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This Sacramento Brief February 3, 2026 · 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 Tuesday,
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  February 3rd, 2026. Let's get you caught up.
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  New details released yesterday about a Friday
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  afternoon arrest in Rancho Cordova. Deputies
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  responded to a report of a man possibly carrying
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  a rifle on a regional transit bus near Routier
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  Road and Ellenwood Drive. The man was safely
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  detained after exiting the bus and deputies found
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  a loaded, unregistered rifle inside his backpack.
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  The suspect, 21 -year -old Kanye Smithburns,
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  was booked on weapons -related charges and later
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  released on pre -child probation. He's scheduled
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  to appear in court today. One person is dead
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  and another hospitalized after a shooting in
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  Sacramento yesterday afternoon. Police responded
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  around 1 p .m. to the 3200 block of Marysville
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  Boulevard and found two men suffering from gunshot
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  wounds. Both were taken to a nearby hospital
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  where one victim later died. The second victim
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  is listed with serious but non -life threatening
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  injuries. Officers had blocked off a large section
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  of Hagenwood Park, including the playground and
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  picnic areas, as the investigation continued.
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  Police say the relationship between the two men
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  is still unknown. Elsewhere, a man was shot in
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  Sacramento County last night. Deputies responded
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  around 9 .45 p .m. near the 3100 block of Bradshaw
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  Road. The victim was taken to hospital and no
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  arrests have been made. In City Watch, Sacramento
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  County has launched a new land use regulation
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  library, a one stop, easy to navigate hub for
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  zoning codes, design guidelines and long term
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  planning documents. The site improves accessibility
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  under the American with Disabilities Act and
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  brings everything into one single user friendly
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  platform. It's now live. In open beta, with more
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  content being added through spring. In today's
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  weather, we'll start off with widespread moderate
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  fog before 10 a .m. Skies turn sunny this afternoon
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  with a high near 65 and light northwest winds.
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  Tonight stays mostly clear and calm with lows
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  around 42. In events. Start your afternoon with
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  a dose of racing history at the California Automobile
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  Museum. Join a conversation with Tommy Hunt,
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  North American non -wing sprint car promoter
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  of the year. This afternoon from 2 .30 to 4 .30
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  p .m. Tickets are $25. Refreshments are included
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  and proceeds benefit the museum's racing gallery.
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  And if you're in the mood for drama and dazzle,
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  pop the champagne and head downtown for Moulin
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  Rouge, the musical. The 10 -time Tony Award -winning
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  show opens tonight at 7 .30 p .m. at the Safe
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  Credit Union Performing Arts Center, celebrating
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  truth, beauty, freedom, and love. And for the
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  storytellers in my audience, turn your ideas
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  into a finished script at a playwriting workshop.
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  Writing is rewriting. This four -week hands -on
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  class runs today through the 24th from 6 to 8
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  p .m., guiding writers through plot, character,
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  and scene development. All experience levels
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  are welcome. Just bring your draft and your imagination.
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  That's tonight at 2791 24th Street. That's all
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  for today's Sacramento Brief. You'll find the
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  links to today's events in the show notes. I'm
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  Carol. Thank you for trusting me with your morning.
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  Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see you tomorrow.