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Unpaid 15-year-old Subway workers were threatened when they asked for wages, feds say – Sacramento Bee
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Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg won’t run for reelection, is interested in attorney general job – KCRA Sacramento
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Lodi Council Member Shakir Khan granted release after election fraud arrest – KCRA Sacramento
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Family, friends hold memorial for Tyre Nichols in Natomas, push for new law
SACRAMENTO – As people took to the streets to cry out for justice in the name of Tyre Nichols, away from the protests, Anderson Williams remembered all the times he spent at the Regency Skatepark in Natomas with his friend.
“Tyre was just a stand-up guy, down-to-earth, very passionate, cared for others,” he said.
The 29-year-old father and Sacramento native is being remembered for his love of photography and skateboarding. Despite moving to Memphis, Tenn. Nichols’ friends said he constantly kept in touch.
It seemed Nichols had a new dream on the horizon based on Williams’ last conversations with him.
“We sat on the phone for like 2-3 hours just talking skate, talking life,” Williams said. “He was thinking of moving back to Sacramento and he just didn’t get to that point. He wasn’t able to make it back home.”
From the officers charged with his death to the released video showing Nichols’ encounter with police, people closest to him believe justice is merely the baseline.
“We need Tyre’s Law to be a thing,” said Angelina Paxton, a longtime friend.
She is one of the coordinators for the memorial scheduled to be held Monday evening to remember Nichols’ life.
“We can sentence as many people as we want, but the problem will still continue if there’s nothing to hold people accountable,” Paxton said.
Monday night, hundreds of people – family, friends and strangers alike – gathered at Regency Skatepark sharing laughs and tears while sharing memories of the moments that will forever impact those Nichols touched.
“His death isn’t his legacy. His legacy is his love,” one friend shared through tears at the memorial’s podium, a safe space for those to share their grief.
“He just had this overwhelming urge to make everyone around him smile, he was always so goofy,” Ryan Wilson said of his close friend.
Family says Tyre’s death will not be in vain – they want it to spark nationwide police reform.
“It’s hate. I don’t care if it was all black officers. Evil comes in all sizes, shapes and colors,” shared one family member at Monday night’s memorial.
“He really wanted to change the world. And he did change the world. His name will never be forgotten,” added Tyre’s nephew Kamari at the podium.
On Sunday, the Memphis branch of the NAACP called on the Tennessee Legislature to pass the Tyre Nichols Criminal Justice Reform Bill. The push would make it a crime for an officer to fail to intervene as seen in the Nichols video.
“We like thoughts. We like prayers. We like well wishes, but we want action yet,” said President Van Turner of the NAACP Memphis Branch.
Meanwhile, protestors and activists are also demanding congress revisit the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
For Williams, he wishes he could talk to his dearest friend one more time.
“I’d tell him I love him and we’d have to get a skate session soon,” he said.
California hit by more storms, braces for potential floods
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California was hit with more turbulent weather Sunday as thunderstorms, snow and damaging winds swept into the northern part the state, preceding another series of incoming storms and raising the potential for road flooding, rising rivers and mudslides on soils already saturated after days of rain.
The National Weather Service warned of a “relentless parade of atmospheric rivers” — storms that are long plumes of moisture stretching out into the Pacific capable of dropping staggering amounts of rain and snow.
In the state capital, more than 60,000 customers were still without electricity Sunday evening — down from more than 350,000 — after gusts of 60 mph (97 kph) knocked trees into power lines, according to the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
Joey Kleemann was listening to the winds howling shortly after midnight, wondering whether she should move her car, when she heard a “gigantic, thumping, crashing sound” as a massive tree fell onto the Sacramento home where she’s lived for 25 years.
The gusts were strong enough to rip the tree from its roots, pulling the concrete sidewalk up with it.
Cracks in Kleemann’s roof meant rain streamed into her dining area throughout the night. She planned to place a tarp over the damaged area in anticipation of another deluge.
“I just had a feeling with the winds. They were scary winds,” she said. “Mostly I focused on: It could be so much worse.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom said 12 people lost their lives as a result of violent weather during the past 10 days, and he warned that this week’s storms could be even more dangerous. He urged people to stay home.
“Just be cautious over the course of the next week, particularly the next day or two or so,” Newsom said during a briefing with California officials outlining the state’s storm preparations.
The weather service’s Sacramento office said the region should brace for the latest atmospheric river to roar ashore late Sunday and early Monday.
“Widespread power outages, downed trees and difficult driving conditions will be possible,” the office said on Twitter.
Evacuation warnings were in place for about 13,000 residents of a flood-prone area of Sonoma County north of San Francisco, where the swollen Russian River was expected to overspill its banks in the coming days.
And Sacramento County ordered evacuations for people living around Wilton, a town of about 6,000 roughly 20 miles southeast of downtown Sacramento, with warnings of imminent flooding. The rural area along the Cosumnes River saw flooding in an earlier storm.
“Residents must leave now before roads become impassable,” the county said.
The state Department of Transportation warned motorists to stay off mountain roads after closing a stretch of U.S. 395 in Mono County, along the Eastern Sierra, due to heavy snow, ice and whiteout conditions.
“With the severe nature of this storm, Caltrans is asking all drivers to limit nonessential travel until the peak of the storm has passed,” the department said in a statement.
The wet weather comes after days of rain in California from Pacific storms that last week knocked out power to thousands, flooded streets, battered the coastline and caused at least six deaths.
The first of the newest, heavier storms prompted the weather service to issue a flood watch for a large swath of Northern and Central California with 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 centimeters) of rain expected through Wednesday in the already saturated Sacramento-area foothills.
In the Los Angeles region, scattered rain fell during the weekend while stormy conditions were expected to return Monday, with the potential for up to 8 inches (20 cm) in foothill areas. High surf was expected through Tuesday, with large waves on west-facing beaches.
Since Dec. 26, San Francisco has received more than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain, while Mammoth Mountain, a popular ski area in the Eastern Sierra, got nearly 10 feet (3 meters) of snow, the National Weather Service reported.
The storms won’t be enough to officially end California’s ongoing drought — but they have helped.
State climatologist Michael Anderson told a news briefing late Saturday that officials were closely monitoring Monday’s incoming storm and another behind it and were keeping an eye on three other systems farther out in the Pacific.
Sacramento County warns residents amid storms: ‘Get out now’
There is no end in sight for the unrelenting rainfall inundating the West Coast with severe flooding and widespread power outages.
Residents in Wilton, California, who live along the Cosumnes River, are being urged to evacuate immediately amid the storm in anticipation of the river flooding over.
“We are urging residents to get out now while roads are still clear; don’t wait for an evacuation order,” the Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services told residents in its announcement on Sunday.
A view from a drone shows flooded areas around homes after rainstorms caused a levee to break, flooding Sacramento County roads and properties near Wilton, California, Jan. 2, 2023.
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This same area was slammed by last weekend’s atmospheric river, which led to multiple levee failures along the Cosumnes and inundated much of the area with flooding.
That flooding prompted a shelter-in-place order in Wilton after flood waters cut off routes for residents to evacuate, and three people died in the weather event. They were found in their vehicles.
Nearly 500,000 customers across California were without power on Sunday morning as the state continues to be walloped by an ongoing atmospheric river.
The ground that is typically parched as a result of a decadeslong megadrought has now been overly saturated with moisture that threatens to continue for several days. Some coastal roads have been washed away and homes flooded, and heavy rain and mountain snow continued into Sunday morning.
People watch as waves crash into a seawall in Pacifica, Calif., Jan. 6, 2023.
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Northern California will see about a 12-hour break from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time on Sunday, with another round of heavy rain and snow to follow Sunday overnight into Monday morning. The region will be afforded with another break from about 7 a.m. Monday to midnight on Tuesday, forecasts show.
Further south, the “fire house” of rain is expected to move down the state, with heavy flooding rains expected to hit the area between San Francisco and Los Angeles with non-stop rain from Sunday evening to Monday evening.
There is no light at the end of the tunnel for Californians hoping to see a break in the rain. The pattern is expected to continue in the coming week and into the next week wave after wave of atmospheric moisture affecting the coast.
Up to three feet of snow falling this weekend in the Sierra Nevada. Feet more expected with the next rounds. Another 4 feet possible in parts through Tuesday alone, with more to come as the week progresses.
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Rain totals through Tuesday in northern California and the central coast are expected to be 2 inches to 5 inches in the valleys, up to 7 inches in the hills and between 6 inches and 12 inches in the mountains, forecasts show.
The influx of moisture will likely create more mudslides, debris flows — especially in the burn scar areas — and rapid rises of creeks, streams and rivers.
The San Lorenzo River near Santa Cruz, a coastal town about 90 miles south of San Francisco, is forecast to reach a major flood stage on Monday, nearing 23 feet. At about 21.76 feet, major flooding occurs in the Felton Grove neighborhood, with roadways several feet deep and waters inundating the approaches to the Felton Covered Bridge, according to the National Weather Service.
Up to three feet of snow falling this weekend in the Sierra Nevada. Feet more expected with the next rounds. Another 4 feet possible in parts through Tuesday alone, with more to come as the week progresses.
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The Alameda Creek near Niles, about 30 miles southeast, of San Francisco, is forecast to reach near record at 15 feet on Monday. The Alameda Creek in general will be near a record height, not just at this location.
Winds with gusts up to 70 mph will continue to bring down trees and power lines, causing power outages and an unrelenting danger for people and homes within a short distance of trees.
A resident walks along a flooded street, after “atmospheric river” rainstorms slammed northern California, in the coastal town of Aptos, Jan. 5, 2023.
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Up to three feet of snow will have fallen in the Sierra Nevada by the time the weekend is over. Another 4 feet is possible in some regions through Tuesday alone, with more to come as the week progresses.
The moisture is also making its way further east, with western Colorado reporting 13 inches of snow over the weekend.
ABC News’ Nicholas Kerr contributed to this report.
Heat wave breaks in Southern California with spotty rain
SAN DIEGO — Southern Californians welcomed cooler temperatures and spotty rain Saturday from a tropical storm veering off the Pacific Coast days after a relentless heat wave nearly overwhelmed the state’s electrical grid.
Officials braced for flooding in coastal and mountain areas from the storm and feared powerful winds could expand the massive Fairview Fire about 75 miles (121 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. But minimal flooding was reported early Saturday and crews made significant progress on the fire and said they expected full containment on Monday. More than 10,000 homes and other structures have been threatened by the blaze.
The National Weather Service forecast an end to the grueling heat wave in the Los Angeles area Saturday though heat and wind advisories remained in effect through the evening, and warned of possible flooding in mountain areas and some beach communities.
In San Diego County, inland areas such as Mt. Laguna and Julian received several inches of rain from the storm while coastal communities got less than an inch, the National Weather Service reported.
Hurricane Kay made landfall near Mexico’s Bahia Asuncion in Baja California Sur state Thursday, but it quickly weakened into a tropical storm by the time it reached Southern California. The tropical conditions added a swelter to the heat wave that saw temperatures soar past 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius) in many parts of California this week.
Some residents welcomed the respite from unusually high temperatures.
“The heat was killer, so for now this feels good,” Charles Jenkins said as rain fell Friday in San Diego.
With flooding possible, officials in coastal cities posted warning signs in low-lying areas and made sandbags available to the public. In the Orange County community of Seal Beach, a beach parking lot experienced minor flooding Friday from the high tide, police said.
September already has produced one of the hottest and longest heat waves on record for California and some other Western states. Nearly 54 million people were under heat warnings and advisories across the region this week as temperature records were shattered in many areas.
California’s state capital of Sacramento hit an all-time high Tuesday of 116 degrees (46.7 C), breaking a 97-year-old record. Salt Lake City tied its all-time high temperature Wednesday at 107 degrees (41.6 C).
On Tuesday, as air conditioners whirred amid the stifling heat, California set a record for power consumption and authorities nearly instituted rolling blackouts when the electrical grid capacity was at its breaking point.
Scientists say climate change has made the West warmer and drier over the last three decades and will continue to make weather more extreme and wildfires more frequent and destructive. In the last five years, California has experienced the largest and most destructive fires in state history.
While firefighters made progress against the Fairview Fire, the fast-moving Mosquito Fire in the foothills east of Sacramento doubled in size Friday to at least 46 square miles (119 square kilometers) and threatened 3,600 homes in Placer and El Dorado counties, while blanketing the region in smoke.
Flames jumped the American River, burning structures in the mountain hamlet of Volcanoville and moving closer to the towns of Foresthill, home to about 1,500 people, and Georgetown, population 3,000. More than 5,700 people in the area have been evacuated, said Placer County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Josh Barnhart.
David Hance slept on the porch of his mother’s Foresthill mobile home when he woke up to a glowing red sky early Wednesday morning and was ordered to evacuate.
“It was actually fricking terrifying, cause they say, ‘Oh yeah, it’s coming closer,’” he said. “It was like sunset in the middle of the night.”
Hance left behind most of his electronic gear, all his clothing and family photos and fled to Auburn, where he found his mother, Linda Hance, who said the biggest stress is wondering: “Is my house still there?”
Organizers of the Tour de Tahoe announced Friday they were canceling the annual 72-mile (115-km) bicycle ride scheduled Sunday around Lake Tahoe because of the heavy smoke from the blaze — more than 50 miles (80 km) away — and noted that cycling is a “heavy cardio activity that does not pair well with terrible air quality.” Last year’s ride was canceled due to smoke from another big fire south of Tahoe.
The Mosquito Fire’s cause remained under investigation. Pacific Gas & Electric said unspecified “electrical activity” occurred close in time to the report of the fire on Tuesday.
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Antczak reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Noah Berger in Auburn, California, Scott Sonner in Reno, Nevada, and Gillian Flaccus in Portland, Oregon, contributed to this report.
Sacramento Republic files complaint over alleged Orlando City spy
Sacramento Republic has filed a complaint with the U.S. Soccer Federation, alleging that an Orlando City SC staffer was spying on its training session ahead of Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup final, multiple sources told ESPN.
ESPN television analyst Taylor Twellman was the first to report the news of the staffer’s presence at Sacramento’s practice, and that the U.S. Soccer Federation, which runs the tournament, is aware of the situation.
A spokesperson for the USSF added that the Federation is “looking into it,” and confirmed that a USSF film crew has footage of the incident.
Orlando said in a statement that “the Club has been made aware of the matter regarding Sacramento’s training session and is cooperating with U.S. Soccer.”
The Orlando staffer, who sources told ESPN was recognized by a Republic equipment manager as having a connection to Orlando manager Oscar Pareja, was asked multiple times to leave over the course of a 30-45 minute period. The staffer insisted he was there to meet a friend who was coaching on a nearby field. Republic staff even went so far as to park two vans in front of the individual to obscure his view of training, only to have him move to another location before finally departing.
An Orlando club source confirmed the presence of the staffer but said that there was “no coordinated effort” to have the individual observe training and that the staffer didn’t report back with any information.
The incident took place Monday at Central Winds Park, a public park in suburban Winter Springs, Fla. In a bid to achieve some privacy, the Republic had chosen not to practice at Orlando’s training facility, but then had difficulty securing another place to train, and was thus forced to train at the park.
Even if the Orlando staffer’s presence and his motivation for attending Sacramento’s training session is confirmed, it’s unclear what sanctions the USSF can mete out. The USSF’s Open Cup Open Division Handbook doesn’t strictly prohibit what transpired Monday, but there is an Adjudication and Discipline Panel that handles protests and general discipline.
Section 306 of the handbook states: “Anyone may file a complaint with the Panel about an action or inaction of an Open Cup team, individual, or group or organization participating in the Open Cup competition. The Panel shall determine if the conduct complained of is or would be contrary to the good of the game. The Panel shall take action it considers appropriate in regard to anyone involved in the complaint as provided by subsection (c) of this section.”
The handbook adds: “Except for overturning match results or mandating a replay of a match, the Panel may take any action it considers appropriate, including suspension or fine, or both, for any matter considered by it under this policy. The Panel may only consider mandating a replay of a game or advancing a team that lost if a protest has been filed. The Panel may exercise discretion in cases where a team submits a protest to the Commissioner after the deadline has expired in the event that circumstances regarding the availability of information after the deadline warrant this discretion.”
The two teams are each aiming for their first USOC crown, with Sacramento, which plays in the second-tier USL Championship, aiming to become the first non-MLS team to win the trophy since 1999, when the Rochester Rhinos, then of the A-league, claimed the title over the Colorado Rapids.
Roughly 100 homes burned by Mill Fire in Northern California; Mountain Fire grows nearby – Sacramento Bee
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