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The Sacramento Brief March 2, 2026 · 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. Good Monday morning. I'm
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  Carol. It's Monday, March 2nd, 2026. Here's what
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  you need to know as we start the week. Sacramento
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  County detectives have dismantled a large -scale
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  illegal gambling network tied to eight illicit
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  casinos operating out of residential neighborhoods
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  across Northern California. Investigators say
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  the organization laundered more than $1 .4 million
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  between January of 2024 and July of 2025. On
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  February 19th, search warrants were executed
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  at nine locations where deputies seized 16 illegally
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  possessed firearms, high -capacity magazines,
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  and more than $100 ,000 in cash, gaming machines,
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  and dozens of computers used for online gaming.
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  Meanwhile, an officer -involved shooting is under
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  investigation near the 8100 block of North Hope
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  Road in South Sacramento County. The suspect
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  was declared deceased at the scene and no deputies
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  were injured. And in a follow -up to a February
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  homicide, Sacramento police have arrested 27
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  -year -old Ray Howard in connection with a deadly
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  shooting last month along West El Camino Avenue.
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  The victim later died at a local hospital, and
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  Howard has since been booked into the Sacramento
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  County Main Jail. In City Watch, Sacramento City
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  Council has approved the Vision Zero safety plans
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  for two high -injury corridors. Norwood and Howe
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  Avenues. The plan aims to reduce serious crashes
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  while improving pedestrian and bicycle access
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  and now allows the city to pursue grant funding
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  for future design and construction. The proposed
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  upgrades along Norwood include lane reductions,
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  separated bikeways, and roundabouts with an estimated
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  cost of about $91 million. Meanwhile, on Howe
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  Avenue, the improvements include a shared use
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  path, Signalized crosswalks and that corridor
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  carries a cost of around $48 .8 million. Both
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  projects are part of the city's effort to eliminate
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  traffic -related fatalities and serious injuries.
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  Today's weather expects partly sunny skies to
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  start becoming fully sunny by afternoon with
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  a high of around 66 degrees. Winds will rain.
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  Calm early shifting northwest around six miles
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  per hour later in the day. Tonight, mostly clear
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  skies with overnight lows around 45. In events
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  this morning at the Sacramento Children's Museum,
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  discovery. Play and Explorability are teaming
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  up for a sensory family play. This fully accessible,
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  low -cost program offers modified, open play
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  for children with sensory needs, including those
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  on the autism spectrum, along with siblings and
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  friends. Sessions run 90 minutes and will now
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  be held the first Monday of each month from 10
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  to 1130. Meanwhile. All month long, in Historic
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  Folsom, families can take place in Where's Winnie?
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  It's a hunt for the Sutter Street Pig, exploring
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  more than 30 participating business in a playful
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  scavenger hunt for the stuffed and mini piglets
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  hidden throughout the district. And then you
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  mark your calendars because on March 22nd, when
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  real pigs will be featured in historic Folsom
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  Plaza for a free family -friendly meet and greet.
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  And for tomorrow night, test your music knowledge
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  at Teneral Cellars for Music Bingo Night, where
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  traditional bingo meets song recognition. It's
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  free to play with prizes awarded throughout the
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  evening. 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.