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The Sacramento Brief October 8, 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 Wednesday,
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  October 8th, 2025. Let's get you caught up. In
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  news, two people were shot Monday night on 47th
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  Avenue near Highway 99 in South Sacramento. Deputies
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  responded just after 9 .30 p .m. after a several
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  -round shot spotter alert. Investigators say
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  a known gang member was hit in the hand and later
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  showed up at the hospital, though how he arrived
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  is unclear. Deputies also found a woman in a
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  car at the scene with a leg wound. Her injuries
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  are not life -threatening. The motive behind
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  the shooting is still under investigation. A
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  scooter rider was hit by a car Tuesday morning
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  in the Foothill Farms area near Brett and Willowbrook
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  Drives. CHP responded just after 8 a .m. and
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  say the rider suffered minor injuries and was
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  taken to the hospital. The cause of this crash
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  is still under investigation. This is a reminder,
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  October is Pedestrian Safety Month and today
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  is National Walk and Roll to School Day. So whether
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  you're walking, riding or driving, stay alert
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  and share the road safely. In City Watch, the
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  Sacramento International Airport is adding a
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  new touch of art to its skyline. Renowned artist
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  Paul Ramirez -Lonas has been selected to create
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  a massive installation for the airport's new
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  six -story parking garage. part of the $1 .4
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  billion SMF Forward expansion. The piece, titled
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  The Trip Around the Block is a Trip Around the
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  World, features hundreds of steel panels etched
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  with regional place names and illuminated light
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  patterns that shift throughout the day and night,
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  turning the structure into both a landmark and
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  a symbol of Sacramento's creative spirit. Today's
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  weather will have a high of 78. In traffic, last
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  check, all the majors were in the green, but
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  be aware the Capitol Corridor train left about
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  25 minutes late from the Sacramento station.
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  In events, get ready to groove, Sacramento. The
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  Shed Sessions return tonight from 5 .30 to 7
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  p .m. at the Center for Musical Arts at 2564
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  21st Street in Midtown. Led by Daniel J. Owens
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  and Nate Ferguson, this month's tune is Body
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  and Soul by Johnny Green. These sessions give
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  everyone an opportunity to learn jazz standards
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  in a group session. You'll dive into jazz theory,
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  chords, and improvisation. Then wrap it all up
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  with a live jam session at month's end. Meet
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  other musicians, sharpen your skills, and learn
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  jazz one tune at a time. 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.