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The Sacramento Brief Monday October 26, 2026 | Capitol-Area Homicide Arrest, Property Tax Deadlines & Halloween Happenings · The Sacramento Brief

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  This is the Sacramento Brief, the end up of overnight
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  headlines and what's ahead across the city. I'm
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  Carol. It's Monday, October 26, 2026. Let's get
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  you caught up. Sacramento police are investigating
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  a deadly assault near the Sacramento State Capitol.
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  Officers responded to a residence in the 1100
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  block of 9th Street around 6 .15 p .m. and found
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  a man injured and unconscious. He later died
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  at the hospital. Police arrested 41 -year -old
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  Manuel Rivas of Sacramento and related murder
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  charges. The victim has not yet been identified
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  and the investigators are asking witnesses. to
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  come forward. In a separate investigation, police
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  are searching for a driver involved in a deadly
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  pedestrian collision. Officers responded near
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  the 400 block of Bannon Street in South Richards
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  Boulevard around 4 .45 Saturday morning. An adult
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  man died at the scene despite life -saving efforts.
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  The driver was not located. Major collision investigators...
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  are handling the case. And the Sacramento County
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  deputies arrested 67 -year -old Wendell Celestine
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  in connection with the suspected homicide of
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  his former wife. Fire crews responded to an...
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  El Paraiso Avenue home late Friday after Celestine
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  reported finding his girlfriend unconscious.
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  Authorities say that the couple had divorced
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  and later resumed dating. Responders found signs
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  of trauma, broken glass, damaged furniture, consistent
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  with possible physical altercation. Turning to
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  forecast, today brings sunshine with a high near
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  70 and light southerly winds. Tonight, mostly
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  clear with a low around 48. You're tuned into
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  notes. And now, back to The Brief. In City Watch,
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  Sacramento County has mailed nearly four... nearly
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  500 ,000 secured property tax bills. The first
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  installment is due November 1st with payments
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  accepted without penalty through December 10th
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  at 5 p .m. The second installment is due February
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  1st and penalty free up until April 12th. No
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  second reminder will be mailed. Electronic check
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  payments are free. Card payments carry a convenience
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  -E -F at Strong Coffee Company. Looking for something
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  to do tonight? The Invictus Halloween Social
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  offers food and games from 6 to 8 at 9080 Laguna
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  Main Street, Suite 3 in Elk Grove. And Tuesday,
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  Skip's Music is hosting a drum masters clinic
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  with Damani Rhodes and Samadi Johnson. The session
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  runs from 6 to 8 p .m. covering techniques and
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  high contrast drumming. Admission is $25. 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.