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Sacramento-area readers faced a packed news day Thursday, with major developments in West Sacramento’s trash service, regional traffic and police surveillance. Here’s a quick look:
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- West Sacramento’s City Council approved a 10-year contract with GreenWaste Recovery, switching trash haulers for the first time and raising rates for residents. The vote followed criticism over a lack of public input in the selection process. City Hall launched a last-minute outreach push after residents pushed back at a packed Aug. 19 council meeting.
- Back-to-back freeway shutdowns this week paralyzed traffic across Sacramento, and transportation experts say there’s no easy fix. The region’s “hub and spoke” road network leaves few alternate routes when a corridor like Highway 50 goes down. One closure followed an officer-involved shooting that shut westbound Highway 50 near Hazel Avenue early Tuesday, snarling the morning commute.
- Sacramento police shared license plate reader data with federal agencies through fusion centers, raising fresh privacy concerns. The department’s automated cameras captured plate data 290 million times last year. Unlike many cities in the national debate over Flock-branded cameras, Sacramento uses a different automated license plate reader system.
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