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The SACRAMENTO Brief Wednesday August 19,2026| Sunrise Mall Jewelry Heist Leads to Arrest, Highway 50 Hit-and-Run Case Developments, and $79K Stolen Goods Recovery · 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 Wednesday, August 19th,
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  2026. Let's get you caught up. A 19 -year -old
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  man suspected of burglarizing a Citrus Heights
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  jewelry store last month is accused of returning
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  to the same store and getting caught a second
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  time. Citrus Heights police say officers were
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  called to the Kay Jewelers inside Sunrise Mall
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  Sunday afternoon. for reports of a man running
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  from the property carrying a bag and a hammer.
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  Using real -time cameras, police tracked the
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  suspect through the parking lot and arrested
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  19 -year -old Zenon Picou within four minutes
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  of the original call. Police say they recovered
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  more than $79 ,000 worth of stolen jewelry. Detectives
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  later searched Picou residence and a vehicle
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  found at the mall parking lot. Investigators
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  say they found evidence connecting him to the
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  July burglary at the same Kay Jewelers, where
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  nearly $30 ,000 in jewelry was stolen. And meanwhile,
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  the woman accused in the deadly Highway 50 hit
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  -and -run that killed a construction worker is
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  back behind bars. 24 -year -old Ruby Lorenzo
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  of Escalon was arrested following the crash last
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  week, but posted a $125 ,000 bail shortly afterward.
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  Her first court appearance Wednesday, the judge
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  granted a request from the Sacramento District
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  Attorney's Office to hold Lorenzo without bail.
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  She faces five charges ranging from misdemeanor
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  to violent felonies. Investigators said Lorenzo
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  had a blood alcohol level of .5. won 5 % at the
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  time of the crash, nearly twice the legal limit.
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  She has not entered a plea and is due back into
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  court on September 9th. Today's weather is sunny
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  ask for the Sacramento Brief. And now, back to
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  the Brief. Sacramento County is expanding a program
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  aimed at lowering the cost of building affordable
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  housing. The Board of Supervisors approved an
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  expansion of the county's three -year development
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  impact fee offset pilot program. It allows eligible
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  affordable housing projects to receive up to
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  $10 ,000 per unit to offset certain development
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  fees. So far, four projects totaling 435 affordable
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  housing units have been approved for about $2
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  .16 million in offset fees. That leaves roughly
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  $2 .84 million available from the original $5
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  million fund. The latest expansion adds eligible
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  fees in Carmichael, Mission Oaks, and a portion
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  of Sunrise Recreation and Park District. The
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  park district won't lose funding. Instead, the
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  county uses money already allocated for affordable
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  housing programs to cover qualifying fees. The
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  goal is to lower upfront construction costs and
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  help more affordable housing projects move forward.
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  And in events, if you're looking for something
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  to do tonight, Wildcard. True Stories told live
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  by you takes over Teneral Cellars in Midtown.
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  Eight names will be pulled from the knot hat
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  and eight storytellers get eight minutes each
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  to tell a true story. The storytellers vote for
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  their favorite with winners taking home $50 and
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  featured spot in the next show. Tonight features
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  storyteller and actor. Tonight's featured storyteller
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  is actor, playwright, and writer, Victoria Goldblatt.
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  Wildcard begins at 7 p .m. Tickets are $15. Or,
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  if you want to get outside a little earlier at
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  Wynn Park Midtown Association and Yoga Moves
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  Us, host a rotating Wednesday wellness from 6
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  to 7 p .m. featuring either strength and conditioning
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  or tai chi. The class is free and takes place
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  at Wynn Park on 28th Street. 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.