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K-9 Officer Apollo, left, sits with El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Leikauf in an undated photo. The El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced that Apollo, a 6-year-old German shepherd who joined the department in November 2020, died after a sudden medical emergency following an exercise session.<\/p>\n
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A storm system is heading for California early next week, and Sacramento-area residents are also seeing a freeway closure, a legal fight over a homeless shelter and a push to change the state\u2019s zero-emission vehicle rules. Here\u2019s a roundup of the day\u2019s top stories:<\/p>\n
\u2022 K-9 Apollo mourned: El Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office announced the death<\/a> of Apollo, a 6-year-old German shepherd K-9 officer, after a sudden medical emergency following an exercise session.<\/p>\n \u2022 Fix50 freeway closure: The connector from northbound Highway 99 to eastbound Highway 50 is set to close at 10 p.m. Friday<\/a> and is set to reopen at 1 p.m. Saturday. Another closure is scheduled for April 24-25.<\/p>\n \u2022 Thunderstorms on the way: After a brief warm stretch, rain and isolated thunderstorms<\/a> are expected to arrive Sunday and continue through midweek. Sacramento has a 40% chance of rain Monday, with snow returning to the Sierra Nevada at elevations around 7,000 feet.<\/p>\n \u2022 Trader Joe\u2019s settlement payouts: Some California shoppers may be eligible for an estimated $102.45 payout from a $7.4 million class action<\/a> settlement. The suit alleged certain stores printed too many credit card digits on receipts between March 5 and July 19, 2019. Claims are due by June 9.<\/p>\n \u2022 Homeless shelter fight denied: A Sacramento judge denied a temporary restraining order<\/a> sought by North Natomas residents against a planned 40-unit tiny home shelter for seniors, ruling residents did not demonstrate imminent harm.<\/p>\n \u2022 ZEV pushback: More than 150 people and government entities have written to CARB<\/a> asking for exemptions to the state\u2019s zero-emission vehicle rules, saying the regulations are costly and impractical for emergency response.<\/p>\n This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence based on our own originally reported, written and published content. Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media\u2019s AI policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"K-9 Officer Apollo, left, sits with El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Leikauf in an undated photo. The El…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-273882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}