Sacramento’s top stories: Transit construction, Dominguez ruling and HS football

From a transit hub construction milestone to a court’s insanity ruling in the Davis stabbings case and a preview of high school football’s return, here’s a snapshot of the top stories shaping the Sacramento region.

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• The final phase of the Watt/I-80 Transit Center project begins Tuesday, closing the upper-level southbound bus stop until about October, Sacramento Regional Transit announced. Southbound riders on Routes 1, 26, 84 and 93 will be redirected to a temporary stop on Watt Avenue near Longview Drive. The upper-level northbound bus stop is scheduled to reopen Tuesday after being closed for construction, ending the temporary detour on Route 15.

• A Yolo Superior Court judge on Wednesday committed Carlos Reales Dominguez to a state hospital for 180 days after declaring the former UC Davis student legally insane in the 2023 fatal stabbings of David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm. Judge Samuel T. McAdam said Dominguez, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, was incapable of understanding that his acts were morally and legally wrong at the time. Prosecutors plan to seek a two-year extension at an April hearing, and the families of both victims delivered wrenching impact statements in court.

• Sacramento-area high school football teams take the field this Friday and Saturday for scrimmages and jamborees featuring live tackling, scoreboards and referees ahead of the Aug. 28-29 regular-season kickoff. Marquee matchups include Rio Americano at five-time defending Division I champion Folsom, and Twelve Bridges at 2025 section title winner Woodcreek. From there, teams begin a sprint toward the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs.