🌱Sacto Water Conservation Challenge + Kings Coach Gentry Out

Sacramento CA

11 April, 2022

7:30 PM

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Hey, Sacramento! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started off right. First, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 62 Low: 38. Here are the top five stories in Sacramento today: The Sacramento Kings won't be bringing back interim coach Alvin Gentry. Instead the NBA team will open up a search for a new head coach, it announced. Gentry was named interim head coach in November when the team fired Luke Walton. Under Gentry, the Kings went 30-52 this season, missing the playoffs for a 16th straight year. The Kings' search for a head coach is expected to be wide-ranging and will include candidates with a history of turning lottery teams into playoff teams. This will be Sacramento's third head coach in as many seasons and its sixth head coach since Michael Malone was let go in 2014. (espn.com)City of Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg this month is asking residents to participate in the National Mayor's Challenge for Water Conservation, a water-saving contest held nationwide. To participate, residents can go to MyWaterPledge.com from April 1 to 30 and make a series of online pledges to conserve water. Cities in similar-size population categories across the nation compete for the most water pledges. Residents from more than 2,000 cities in all 50 U.S. states last year pledged to reduce their water use by 3 billion gallons. The city of Sacramento has participated in the challenge for the past four years and took first place in 2020. (Sacramento City Express)Two adult men are dead after an early-morning shooting in Natomas on Sunday. As of Sunday night, police believe this to be an isolated incident. Family of one of the Natomas victims gave KCRA 3 permission to reveal his name. They say Giovanni Isidro Razo Pizano, known as "DJ Gio" to many in Sacramento, was shot and killed Sunday morning. The Sacramento Police Department is still investigating what led up to this shooting, the circumstances around it and possible motives. Anyone with information is asked to contact police or the Sacramento Valley Crime Stoppers. (KCRA3)On March 29, Governor Gavin Newsom announced 13 new state level appointments, 8 of which went to greater Sacramento residents. Le-Quyen Nguyen, 39, of Sacramento, has been appointed Deputy Secretary for Energy at the California Natural Resources Agency. Jennifer Lim, 51, of Citrus Heights, has been appointed Deputy Director of External Affairs, Communications and Outreach at the California Department of Industrial Relations. Elena Lee Reeder, 38, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. Christina Jaromay, 44, of Elk Grove, has been appointed to the California State Park and Recreation Commission. Arturo Barajas Jr., 29, of Sacramento, Evan V. Corder, 34, of Sacramento, Serina Correa, 38, of Sacramento, and Denise A. Tugade, 31, of Sacramento have been appointed to the 52nd District Agricultural Association (Sacramento County Fair Board). (gov.ca.gov)An unknown gunman fatally shot an 18-year-old man at a house party in Laguna during the early morning of April 9. Officers attempted to save the victim's life before he succumbed to his injuries, the Elk Grove police reported. This incident was reported around 2 a.m. on the 7400 block of Brandamore Court. Authorities learned that the house is being used as an Airbnb rental, and they believe there were at least 10 people there during the party, he reported. Jimenez said that the suspect was not identified and the motive for the shooting is unknown. Readers with information about the April 9 incident can contact the Elk Grove police at (916) 714-5115 or Crime Stoppers at (916) 443-4357. (egcitizen.com) Today in Sacramento: Gather your Commander decks and come in for a fun night full of magic and prizes, every Tuesday night at Game Kastle Sacramento!! Everyone leaves with a draft booster no matter how you place! (5:00 PM)The Omar Apollo Tour will be at Ace of Spades in Midtown. (7:00 PM)Myles Bullen & Chris Conde will be at The Starlet Room downtown. (7:00 PM) From my notebook: April is photography month in Sacramento. During Photography Month Sacramento, a five-countywide celebration of the photographic arts, discover dozens of photography exhibits at galleries and museums, along with workshops, field trips, receptions and more. Staff from the Sacramento Stormwater Quality Partnership are reminding people that free kits are available to help residents do neighborhood clean-ups. People can request a kit – which includes buckets, trash pickers, bags and gloves – by visiting the partnership's website. The kits are available year-round. Cooler & unsettled weather returns this week. Valley showers and mountain snow showers returned Monday, and are expected again mid to late week. Temperatures will be much cooler than what we observed last week and are generally trending 5 to 10 degrees below normal! (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] Thanks for following along and staying informed! 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...