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Summer Lin
Summer Lin covers breaking news and general assignment for The Mercury News. She previously covered D.C. politics and California lawsuits for McClatchy's publications, including the Sacramento Bee, as a national real-time reporter. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and worked on ProPublica’s Electionland project during the 2016 presidential election.
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Sacramento shooting: New arrests made, fully automatic weapon recovered
New details emerged with the arrest of a second suspect Tuesday. But so far no suspect has been charged with Sunday's deaths despite arrests at the edges of the investigation.

Thief returns $4,000 bottle of cognac to swanky restaurant
Owners won't press charges against the woman, a mother of six, but she and her group won't be dining there again

Stanford’s star soccer goalie Katie Meyer died by suicide, authorities confirm
Meyer's parents said their daughter was subject to potential disciplinary action by Stanford when she died