A record eight homeless people froze to death in Sacramento last year, report shows

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Eight homeless people froze to death in Sacramento last year – the highest number in at least two decades. The seven men and one woman ranged in age from 41 to 63. All of them began experiencing hypothermia while outside. One died across the street from City Hall. Another near Arden Fair mall. And another next to an elementary school. Four of them died within a roughly one-week span, just days before Christmas. Those details are documented in an annual report by the Sacramento Regional Coalition to End Homelessness, based on its review of data compiled by the Sacramento Co...