FRIDAY 4-22-22 LOCAL NEWS

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By Jerry Henry on April 23, 2022.

Another shooting in downtown Sacramento yesterday leaving a man and woman dead. The incident occurred at about 3 p.m. in a residential area at T and 11th streets in Sacramento City. Two adults were found dead by officials when they arrived to investigate a shooting incident at this address. Police have said they are not sure if this is an isolated incident of murder or domestic violence and are investigating. Both adults were killed with a single gunshot wound and there is no other suspect under investigation at this time.

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A new air quality report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencyas Air Quality System which focused on the years of 2018 through 2020, has ranked the Sacramento area as being 7^th in a study that looked at Air Quality in 25 USA cities. According to the 155-page air quality report , 11 other CA state cities ranked include: Fresno, No. 1, Bakersfield, No. 2, San Jose, No. 4, Redding, No. 5, Chico, No. 6, Los Angeles, No. 8, Visalia, No. 9, San Diego, No. 13, Salinas, No. 14 and San Luis Obispo, No. 22. Fine particulate matter air pollution, also known as PM2.5, comes from wildfires, wood-burning stoves, coal-fired power plants, diesel engines and more, according to the American Lung Association. The particles can cause asthma attacks, heart attacks, strokes, and lung cancer. Wildfire activity was picked as the major contributor to air pollution in the state. Congress members in California continue to examine this issue and have several bills in committee discussing how the state political system should address fighting climate change when the other question is the congress is spending money and time on the wrong thing since climate change is under control of mother nature and some believe man has little to do with the climate anyway. Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the political analysis of climate change, and why!

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The past few hours have seen Caltrans handling big rig truck traffic, stopping and turned around on I-80 as snow continues to fall in the Sierra Nevada. Both Directions of I-80 were shut down late yesterday as the latest winter storm system passed through the area. Chain controls were in affect for the summit, but late afternoon, CHP relaxed the conditions and traffic was able to move both east and west in the Sierra. Additional winter conditions are expected through today, Friday, as the current weather systems are moving off coast to the Sierra Nevada and on to the Rockies, Periods of avalanche danger may be present though late today on the area interstate highways. –