Oak Park will look a lot different in the months to come.
An Oak Park family is pushing to transform from the way their community eats by cultivating an urban farm – and now they're trying to sell their goods.
One man is making sure no youth is left behind in the Oak Park community, opening a brand new facility aimed at helping get kids off the street and into the books.
Scared out of her mind, a mother and her kids climbed out of their second-floor window during a SWAT standoff in Oak Park.
Police had to go up a ladder to rescue kids from a Sacramento home during a police standoff on Thursday.
A Sacramento park that many avoid at night because of crime is seeing some change.
Food cooking on the stove top caught fire overnight damaging an apartment
It's a special Sunday for a local church and its congregation. With the help of donations, the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church paid off a $7 million dollar mortgage in just six years.
They are taking to the streets to give people something to believe in. The purpose is to show love and curb crime.
In less than a day a jury found Robert Durst guilty of opening a gas line inside his neighbor's home and lighting a birthday candle. The explosion sent four firefighters to the hospital.
A high-speed chase ended with a car theft suspect's arrest after he tried to flee on foot at a south Sacramento trailer park Thursday morning.
Three children were able to flee a burning home in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood on Monday night.
Tuesday morning a Sacramento woman did what many of us do every day. She went to an ATM to get money. That's when things went very wrong, but the bad guy ended up getting more than he bargained for.
Residents in a neighborhood near the UC Davis Medical Center are organizing opposition against a proposed fast food restaurant on a nearby busy roadway.
Several homes in Oak Park were threatened overnight after a two-alarm fire broke out at one home.
A pursuit ended with a police cruiser hitting an Oak Park home and a suspect being taken into custody Saturday morning.
Sacramento police arrested a 17-year-old boy Thursday afternoon after he brought a loaded handgun on to the American Legion High School campus, according to authorities.
A stabbing victim is in critical condition after a Oak Park altercation turned violent Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
