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The Sacramento Brief September 18, 2026 | Weekend Ready: Arrests, Alerts & Sacramento Fun · 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 Friday,
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  September 18th, 2026. Let's get you caught up.
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  Two arrests are among the incidents in Sacramento
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  Police Department activity report. In North Sacramento,
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  officers stopped a bicyclist near Ford Road and
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  Rio Linda Boulevard shortly after 6 .15 p .m.
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  on Wednesday evening. Police say the rider fled,
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  but officers pursued and apprehended him. The
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  suspect was booked on charges connected with
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  the incident, along with previous arrestable
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  commitments. Later that evening, officers responded
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  to reports of vandalism at home on the 7200 block
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  of Alpine Frost Drive. Police say that when the
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  officers attempted to take the suspect into custody,
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  she brandished a knife and barricaded herself
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  inside a vehicle. The situation ended without
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  further escalation when the woman surrendered.
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  She's now arrested and booked on related charges.
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  Turning now to your weekend weather, it's going
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  to be warm, sunny, and mostly clear. Sacramento
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  will reach a high near 88 degrees today with
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  calm winds becoming northwesterly around 5 to
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  7 miles per hour this afternoon. Tonight will
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  be clear with a low around 59. Saturday turns
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  slightly warmer with sunshine and a high near
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  91. Saturday night will be mostly clear with
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  a low around 58 and Sunday brings partly cloudy
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  skies or partly sunny skies with more. Comfortable
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  high around 85. Expect some clouds Sunday night
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  and a low around 57. You're tuned into The Sacramento
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  The link is in today's show notes. And now, back
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  to The Brief. In City Watch, September is National
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  Preparedness Month, and Sacramento County is
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  reminding residents to stand ready. That means
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  signing up for Sacramento Alert, knowing your
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  evacuation zone, and keeping an emergency kit
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  stocked with food, water, medications, flashlights,
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  battery, and first aid supplies. Your household
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  plan should also account for power outages, family
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  communication, pets, and livestock. You can register
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  for emergency alerts by phone, text, or email
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  at sacramentoready. The link is in today's show
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  SACBRIEF at checkout. That's S -A -C -B -R -I
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  -E -F at Strong Coffee Company. And now let's
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  get into the weekend. Tonight. Adrian Xavier
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  and the High Life Band bring their Love is the
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  Answer tour to the Torch Club. The reggae show
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  begins at 9 p .m. And then on Saturday, we have
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  Brazilian Day Sacramento returns for its 12th
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  year. The Free Street Festival runs from 1 to
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  6 p .m. near 3rd Avenue and Broadway and 34th
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  Street. Expect samba, capoeira. Live Brazilian
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  music, cultural performances, vendors, and traditional
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  food. Also Saturday, Corner House Comedy presents
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  a stand -up showcase featuring Los Angeles comedian
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  Yoshi Obayashi, along with several local and
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  visiting comics. The show begins at 7 .30, and
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  that's at 3663rd Street. Doors open at 7 p .m.
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  Then on Sunday, Heroes, villains, artists, and
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  comic fans take over Crocker Art Museum for CrockerCon.
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  Their free family festival includes more than
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  60 exhibitors and special guests, plus a costume
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  parade, video game demonstrations, animated films,
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  a community Lego build, music, and hands -on
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  art activities. CrockerCon runs from 10 a .m.
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  until 4 p .m. That's all for today's Sacramento
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  Brief. You'll find the links for today's events
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  in the show notes. I'm Carol. Thank you for trusting
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  me with your morning. Be safe, stay sharp, and
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  I'll see you Monday.