Melinda Melendez, a former schoolteacher who became a respected legislative expert on education policy and a prominent figure at the state Capitol, has died at age 61.
Expectations were high. He took office after a landslide election spurred by economic woes, international turmoil and a discouraged nation's concern that the luster was off the American dream.
The homeless people who walk through the doors of Trinity Cathedral in midtown Sacramento have faith in the church, the only one in the area to offer them a hot meal and a roof over their heads.
