From transit decisions that reshape the region\u2019s climate timeline to Republican voters crossing party lines, this week delivered stories with real consequences for the Sacramento area. Here\u2019s a quick catch-up on what made news this week.<\/p>\n
Sacramento Regional Transit is buying 78 new compressed natural gas buses<\/a>, delaying its transition to a zero-emission fleet as the agency navigates funding gaps, aging infrastructure and technology hurdles. California has set a 2040 deadline for transit agencies to move off fossil fuels, but RT says natural gas buses offer near-term savings and will require a state exemption to keep rolling.Some lifelong Republican voters in El Dorado County say they plan to vote for Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui<\/a> in the November congressional election, breaking with their party in a Sacramento-area race.Adventure seekers now have a new local challenge: the Tahoe Via Ferrata at Palisades ski resort offers a guided rock climbing route with iron rungs, steel cables and a \u201cSuper Monkey Bridge\u201d<\/a> for climbers of varying ages and skill levels. Alpenglow Expeditions mountain guide Tim Mincey led reporter Camila Pedrosa and photographer Hector Amezcua up the cliff face for a firsthand look at what climbing the Palisades course is really like. <\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From transit decisions that reshape the region\u2019s climate timeline to Republican voters crossing party lines, this week delivered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":["post-461863","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\/461863","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=461863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}