The Sacramento Brief

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Links

Senior Assistance Programs

Senior and Adult Services

https://dcfas.saccounty.net/SAS/Pages/SAS-Home.aspx

Agency on Aging

https://www.agencyonaging4.org

Events

Afroman at Goldfields

Science Cafe Elk Grove

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Links

Cutting Board Workshop

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cutting-board-workshop-part-1-of-2-tickets-1637126823399?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Pro Am Showcase

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pro-am-showcase-tickets-1263084753499?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=

In this episode:

• What is Labor Day? A quick look back at the history of Labor Day, how it became a national holiday, and why it’s more than just the unofficial end of summer.
• StartupSac FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training Program Sacramento residents are invited to apply for the final 2025 cohort of this free 12-week bootcamp designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn ideas into thriving businesses. Applications are due by September 5th at midnight.
• Sacramento County Business Resources The Office of Economic Development and the Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) offer guidance, tools, and non-regulatory support to help local businesses launch, grow, and thrive.In this episode:
  • What is Labor Day? A quick look back at the history of Labor Day, how it became a national holiday, and why it’s more than just the unofficial end of summer.
  • StartupSac FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training Program Sacramento residents are invited to apply for the final 2025 cohort of this free 12-week bootcamp designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn ideas into thriving businesses. Applications are due by September 5th at midnight.
  • Sacramento County Business Resources The Office of Economic Development and the Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) offer guidance, tools, and non-regulatory support to help local businesses launch, grow, and thrive.In this episode:
    • What is Labor Day? A quick look back at the history of Labor Day, how it became a national holiday, and why it’s more than just the unofficial end of summer.
    • StartupSac FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training Program Sacramento residents are invited to apply for the final 2025 cohort of this free 12-week bootcamp designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn ideas into thriving businesses. Applications are due by September 5th at midnight.
    • Sacramento County Business Resources The Office of Economic Development and the Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) offer guidance, tools, and non-regulatory support to help local businesses launch, grow, and thrive.In this episode:
      • What is Labor Day? A quick look back at the history of Labor Day, how it became a national holiday, and why it’s more than just the unofficial end of summer.
      • StartupSac FastTrac Entrepreneurial Training Program Sacramento residents are invited to apply for the final 2025 cohort of this free 12-week bootcamp designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs turn ideas into thriving businesses. Applications are due by September 5th at midnight.
      • Sacramento County Business Resources The Office of Economic Development and the Business Environmental Resource Center (BERC) offer guidance, tools, and non-regulatory support to help local businesses launch, grow, and thrive.

The Office of Economic Development, support as you look to grow or expand your business in Sacramento County

https://economic.saccounty.gov/Pages/default.aspx

City of Sacramento Entrepreneurial Training

https://sacramentocityexpress.com/2025/08/21/sacramento-residents-invited-to-apply-for-12-week-entrepreneurial-training-progr

Music Steven Oxen

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Links

Tiger Private Room

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-night-long-tigers-private-room-friday-august-29th-tickets-1640972736629?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=61bd1331c95fc29d868b7d2ea53fca80c5b77ac41cb1c35620bc5c8fcf125c2cb6870ceab5e05b361cc9e8c25e1f9853de163f5a763a585d6f9ef7b5d09fb92c12e28ea75cb069aae7d3c5b8

Hella Plants

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hella-plants-market-sacramento-tickets-1543112544159?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=d89af4d3516759b44e6d591d0fd198ed0b9244067311da6b8431e8fe168b4e6c61ba9adac4540547796cb69d51d867220e3fbe5005b423a57767705246bb15301c601a26cceaea8f6ffb2dd1

Three Sisters Gardens

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/three-sisters-gardens-august-skills-share-registration-1489574410159?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=61bd1331c95fc29d868b7d2ea53fca80c5b77ac41cb1c35620bc5c8fcf125c2cb6870ceab5e05b361cc9e8c25e1f9853de163f5a763a585d6f9ef7b5d09fb92c12e28ea75cb069aae7d3c5b8

Just over a week ago, an explosion on 39th Street in South Oak Park destroyed a home and claimed the life of 62-year-old Karl Lysinger. Investigators say he was both the perpetrator and the victim of the blast.

In this episode, I share my personal experience of hearing the explosion from my studio a mile away, reflect on the years of conflict that surrounded the property, and look at the deeper issue—mental health struggles that too often go unspoken until it’s too late.

As a certified Mental Health First Aid responder, I talk about the warning signs, the importance of community connection, and the tools available when someone is at a breaking point, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

This is more than a story about one man or one neighborhood—it’s a call for compassion, vigilance, and action so that no one in our community has to suffer in silence.

Background Music Steven Oxen

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Links

Animal Shelter

https://animalcare.saccounty.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Events

Modest Film Society

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/modest-film-society-august-screening-tickets-1568526437799?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=d89a1963b2ba6ea725d348afdb5576d4a6ce8911457a5b0ced931c3d8550352e6a58df4683c29a352b5948a8bd108f779b1ec345af4ef54e9fd6f3e569f4b7264bba44b262663f1034bd50fe

THE GALLERY AT NITE POETRY OPEN MIC!....

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-gallery-at-nite-poetry-open-mic-tickets-1580061439299?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=d89a1963b2ba6ea725d348afdb5576d4a6ce8911457a5b0ced931c3d8550352e6a58df4683c29a352b5948a8bd108f779b1ec345af4ef54e9fd6f3e569f4b7264bba44b262663f1034bd50fe

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Links

Parks/Fish and Game Meeting

https://agendanet.saccounty.gov/RegionalParks/Meetings/ViewMeeting?id=9493&doctype=1

Downtown Happy Hour

https://www.downtownsac.org/downtown-sac-experiences/sunset-sips/

Mahogany Urban Poetry

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mahogany-urban-poetry-hot-august-writes-tickets-1554965115519?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Events

Family Support Services

https://childsupportservices.saccounty.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Lupus Support Group

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lupus-support-group-sacramento-charcuterie-chat-tickets-1471321424989?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=d89af4d3516759b44e6d591d0fd198ed0b9244067311da6b8431e8fe168b4e6c61ba9adac4540547796cb69d51d867220e3fbe5005b423a57767705246bb15301c601a26cceaea8f6ffb2dd1

Self-sufficiency workshop

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/self-sufficiency-workshop-are-you-financially-healthy-registration-1545505601859?sg=d89af4d3516759b44e6d591d0fd198ed0b9244067311da6b8431e8fe168b4e6c61ba9adac4540547796cb69d51d867220e3fbe5005b423a57767705246bb15301c601a26cceaea8f6ffb2dd1&aff=ebdsshios

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Events

Grass Seeds Bees

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-nerds-grass-seeds-bees-tickets-1603424970249?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=c3eb370cbcf9f8335aff56ee65434d2cf4e561e802de90beeb331c7e429d64355cf613906005537b2d3989d4ae8c49e5852760467f1a1602ad3effc54adf3a385a6699b098c62579c1707950

Fox & Goose Open Mic

https://www.downtownsac.org/events/open-mic-with-dave-baldwin/

The Sacramento Brief delivers your essential local headlines in under 10 minutes — clear, concise, and always current. Hosted by Carol, this weekday morning podcast recaps overnight news, city updates, weather alerts, and upcoming events across Sacramento. Whether you’re commuting, sipping your coffee, or checking the headlines before school drop-off, stay informed without the noise.

Sacramento deserves a voice that informs, not inflames. This is your daily dose of clarity.

Music- Steven Oxen

Events

Ales and Tales

https://www.fairytaletown.org/calendar/tales-ales-brewfest-2025/

2000’s Party

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2000s-party-tiger-friday-august-22nd-tickets-1607869473879?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=ac3fa116b4aee532de53b5fc11d5eaa077ecdf5cb74925ffa8f4cfa156175681582009e0df37212ea4397d6686476c75766b03f41af8d053dc68a731f0b13635e8e4d9be36ddcdcd3cc2bb77

Joy and Madness

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/joy-and-madness-tickets-1450671821469?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&sg=ac3fa116b4aee532de53b5fc11d5eaa077ecdf5cb74925ffa8f4cfa156175681582009e0df37212ea4397d6686476c75766b03f41af8d053dc68a731f0b13635e8e4d9be36ddcdcd3cc2bb77