🌱 Folsom High Bengals + River Cats Are Hiring + Popcorn 4 A Year

Up and at 'em, Sacramento! Here's everything you need to know to get this Saturday started off right. Here are the most important things happening today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 74 Low: 41.

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Here are the top five stories today in Sacramento:

1. The Sacramento Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce named Sacramento State University President Robert Nelsen as its 2021 Sacramentan of the Year. The award recognizes people who play a significant role in shaping the Sacramento region. The chamber cited Nelsen's work helping students graduate with less debt and supporting an inclusive and healthy campus. (ABC10)
2. A mother and daughter are accused of being part of a group that assaulted a child in Elk Grove. The Elk Grove Police Department said three middle-school-age children were walking near Bruceville Road and Laguna Boulevard around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday when two adults and one kid assaulted a girl. Police said when a friend tried to intervene, another woman hit him with a stick. Police said they used videos of the assault that were posted to social media to identify four of the people responsible. The victims of the attack are students at Harriet Eddy Middle School. That campus is about a half-mile away from where the assault happened. (KCRA3)
3. The Sacramento Police Department has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Centene Charitable Foundation to support the Criminal Justice Academy program. The Sacramento Police Department operates five Criminal Justice Academies supported by the Sacramento Police Foundation at Grant Union, Inderkum, John F. Kennedy, CK McClatchy, and Hiram Johnson high schools. The Sacramento Police Foundation provides college mentoring, SAT preparation, field trips, financial literacy training, college scholarships, and much more. For more information about the criminal justice academies, please visit the Sacramento Police Foundation website at Criminal Justice Academy (sacpolicefoundation.org). (Press Release Desk)
4. A Sacramento business owner's food trailer was recently stolen, and he is asking the public to be on the lookout for it. The owner, Marcelles Cain operates his food truck business, Lobster Mobster Bussdown out of the trailer. Over the past year, Cain has served up soul food dishes through his business. Cain said a neighbor's security camera caught the thieves driving up in a U-Haul pickup truck on Tuesday morning. Cain started a GoFundMe page to help raise money to buy a new trailer, but he's still holding out hope his stolen trailer will be found and returned. (FOX40)
5. For a lot of Folsom residents Sunday's Super Bowl game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams provides a bit more reason than normal to watch: two Folsom High graduates and former Bulldog football stars will be on the Bengals sideline. One, Jonah Williams, a 2016 graduate of Folsom High, will be the starting left tackle (No. 73) for the Bengals' offense. The other, a 2015 graduate of Folsom High, Jake Browning, will be standing on the Bengals sideline as the quarterback for the Bengals practice squad (and, as such, is not eligible to suit up and play on game day). Current Folsom High football coach Paul Doherty is also excited for the game. "We're definitely pulling for the Bengals," Doherty said. (Folsom Telegraph)

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Today in Sacramento:

• The 19th Annual Valentine Run/Walk -Race for Justice, returns to the streets of Sacramento! The race benefits Legal Services of Northern California, a nonprofit organization that offers civil legal aid to thousands of low income and vulnerable individuals and families facing legal challenges. (8:00 AM)
• UCCE Sacramento County Master Gardeners will be available in all areas of the garden, pruning fruit trees, berries, grapes and ornamental grasses as well as maintaining composting and worm composting. Come see and learn. Peruse the gardens at your own pace. Ask questions. Get advice. (9:00 AM)
• The River Cats are having a Job Fair! Available jobs include part-time positions in concessions, culinary, security, EMT, parking, and the game day entertainment squad (Cat Crew). Job offers for select positions may be extended on the spot. (10:00 AM)
• Celebrate the contributions of Sacramento's African-American community and meet barbers, doctors, soldiers, singers, pastors and others who settled the frontier. Presented by historian Eric Bradner and the Sacramento Historic City Cemetery Committee. (12:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• At a loss for what to do for Valentine's Day? Here's an awesome roundup of all of the activities at DOCO! Girl Scout cookie and wine pairing, anyone? (Sacramento Press)
• Calling all students, families and community members! Come and share your ideas for strengthening student mental health and wellness in Sacramento County. Please attend an upcoming listening session on behalf of the Sacramento County Student Mental Health and Wellness Plan and make your voice heard! Register via Eventbrite.
• Purchase an e-gift card for the Tower Theater before February 14, 2022, and you'll be automatically entered to win Free Popcorn for 1 Year!*View official sweepstakes rules.

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You're all caught up for today! I'll see you soon.

— 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...