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A Sacramento firefighter alleges he was passed over for promotions and had his authority at the fire department undermined due to race-based discrimination.

Google Southeast Side residents accused Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration of ignoring their pleas to stop a car-shredding operation set to open in their neighborhood after General Iron shuts down on the North Side. In a Thursday night public meeting held online and plagued by technical glitches, some residents said it was unfair and racist that they have to receive a polluting nuisance in an already heavily industrialized area so General Iron can leave its longtime home in Lincoln Park to make way for new development. “Lincoln Park has beautiful buildings and landscaping — our lands...