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Parking bans, AV trucks and a casino jackpot. Your 4/30 Sacramento evening roundup

By The Sacramento Bee staff, summary produced with AI assistance.
Visitors walk around McKinley Park on November 12, 2023. McKinley Park features Clunie Community Center, a rose garden, seasonal pool, duck pond, playgrounds, picnic areas, tennis courts & trails.
Visitors walk around McKinley Park on November 12, 2023. McKinley Park features Clunie Community Center, a rose garden, seasonal pool, duck pond, playgrounds, picnic areas, tennis courts & trails. Scott Lorenzo

Sacramento saw a busy news day on Thursday, April 30, with action from the city council, a cleared school district official and major changes to California’s autonomous vehicle rules. A Placerville bakery and a casino jackpot rounded out the headlines.

• Parking bans in parks: Sacramento City Council voted Tuesday to restrict nighttime parking from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. at McKinley Park, William Land Park and Winner’s Circle Park, and to post no-parking signs along Gateway Oaks Drive in Natomas. Council members Caity Maple and Mai Vang voted against the moves.

• Fiscal mismanagement allegations cleared: Sacramento City Unified School District financial officer Cindy Tao was cleared of fiscal mismanagement allegations by an external investigation, with seven of eight allegations found unsubstantiated. The investigation was launched after an anonymous “fiscal integrity group” filed seven complaints between September and January. Tao has been on administrative leave since early January and will face no disciplinary action.

• AV trucks: The California DMV approved new regulations Tuesday lifting the ban on autonomous vehicles weighing 10,001 pounds or more, opening the state to AV freight operations including box trucks and semi-trailers. Manufacturers must test heavy-duty vehicles for at least 500,000 miles before commercial use. The rules also strengthen oversight and enforcement on driverless vehicles.

• Bakery finds a home: Caked, a home-based bakery of 25 years, is opening a brick-and-mortar storefront at 1430 Broadway in Placerville. Owner Mandy Evans launched the business after being laid off from Blue Shield of California last June after 22 years. The bakery will offer cakes, cookies, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls and Gunther’s ice cream.

• Big casino win: A gambler at Thunder Valley Casino Resort near Sacramento hit a $143,763 jackpot on a $1 Golden Century slot machine Friday with a $125 bet. The Lincoln casino has paid out more than 251,000 jackpots in the past year.

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’s AI policy.

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