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- 0:04Good morning. This is the Sacramento Brief, your
- 0:08weekday roundup of overnight headlines and what's
- 0:11ahead across the city. I'm Carol. It's Wednesday,
- 0:15October 29th, 2025. Let's get you caught up.
- 0:20An elderly man is in critical condition after
- 0:23crashing into a utility pole Tuesday evening
- 0:25near Fruit Ridge Road and 56th Street. Sacramento
- 0:29Fire says bystanders performed CPR until crews
- 0:32arrived around 4 .30. The man is believed to
- 0:35be in his 70s and was taken to a local hospital.
- 0:38Sacramento police are also investigating a shooting
- 0:41in the 4700 block of Marysville Boulevard. Officers
- 0:45responded just after 2 .20 p .m. and found evidence
- 0:48of gunfire, but no victims, no injuries were
- 0:51reported. And detectives are continuing to investigate
- 0:54what happened there. Two suspects are behind
- 0:58bars after breaking into the shuttered Rite Aid
- 1:02building at 5600 Stockton Boulevard. Officers
- 1:06arrived around 3 p .m. and discovered roughly
- 1:08$100 ,000 in damage to the property. Both suspects
- 1:12were arrested on multiple burglary -related charges.
- 1:16In City Watch. Sacramento City Unified School
- 1:20District will be holding a hiring event today
- 1:22from 4 to 5 p .m. at 5735 47th Avenue. They say
- 1:28that they have hundreds of positions that need
- 1:30to be filled. Again, that is today from 4 to
- 1:335 p .m. at the Serna Center on 47th Avenue.
- 1:37In getting around town, just want to remind you
- 1:39Caltrans warns drivers to expect major delays
- 1:42this week as crews close westbound Highway 50
- 1:45at Interstate 5 for multiple overnight shutdowns.
- 1:49Plus, it will culminate in a 55 -hour closure
- 1:53this weekend. Closures run nightly from 9 p .m.
- 1:57to 4 a .m. through Friday between I -5 and Jefferson
- 2:01Boulevard in West Sacramento. Drivers should
- 2:04detour via I -5 and I -80 and allow extra travel
- 2:08time. Today's weather will be sunny and warm
- 2:13with a high near 80. In events tonight, Drake's
- 2:18The Barn in West Sacramento hosts an adult -only
- 2:21BarnFlix screening of the Rocky Horror Picture
- 2:25Show. Expect outrageous costumes, sing -alongs,
- 2:28and plenty of... cult classic Chaos Under the
- 2:32Stars. Show starts at 6 p .m. That's all for
- 2:37today's Sacramento Brief. You'll find the links
- 2:39for today's events in the show notes. I'm Carol.
- 2:43Thank you for trusting me with your morning.
- 2:45Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see you Monday.