🌱 SCUSD & Unions Negotiate + Nat'l Vietnam Veteran's Day Event

Get on up, Sacramento! Let's get this Tuesday started off right. These are the most important things happening today in town.

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First, today's weather:

Sunshine, pleasant and warmer. High: 73 Low: 47.

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Here are the top five stories today in Sacramento:

1. The Sacramento City Unified School District sat down at the bargaining table for hours with the Sacramento City Teachers Association for the first time on Sunday since thousands of teachers and staff went on strike last week. The district also continued talks with the local SEIU 1021 Chapter. However, no deal was made with either union, meaning kids did not return to the classroom Monday. SCTA has been calling on the district to agree to the recommendations made by a neutral panel in its fact-finder report. You can read the proposal to the district here. The district responded with a counterproposal on Sunday. Read it here. (KCRA3)
2. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office broke up an illegal drug sales operation at a warehouse on 42nd Avenue near Franklin Boulevard in South Sacramento this week. Deputies worked with the sheriff's office Gang Suppression Unit detectives to conduct surveillance of the area and get a search warrant for the warehouse. On Thursday, authorities from multiple agencies searched the warehouse and seized 300 pounds of processed marijuana worth $500,000, 15 pounds of cannabis wax worth $130,000, 10 pounds of mushrooms worth $25,000, about 25 pounds of edibles worth $25,000, $27,000 in cash and six guns. The investigation is ongoing. (KRON4)
3. A person fell about 20 feet from the decking at Joe's Crab Shack in Old Sacramento to the ground near the Sacramento River on Saturday night. The person was brought back up to the street level to be transported to a local hospital with critical injuries. (ABC10)
4. Two Folsom Prison inmates sentenced in San Diego County for assaults are suspected of killing another inmate while in the prison recreation yard, authorities said Sunday. Nathan Marcos, 33, was attacked by two other inmates at 2:12 p.m. Saturday and was declared dead at 2:38 p.m. after prison staff used chemical agents to stop the attack, according to officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Officials identified the two prisoners who allegedly attacked Marcos as Tyler Yates and Gregory Roach. (Times of San Diego via MSN)
5. The City's Department of Utilities in April will begin maintenance work along critical infrastructure in the City's flood control system, including water ditches near I-80, upper and lower Morrison Creek, as well as Bruceville Basin. This maintenance is expected to take up to six weeks to complete. The work performed in these areas will include removing debris that can cause localized flooding, block service roads and ditches as well as inspecting banks. Outreach and notification of the upcoming maintenance work at each site is scheduled to occur over three weeks before its start date. (Sacramento City Express)

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Today in Sacramento:

• HerScan delivers safe, non-invasive, easy access to breast ultrasound screening to women. Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel, 1230 J St, Sacramento, CA, 95814 (9:00 AM)
• The Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. Chapter 500, will host an event at the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial, honoring all the veterans who served during the Vietnam War. (12:00 Noon)
• If you're nearing retirement or already retired, you need to understand how taxes (including the new changes) impact your retirement income. Check out this Taxes in Retirement Webinar (2:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Introducing Craftsy on Libby from the Sacramento Library, for beginner to advanced crafters alike! Find over 150 classes including painting, sewing, baking, drawing, and more with new classes being added every month. Craftsy also offers live streaming events that its users can attend.
• Help Sacramento Life build its website! Vote for your favorite sushi restaurant. (Instagram)
• On Thursday April 7 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Guild Theater, the Oak Park Neighborhood Association (OPNA) will present a live Candidate Forum featuring those running for Sacramento City Council, District 5. (Sacramento Observer)
• Directors of Volunteers in Agencies (DOVIA) Sacramento is proud to present three annual recognition awards: Youth Volunteer of the Year, Individual Volunteer of the Year and Volunteer Manager of the Year. For more information or a nomination form visit www.doviasacramento.org/Awards. A panel of community leaders, independent of DOVIA board of directors and members, reviews each nomination and chooses a winner in each category. Nominees will be contacted by DOVIA shortly after the nomination due date of Friday, April 15 5 pm Pacific.

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That's it for today. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— 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...