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The Sacramento Brief This Wednesday, August 12, 2026 |Stolen Ride to Probation & Arden’s $160M Upgrade · 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 Wednesday,
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  August 12th, 2026. Let's get you caught up. A
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  Sacramento County man is back behind bars after
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  deputies say he made a rather interesting choice
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  of transportation for a visit to his probation
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  officer. The Central Division POP deputies spotted
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  35 -year -old Joshua Thatch leaving McDonald's
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  on Florin Road in a vehicle that had been reported
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  stolen. Deputies confirmed the vehicle matched
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  the stolen vehicle alert and followed Thatch
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  while additional units moved into the area. According
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  to the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office, Thatch
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  was already on probation for multiple vehicle
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  theft and stolen vehicle -related convictions,
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  along with grand theft. So where was he headed?
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  in the allegedly stolen vehicle, to the probation
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  officer to check in with his probation officer.
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  Deputies followed him and took him into custody
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  in the parking lot. Thatch was later booked in
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  Sacramento County Main Jail. Today's weather.
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  Now, if you felt a little more comfortable outside
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  yesterday, today keeps that trend going. We're
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  looking at mostly sunny skies. With a high near
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  89 degrees, southwest winds will run around 5
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  to 9 miles per hour. Tonight, expect partly cloudy
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  skies with a low around 60. With south winds
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  between 6 and 9 miles per hour and occasional
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  gusts up to 18 miles per hour. In City Watch,
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  in Arden, a massive infrastructure program 10
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  years in the making is finally complete. The
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  Sacramento County Water Agency has wrapped up
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  its largest construction project ever. ever.
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  A $160 million overhaul of the Arden area water
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  system. Work began in 2016 and included roughly
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  38 miles of new water and distribution pipelines
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  and more than 3 ,000 new water meters. And those
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  meters mark the end of an era. This portion of
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  the Arden This portion of Arden has been the
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  last area in California without water meters.
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  The project also replaced aging water lines some
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  nearly 85 years old and dating all the way back
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  to World War II. County officials say the upgrades
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  should mean better water flow. fewer maintenance
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  problems, and improved water pressure from hydrants
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  for firefighters. And once underground work was
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  completed, the Sacramento County's Department
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  of Transportation partners will repave with the
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  project to repave streets affected by the construction.
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  Ten years, six phases, $160 million later. That's
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  Just ask for The Sacramento Brief. And now, back
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  to The Brief. If you're looking for something
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  to shake off the middle of the week, we've got
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  you covered with a couple of options. At the
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  CLARA Auditorium on 24th Street, Five Rhythms
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  Sacramento hosts its guided dance class from
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  6 .30 to 8 .30 p .m. It's a free -form movement
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  practice combining music, movement, and mindfulness.
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  Drop -in admission is $25, and first -timers
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  can purchase a three -dance pass for $50. Or
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  if something a little quieter sounds more your
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  speed, Breath Work in the Park. Meets at Tahoe
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  Park tonight at 7 p .m. Bring a yoga mat, blanket,
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  and water. Then settle in for a gentle guided
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  breath work outdoors as the sun goes down. Two
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  very different ways to decompress on your Wednesday
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  night. Dance it out or breathe it out. That's
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  all for today's Sacramento Brief. You'll find
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  the links to today's events in the show notes.
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  I'm Carol. Thank you for trusting me with your
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  morning. Be safe, stay sharp, and I'll see you
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  tomorrow.