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The Sacramento Brief Wednesday October 28 ,2026 | Elk Grove Stand Off Ends Peacefully and Arson Sentence · The Sacramento Brief

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  This is the Sacramento Brief, bound up of overnight
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  headlines and what's ahead across the city. I'm
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  Carol. It's Wednesday, October 28th, 2026. Let's
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  get you caught up. A police standoff in Elk Grove
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  ended peacefully Tuesday night after a suspect
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  surrendered two officers. Elk Grove police said
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  officers were called to the 9400 block of Harbor
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  Point, where a person wanted on connection with
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  earlier threats had barricaded themselves. alone
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  inside an apartment, and refused to come out.
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  Police asked the surrounding community for patience
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  while officers worked to resolve the situation
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  safely. Several hours later, police announced
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  the suspect had surrendered without incident
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  and was taken into custody. The situation was
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  declared resolved shortly before 10 p .m. And
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  in Sacramento County, a man convicted of burglary
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  and intentionally setting fire to an occupied
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  home will spend decades behind bars. Kenneth
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  Allen Hubbs was sentenced Friday to 25 years to
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  life in prison. A jury convicted Hubbs last month
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  of first -degree burglary and arson of an inhabited
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  structure. The case dates back to March of 2025
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  when investigators responded to the home with
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  shattered glass and doors, extensive fire damage.
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  Cal Fire investigators determined the fire had
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  been deliberately set with burned roadside flares.
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  found at multiple points inside the home. Surveillance
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  video showed a man smashing a sliding glass door
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  with a hammer, entering the residence and leaving
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  shortly before the flames appeared. Investigators
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  later identified that man as Hubbs. Prosecutors
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  say additional surveillance showed Hubbs buying
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  the roadside flares and kerosene two days before
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  the fire. Presented at trial also showed that
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  he had been hired by a third party to break into
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  the home and set it on fire. In today's weather,
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  plenty of sunshine with a high near 70 degrees.
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  Winds will stay light out of the north -northwest.
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  plan. The plan identifies ways to reduce risk
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  from disasters, including floods, droughts, wildfires,
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  and severe weather. The updated plan is expected
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  to be submitted to the state and federal agency
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  officials in December. Residents can review the
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  draft and complete a public survey at stormready
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  .org. There are also two upcoming meetings. A
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  public meeting will be held on Wednesday, November
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  4th from 530 to 7 p .m. at the South Natomas
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  Community Center on Truxel Road. And the Hazardous
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  Mitigation Planning Committee meets the following
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  morning, November 5th from 9 to noon at the Sacramento
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  County Environmental Management Department on
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  White Rock Road. Public comments are due by Friday,
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  November 20th. The Sacramento Brief, your daily
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  link is in today's show notes. And now back to
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  the brief. And finally, if you're looking for
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  a little art this week, the Sacramento Fine Arts
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  Center is hosting. the annual Bold Expressions
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  exhibit. The international exhibit presented
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  by Northern California Arts features artists
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  working across a variety of styles and media.
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  Admission is free. The gallery is open today
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  through Saturday, 11 a .m. to 3 p .m. at the
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  Sacramento Fine Arts Center at 5330 Gibbons Drive
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  in Carmichael. 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.