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The Sacramento Brief August 27, 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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  August 27th, 2025. Let's get you caught up. In
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  news, according to the Sacramento Metro Fire
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  website this morning, they received a notice
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  of a fire at 9216 Keifer Boulevard. This is an
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  active incident. The fire appears to be impacting
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  a grocery store and is ongoing with no further
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  details at this time. To follow up on some police
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  activity from Monday evening, deputies rushed
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  to Helio Drive in East Sacramento late Monday
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  night for reports of a man firing shots while
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  walking shirtless with a rifle and handgun. With
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  the help of CHP Air Support, Elk Grove Canine,
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  and drones, SWAT moved in and safely arrested
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  42 -year -old Jeremy Watkins. Several guns were
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  seized. Watkins is now in jail on $500 ,000 bail
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  and is due in court tomorrow. In City Watch,
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  the Recreation and Park Commission, together
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  with Sacramento County Fish and Game Commission,
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  will hold a joint meeting tomorrow. At 6 .30
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  p .m., the public is invited to attend. This
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  will be at 10361 Rockingham Drive in Sacramento.
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  The community input is encouraged with time limits
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  set for comments. The meeting will be open to
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  all and accommodations are made for those with
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  disabilities. In weather today, we'll have a
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  high of 92. In traffic, last check, there were
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  no calls for service on the major roadways. In
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  events, downtown's happy hour. Every Wednesday
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  from four to seven p .m., bars and restaurants
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  across downtown offer drinks for five, seven,
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  and nine dollars. We started Sunset Sips to support
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  our businesses during the typically slow summer
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  weeknights. Okay, so... Looks like you'll have
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  an opportunity to hang out, you know with your
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  friends co -workers for the sunset sips Also
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  tonight, let's see just tonight Mahogany urban
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  poetry join us for a night of powerful spoken
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  performances at our place Get ready to be inspired
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  moved and entertained by talented poets sharing
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  their creativity and passion This is an in -person
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  event to be celebrated of celebration of art
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  and culture in the community. So don't miss out
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  on this opportunity for magic urban poetry in
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  the heart of August. Let's see. And this will
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  take place at 1107 Fireplace Alley from 7 to
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  10 p .m. That's all for today's Sacramento Brief.
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  You'll find the links to today's events in the
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  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.