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The Sacramento Brief March 10, 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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  March 10th, 2026. Let's get you caught up. A
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  bizarre scene unfolded yesterday afternoon on
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  Highway 99 in South Sacramento after a naked
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  driver crashed his car before attempting to steal
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  another. According to police, officers received
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  reports of a reckless driver around 2 .30 p .m.
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  on southbound Highway 99 near Sheldon Road. Investigators
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  say the driver lost control and overturned his
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  vehicle along the right shoulder of the freeway.
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  After the crash, the man climbed out of the wrecked
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  vehicle and attempted to carjack another driver
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  passing by. Video circulating on social media
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  appears to show the suspect naked at the scene.
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  Authorities say the man was taken into custody
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  shortly after 3 p .m. No additional injuries
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  were reported and the incident remains under
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  investigation. And an update to a stabbing report
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  last week in North Sacramento. Police say the
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  victim walked into Fire Station 20 on Real Enda
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  Boulevard Thursday after being attacked at Hagenwood
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  Park. The victim was treated and taken to a local
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  hospital in stable condition. On Sunday, officers
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  arrested 61 -year -old Terry Minor of Sacramento,
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  who now faces assault with deadly weapon charges.
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  In City Watch, the City of Sacramento is helping
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  six local companies grow through its 2025 Economic
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  Gardening 2 .0 program. The initiative, designed
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  to support established small businesses ready
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  to expand. The program provides participating
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  companies with customized consulting, marketing
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  research, and up to $50 ,000 in matching grants
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  to help fund growth projects. City leaders say
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  the effort targets companies with 5 to 99 employees
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  and with at least $1 million in annual revenue.
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  Businesses that already have strong foundations
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  and are preparing to scale. This year's participants
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  include Balanced Diversity Solutions, EcoAlpha
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  Environmental and Engineering Services, Executive
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  Avionics, MyFloraDNA, TECMA, and T & Y Supermarket.
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  Since launching, Sacramento's economic gardening
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  program has provided 26 local businesses with
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  support, helping increase combined annual revenue
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  from $104 million to $144 million. City officials
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  say the goal is to help local companies grow,
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  create jobs, and strengthen Sacramento's economy
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  from within. Today's weather will be mostly sunny
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  with a high near 72 degrees. Wednesday light
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  throughout the afternoon. Tonight will be mostly
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  clear with a low around 47. If you're looking
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  for something interesting to do, here's what's
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  happening in Sacramento. This evening in East
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  Sacramento, Tandem Coffee and Wine host a thought
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  -provoking lecture entitled The Human Brain,
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  Society and Parasites. A UC Merced cognitive
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  scientist, Dr. Paul Smaldino will explore how human brains
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  evolved to solve complex problems and how our
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  collective thinking shapes society. Doors open
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  at 6 p .m. with the lecture beginning at 7. And
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  in Old Sacramento, the popular Underground Tour
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  continues this week at Sacramento's History Museum.
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  The one -hour guided tour explores how the city
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  literally razed its streets and buildings in
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  the 1800s to escape the devastating floods. Tours
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  run daily and depart from 101 I Street in Old
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  Sacramento. That's all for today's Sacramento
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  Brief. You'll find the links to 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 tomorrow.