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Folsom residents enticed their snails with lettuce Saturday, May 9, 2026, for the Great Folsom Snail Race held for the city\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n
Corey Schmidt<\/p>\n
corey.schmidt@sacbee.com<\/p>\n
The Sacramento Bee covered a range of top stories this past weekend, from a congressional campaign event to a beloved local tradition reviving for a city\u2019s 80th birthday.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a quick look at what made headlines.<\/p>\n
\u2018The Walter Cronkite of Sacramento\u2019 is laid to rest. Family, colleagues and fans gathered Saturday at The Invitation Room in Old Sacramento to remember Dick Cable, the longtime News10 anchor who died Feb. 25 at 89<\/a>. Cable spent roughly 30 years at KXTV before retiring in 1998, and his wife Berta Cable told mourners his colleagues called him \u201cthe Walter Cronkite of Sacramento. And that was exactly right.\u201d Veterans of local broadcast news \u2014 including Dan Adams, Jennifer Smith, Walt Gray and Kitty O\u2019Neal \u2014 recalled his fairness, his humility and his \u201cCable\u2019s Comment\u201d segments.The family behind Jimboy\u2019s Tacos mourns its president. Karen Knudson-Freeman, president of Jimboy\u2019s Tacos, died April 20 at 68,<\/a> 13 months after a cancer diagnosis. The daughter of founder Jim Knudson and mother of CEO Erik Freeman, she developed the chain\u2019s signature chili burrito \u2014 inspired by her parents\u2019 chili-competition recipe \u2014 which became the most popular menu item during its last promotion from late February through April.Snails climb again in Folsom. Folsom celebrated its 80th birthday Saturday by reviving The Great Folsom Snail Race, first held in 1981<\/a> and a fixture through the 1980s and 1990s. About 20 races took place at Folsom City Lions Park, with up to nine snails per heat climbing one-foot poles; Mayor Justin Raithel motivated his snail with lettuce and made the semifinals before finishing fourth.Sacramento councilwoman is pregnant and running for re-election. Caity Maple, 34, the youngest member of the Sacramento City Council<\/a>, is expecting her first child this year while campaigning to keep her Oak Park and Parkway seat in 2026. Maple said the long council meetings \u2014 including a recent one stretching nearly 14 hours \u2014 bring back pain and frequent bathroom breaks, but she\u2019s pressing on: \u201cI don\u2019t have to compromise on anything. I can have my career. I can pursue my passion, and I can be a mom.\u201dVolunteers race to save SCUSD food program. A nonprofit-run effort that feeds about 2,800 food-insecure people each month across more than 40 Sacramento City Unified sites is fighting to survive amid federal CalFresh cuts. Supporters of Alchemist CDC\u2019s Community Food Connections program<\/a> launched a \u201cFull Bellies Feed Learning\u201d campaign aiming to raise $250,000 \u2014 enough to fund it for at least a year \u2014 with about $75,000 already in hand.David Hogg stumps for Mai Vang in 7th District primary. Sacramento Councilmember Mai Vang<\/a> appeared Saturday in Elk Grove with gun control activist David Hogg ahead of the June 2 primary, where Vang, 41, is challenging 81-year-old U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui. Hogg told roughly 50 attendees that young voters could decide the race, and emphasized Vang\u2019s pledge to reject corporate donors \u2014 a contrast with Matsui\u2019s largest contributors, which include political action committees tied to major corporations.New Placer County school will be home of the Liberty Point Lions. Western Placer Unified School District trustees voted Tuesday to name its new K-8 school in the Village 7 area of Liberty at Lincoln Liberty Point \u2014 with lions as the mascot<\/a>, set to open in 2030-31. Community outreach drew 1,584 survey responses with 49 name suggestions and 37 mascot options. <\/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. 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