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Members of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez\u2019s family and clergy attend his detention hearing before U.S. District Judge Dale Drozd in Sacramento federal court on Monday, April 20, 2026. The judge ordered Mendoza Hernandez held pending trial after prosecutors objected to an earlier decision to release him.<\/p>\n
Vicki Behringer<\/p>\n
Special to The Bee<\/p>\n
From a potentially dangerous virus strain confirmed in Northern California, to an evening weather update, to the Sacramento Kings losing an NBA draft lottery tiebreaker, to another potential basketball bombshell involving the Golden State Warriors, Monday brought major developments across the region.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at top stories from April 20, 2026:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sierra storm alert: A winter storm warning has been issued for the Sierra Nevada<\/a> as an incoming storm is poised to dump snow on the mountains, the National Weather Service said. The warning will take effect at 2 a.m. Tuesday and is expected to end at 5 p.m. Wednesday, the agency said.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mpox alert: A case of the more dangerous clade I strain of mpox was confirmed in San Francisco<\/a> on April 14 \u2014 the seventh clade I case in California. Health officials are urging at-risk residents to get vaccinated, especially with summer travel approaching.<\/p>\n \u2022 Kings draft update: The Sacramento Kings lost a tiebreaker to the Utah Jazz<\/a>, dropping to fifth in the NBA draft lottery. Both teams went 22-60, and mock drafts project the Kings could select Houston\u2019s Kingston Flemings or Arkansas\u2019 Darius Acuff Jr.<\/p>\n \u2022 ICE shooting case: A federal judge ruled that Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez, the Patterson man shot seven times by ICE agents<\/a> during an April 7 traffic stop, must remain in custody pending trial. His preliminary hearing is set for May 5.<\/p>\n \u2022 Esparto explosion bail: A Yolo County judge approved a $500,000 bail bond<\/a> for Craig Allen Cutright, the former volunteer firefighter accused in the July 1 fireworks warehouse explosion in Esparto that killed seven workers.<\/p>\n \u2022 Warriors era ending? Warriors player Draymond Green said he believes Friday\u2019s playoff loss to the Suns may have been Steve Kerr\u2019s last game<\/a> as Golden State\u2019s coach, saying \u201cit just felt like that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 Folsom cattle drive: A one-time cattle drive<\/a> will return to Folsom\u2019s Sutter Street on July 1 after more than 20 years, featuring 10 longhorns and 40 additional cattle to kick off the Folsom Pro Rodeo.<\/p>\n \u2022 4\/20 reminders: Time is winding down on the cannabis holiday, and California law still prohibits smoking weed in public places<\/a>, near schools and while driving \u2014 even though recreational use is legal for adults 21 and older.<\/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":"Members of Carlos Ivan Mendoza Hernandez\u2019s family and clergy attend his detention hearing before U.S. District Judge Dale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-278199","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\/278199","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=278199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}