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The Sacramento Brief April 8, 2026 - Felon Gun Arrest, 45-to-Life Sentence, and New Health Campus Breaks Ground · 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 Wednesday,
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  April 8th, 2026. Let's get to it. In news, a
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  convicted felon is in custody after a traffic
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  stop in South Sacramento. Deputies pulled over
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  a vehicle near Power End Road and Elder Creek
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  Road on Tuesday afternoon. The driver, 36 -year
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  -old Dante Powell, was found to be prohibited
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  from possessing firearms. During a search, deputies
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  located a loaded, unregistered Taurus semi -automatic
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  handgun with an illegal high -capacity magazine
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  inside a satchel on the passenger's floorboard.
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  Powell was arrested and booked into Sacramento
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  County Main Jail. A Sacramento County man has
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  been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison
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  for a violent sexual assault. Kenny Chacon was
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  convicted of forcible rape, sodomy by force,
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  and forcible oral copulation with injury. In
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  a jury finding, he used a deadly weapon during
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  the attack. Prosecutors say the assault happened
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  in October of 2022 after Chacon picked up a woman,
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  then held her at knife point during the assault
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  for hours. The victim reported the crime and
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  provided a partial license plate leading to deputies
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  to Chacon within hours. DNA evidence later confirmed
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  the case. Under California's elderly parole law,
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  Chacon will be eligible for a parole hearing
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  after serving approximately 17 years. In City
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  Watch, Sacramento County is breaking ground on
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  a major new health care project aimed at expanding
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  access for underserved residents. Leaders announced
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  the start of construction on a 13 -acre community
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  wellness campus in South Sacramento. designed
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  to serve Medi -Cal patients and uninsured residents.
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  Phase one includes a 32 -bed mental health rehabilitation
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  center offering 24 -hour residential care for
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  adults needing a high level of behavioral health
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  treatment. The project is funded largely through
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  the state, with Sacramento County contributing
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  a required matching grant. Once completed, the
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  facility will be operated by Wellspace Health
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  in Sacramento County, with Sacramento County
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  maintaining priority access to beds. The campus
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  is expected to open in 2027. You're tuned in
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  to the Sacramento Brief, your daily Sacramento
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  or your smart speaker. Just ask for the Sacramento
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  Brief. And now. Back to the brief. In weather,
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  we'll expect a mix of sun and clouds with highs
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  in the low to mid 70s. Evening temperatures drop
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  to the upper 40s. In events, coming up Friday,
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  an art reception titled Fighting Demons by Shante
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  Neely is happening at Gallery 1075 in West Sacramento.
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  The free event runs from 6 to 8 p .m. at West
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  Sacramento Community Center on West Capitol Avenue.
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  The exhibit explores the artist's journey through
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  mental health challenges and healing with a chance
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  to meet the artist and connect with the local
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  art community. Light refreshments will be provided
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  and all ages are welcome. 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.