🌱 Sacramento Redistricting Confusion + Earliest Red Flag Warning Ever

Sacramento CA

09 April, 2022

6:38 PM

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Welcome back, Sacramento! Let's get you started this Sunday with everything you need to know going on in Sacramento today. First, today's weather: Mostly sunny; winds subsiding. High: 75 Low: 46. Here are the top five stories in Sacramento today: Sacramento city leaders are dealing with chaos inside their own ranks. A new legal ruling is making it unclear just which city council members represent large swaths of the city. Last year, for the first time, an independent public commission re-drew council districts as a result of new Census numbers – and the lines were dramatically different, putting many neighborhoods in new districts. "This is insane," Vice Mayor Angelique Ashby said. "This just needs to be clarified right away," Mayor Darrell Steinberg said. "The comment that I got most frequently was 'Wait, I voted for this person and now you're telling me another person's going to represent me? That's not right,' " Councilmember Jeff Harris said. There's also concern some neighborhoods would have no representation until after the next election while other parts of town could have dual representation. A final legal decision is expected by the end of the month. (Good Day Sacramento)A Red flag warning has been issued for parts of the Sacramento Valley this weekend due to the potential fire danger from gusty north winds. The warning will be in effect from 5 a.m. on Saturday morning through 5 p.m. on Sunday evening when winds will combine with "very low humidity and a mosaic of dry fuels," National Weather Service Sacramento said. The spring warning is the earliest red flag warning that NWS Sacramento has ever issued. (KCRA3)Sacramento police say they will be increasing security downtown this weekend following the K Street shooting. According to the Sacramento Police Department, they will be doubling the number of officers they have in downtown, midtown, and Old Sacramento. (ABC10)A Sacramento Regional Transit train came off the tracks on Friday in the area of 8th and K streets downtown, police said. Eighth Street was temporarily blocked between J and L streets, but by 3:30 p.m. the train had been cleared and the road was reopen to traffic, SacRT said. The train did not collide with a vehicle and no injuries were reported. (KCRA3)Hundreds packed into the parking structure at the Folsom Palladio Saturday evening for the 2nd annual Foothill Wine Festival presented by the Greater Folsom Partnership. Guests enjoyed small plates and tasting of numerous area wines, including the winners of the 2022 festival. A Tempranillo rose to the top to take Best Red of Show this year, it was the 2018 Casino Mine Ranch Tempranillo from Shenandoah Valley (Amador). Best White of Show went to the 2021 Bella Grace Vineyards Vermentino from Amador County. (Folsom Telegraph) Today in Sacramento: Palladio Mall in Folsom is having a Spring Celebration. Join in the piazza for some DJ fun and visit with some of your favorite characters. (11:00 AM)Easter Festival at Southgate Plaza is back. Bring the family, get photos with the Easter Bunny and enjoy various activities including a bounce house, face painting, a live DJ and more. (1:00 PM)The Crocker Art Museum presents Opus Two as part of its Classical Concerts program. (3:00 PM)Come out to the highly anticipated return of THIS to Midtown with a new day party series at Midtown Art Retail Restaurant Scene Building in Sacramento. (4:00 PM)Spencer Day is a top jazz/pop singer and songwriter that has played venues as diverse as Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl and London's West End. Tonight he will grace the stage at The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts in Sacramento. (7:00 PM) From my notebook: Come out and enjoy the largest Earth Day celebration in the Sacramento region April 24 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm at Southside Park, and admission is free! Over 100 organizations and businesses will be there exhibiting products, technology, artwork, and sharing information to cultivate a healthier, greener way of living. Doggy Dash is 2 weeks away and with over 100 vendors at the Bark in the Park Festival - there is something for everybody! (Facebook) Join SCUSD for Spring Break curbside food distribution events at nine different school locations on Monday, April 11 from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The boxes are available for all students, staff and community, limit one per vehicle while supplies last. (Facebook) Get ready: all things comics and pop culture are taking over the Crocker next Thursday for CrockerCon! Get your tickets while they last. (Facebook) Loving the Sacramento Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers Send me a news tip or suggestion at [email protected] Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Sunday. I'll see you around! — Jeri Karges About me: Jeri Karges has been living in and loving the Sacramento region for over 30 years. Her passion is finding new and unique ways to enjoy the city and surrounding areas. On weekends, you can find her pestering her friends to sample the restaurant that doesn't have silverware, or try their hand at throwing an axe. Jeri also enjoys writing about retirement planning at https://rockinretirement.subst...