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From a Capitol showdown over roosters to a park packed with banana costumes, Sacramento’s weekend delivered a mix of political news and community celebration. Here’s a recap of the stories that shaped the Sacramento-area last weekend.
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- A bill that would have limited Californians to keeping no more than 25 caged or tethered game fowl roosters was halted in committee after hundreds of opponents flooded the Capitol, effectively killing the cockfighting crackdown this session.
- Sacramento will become one of six new geographic areas added to the Consumer Price Index starting in 2028, with federal statisticians beginning data collection in October across Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties. The CPI tracks changes in the cost of goods and services across 200 categories including groceries, gasoline and housing, and informs wages, rent prices, Social Security benefits, pensions and interest rates.
- The 15th annual Sacramento Banana Festival took over William Land Regional Park on Saturday with a reggae theme, banana-eating contests and Zumba, serving as the largest yearly fundraiser for the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum.
- The inaugural Bugtopia expo drew thousands to the DoubleTree Hotel Sacramento on Saturday, where families browsed live tarantulas, pinned butterflies and workshops on how to pin insects. Event organizer Ethan Robbins said turnout exceeded expectations with many newcomers to the hobby attending.
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