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The Sacramento Brief Monday October 19, 2026 | Sacramento Man Gets 30 Years + $4.6M for Franklin Boulevard · The Sacramento Brief

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  This is the Sacramento Brief, your weekday roundup
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  of overnight headlines and what's ahead across
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  the city. I'm Carol. It's Monday, October 19th,
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  2026. Let's get you caught up. A Sacramento man
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  has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison
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  for sexual exploitation of minors. Federal prosecutors
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  say 28 -year -old Marcus Hudson Jr. used social
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  media platforms, including TikTok and Snapchat,
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  to threaten and coerce victims into sexual acts,
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  some involving children. Investigators say Hudson
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  recorded the abuse and, in some cases, distributed
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  the images to others. who is from Sacramento,
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  was arrested in December of 2024 and later pleaded
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  guilty to production of child pornography and
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  coercion, as well as enticement of a child. The
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  case was investigated by the FBI. Uvalde Police
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  Department and the Guadalupe County Sheriff's
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  Office and the FBI, Sacramento. As part of the
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  Justice Department's Project Safe Childhood Initiative,
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  Hudson was sentenced in federal court in San
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  Antonio to 30 years in prison. Back here in Sacramento,
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  for the weather, we are expecting increased clouds
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  today with a high near 71. Winds will come from
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  the south -southwest around 9 miles per hour,
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  with gusts reaching as high as 20. Clouds continue
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  to increase with a low around 50 degrees. Today's
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  -E -F at Strong Coffee Company. In City Watch,
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  Sacramento has secured $4 .6 million for the
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  next phase of improvements along Franklin Boulevard.
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  The money will help fund Phase 3 of the Franklin
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  Boulevard Complete Street Project between 32nd
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  and 38th Avenues. Plans include pavement repairs,
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  protected and buffered bike lanes, pedestrian
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  and accessibility improvements, traffic calming
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  changes. upgrades to signals and lighting, as
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  well as additional shade trees. The full Phase
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  3 project is estimated to be about $18 million,
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  with construction currently expected to begin
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  in 2028. You're tuned into The Sacramento Brief,
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  The link is in today's show notes. And now back
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  to the brief. If you are looking for something
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  to do tonight, Capital Books is hosting author
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  and political strategist Atima Amara from 530
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  to 7 p .m. Amara will be joined by Kimberly Ellis
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  for a discussion of her book, The Instigators.
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  how black women have been essential to American
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  democracy and what we can learn from them. The
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  event will be at Capital Books. That's 1011 K
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  Street in downtown Sacramento. And looking ahead
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  to Tuesday night, R &B Yoga with Yogi Homie returns
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  to Soul Collective. The donation -based community
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  yoga class starts at 7 p .m. and that'll be at
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  2574. 21st Street. Organizers ask participants
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  to RSVP and bring a yoga mat, water and everything
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  else you need to get comfortable. Extra mats
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  and props are available. 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.