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  • How to enjoy Sacramento's free riverside escape at Paradise Beach
  • Want to meet Negro League legends at Sacramento State this weekend?
  • How will Sacramento news change after McClatchy's latest AI-driven layoffs?

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  • Saturday: Partly sunny and seasonable, with a high of 91 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
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📰 News we're reading

• Paradise Beach offers an urban oasis along Sacramento's American River (kcra.com) — Paradise Beach along Sacramento's American River offers a free, easy-to-reach escape with sandy shoreline, walking and biking trails, and loaner life jackets for swimmers. Tucked near East Sacramento's River Park neighborhood and Glenn Hall Park, it's open daily from sunrise to sunset for dog walks, paddling, sunbathing, and relaxed riverside strolls without leaving town.
   

• Sacramento event honors Negro League players and showcases high school athletes (kcra.com) — Sacramento baseball fans can honor Negro League history this weekend as the Roots and Rising Stars Foundation hosts its annual Honorary Negro League Game, featuring Black high school athletes from the Sacramento region. A meet-and-greet runs Saturday at Baker Family Wines, followed by Sunday's game at 1 p.m. at Sacramento State's John Smith Field, with former Negro League players sharing stories and signing autographs.
   

• After Sacramento Bee cuts, McClatchy ramps up its AI strategy (amedpost.com) — Layoffs at The Sacramento Bee have cut at least 10 journalists even as parent company McClatchy expands an AI-driven Content Innovation Lab to repurpose stories and test new audiences. Reporters describe this as one of the bloodiest rounds of cuts in years, raising concerns about how Sacramento's city halls, schools, and public agencies will be covered with fewer local journalists on the ground.
   

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West Sacramento

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Rio Linda

  • Country Faire Moves to Dry Creek Ranch House for Its Biggest Weekend Yet (riolindaonline.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Night Moo-s (Thank you John S. for sending it in!)
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