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The Sacramento Brief December 18, 2025 · The Sacramento Brief

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  Good morning. This is the Sacramento Brief, your
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  weekday roundup of overnight headlines and what's
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  ahead across the city. I'm Carol. It's Thursday,
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  December 18th, 2025. Let's get you caught up.
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  The Sheriff's North Patrol deputies arrested
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  a man after a brief pursuit ended in a crash.
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  Mitchell Smith sped off after deputies attempted
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  a traffic stop for a missing rear license plate.
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  Smith collided with another vehicle, then into
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  the curb. No injuries were reported. Smith was
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  found to have multiple felony warrants and was
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  on post -release supervision. He is now in Sacramento
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  County Main Jail and is ineligible for bail.
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  Elsewhere, officers responded to a welfare check
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  at 30th and N Streets yesterday afternoon and
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  learned the suspect had fled with their child
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  in the car. The pursuit was terminated for safety
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  and the child was safely dropped off at family
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  members. The suspect was later located and arrested
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  on child endangerment and pursuit -related charges.
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  And in the region, an investigation is underway
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  after a stolen dump truck. crash during a lengthy
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  police chase. Roseville Police Department says
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  the officers attempted a traffic stop around
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  4 .30 p .m. near Angus Road, but the driver refused
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  to stop. The pursuit continued through multiple
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  roadways before the California Highway Patrol
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  took over the chase. Just before 5 p .m., the
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  dump truck crashed on Highway 50, flipping over.
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  causing traffic to snarl just as rush hour was
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  beginning. This investigation remains ongoing.
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  In City Watch, we have an alert. The Sacramento
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  County Public Health is reporting a spike in
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  local salmonella cases tied to a statewide outbreak
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  linked to Vega Farms' eggs out of Dixon. Health
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  officials say... Case counts rose above normal
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  this fall, but are expected to decline following
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  a voluntary recall. Statewide, 66 cases have
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  been confirmed, 49 of them in Sacramento County,
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  with 13 hospitalizations and no deaths. Sacramento
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  County Public Health and the California Department
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  of Public Health urge residents and businesses
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  not to eat, sell, or serve the recalled. in -shell
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  eggs from Vega Farms Incorporated. Consumers
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  should throw recalled eggs away or return them
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  to the store for a refund and sanitize any surfaces
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  that those eggs touched. Anyone who becomes ill
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  after consuming the egg should contact a health
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  provider. I've provided photos and recall details
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  and the link in the show notes. In weather, yesterday
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  delivered us a perfect winter tease. After a
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  drizzly start, we had sunny skies and a high
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  of 65. Today, cool slightly with the partial
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  clouds and a high of 58. But after nearly two
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  weeks of being stuck in the 40s, it is a welcome
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  break before we head into a rainy week coming
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  up. In events, here's a couple of things that
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  I found on Meetup. SACTech Social. December
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  2025 Meetup. Bring Sacramento tech community
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  together for an easy social night of conversation
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  and connection. Developers, designers, makers,
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  and tech curious are welcome. Appetizers and
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  pizza are provided by the Carlsen Center for
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  Innovation and Entrepreneurship. It's happening
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  at Hops Garden, 2904 Franklin Boulevard from
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  6 to 8 p .m. tonight. SACTech membership and code
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  of conduct acceptance are required and parking
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  is limited. I provided full details in the show
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  notes where you can go over those code of conduct.
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  and get your membership, and it's all free. So
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  go on over there and sign up. That should be
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  a fun night out. Also tonight, D&D and RPG Games
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  Night rolls out at Great Escape Games Incorporated
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  for an all -RPG welcome night. Players of all
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  ages and experience levels are invited. Pre -generated
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  characters and dice available. The games run
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  from 6 to 9 p .m. and they'll have multiple tables
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  available as space allows. That's all for today's
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  Sacramento Brief. You'll find the links to today's
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  events in the show notes. I'm Carol. Thank you
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  for trusting me with your morning. Be safe, stay
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  sharp, and I'll see you tomorrow.