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The Sacramento Brief, December 31, 2025 · 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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  December 31st, New Year's Eve 2025. Let's get
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  to it. A large gas leak in Orangevale yesterday
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  was contained and rendered safe, and evacuated
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  residents are back in their homes. Deputies confirmed
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  that an adult woman was found deceased inside
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  a home in the 7800 block of Mountain Avenue,
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  where the leak is believed to have originated.
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  The coroner's office was notified and this investigation
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  continues. Elsewhere, Sacramento police responded
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  to reports of potentially armed suspect barricaded
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  inside a residence in the 1100 block of Jean
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  Avenue. prompting a large police response, including
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  SWAT officers and crisis negotiators. After several
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  hours, officers were able to conduct a thorough
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  search and determine the suspect was not inside
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  that home. In City Watch, in observance of New
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  Year's Day, most federal, state, city, and county
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  offices will be closed tomorrow, January 1st.
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  Garbage service, as well as emergency services,
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  will continue without interruption. Most offices
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  will return to their normal business hours on
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  Friday, January 2nd. In weather, clouds hold
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  in for most of the day with rain moving in after
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  about 2 p .m. Highs in the 50s with calm winds.
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  Rain chances sit around 80 % and up to a quarter
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  of an inch possible. Tonight, expect more widespread
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  rain with lows dipping into the 40s. Plan accordingly
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  and give yourself extra time on the roadways.
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  And speaking of roadways, this is a maximum enforcement
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  period, which means CHP and officers will be
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  out there looking for impaired and inattentive
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  drivers. Be safe out there, you guys. We want
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  to ring in the new year on a happy note. In events,
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  if you're still deciding how to ring in 2026,
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  downtown Sacramento has you covered. From champagne
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  -soaked parties to outdoor celebrations and family
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  -friendly fun. Ticketed highlights include dive
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  bars transformation into sea of diamonds with
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  mermaids, glamour, and underwater fantasy. The
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  Trophy Club brings the bubbles and the countdown,
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  and Casa Lola welcomes in the new year with mariachi,
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  confetti, and champagne at midnight. If you're
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  looking for open -air energy, there's Sacramento's
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  New Year's Bar Crawl, rooftop vibes at Mixed
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  Downtown, plus river cruises, including sights
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  and sips. and Rock the Yacht, offering unbeatable
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  views while floating countdown on the Sacramento
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  River. And for families, countdown the cobblestone
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  lights at Old Sacramento with music and fireworks
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  while New Year's Eve. And the Sacramento History
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  Museum lets kids ring in 2026 early with crafts,
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  a balloon drop, and all the sparkle minus the
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  bedtime meltdown. For tickets, reservations,
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  and parking info, check out downtownsac .org.
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  And Sacramento, no matter how you choose to celebrate,
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  be safe and enjoy. 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.