Dick Cable remembered, snails return: Sacramento Bee’s top stories from May 9 and 10

The Sacramento Bee covered a range of top stories this past weekend, from a congressional campaign event to a beloved local tradition reviving for a city’s 80th birthday.

Here’s a quick look at what made headlines.

• ‘The Walter Cronkite of Sacramento’ is laid to rest. Family, colleagues and fans gathered Saturday at The Invitation Room in Old Sacramento to remember Dick Cable, the longtime News10 anchor who died Feb. 25 at 89. Cable spent roughly 30 years at KXTV before retiring in 1998, and his wife Berta Cable told mourners his colleagues called him “the Walter Cronkite of Sacramento. And that was exactly right.” Veterans of local broadcast news — including Dan Adams, Jennifer Smith, Walt Gray and Kitty O’Neal — recalled his fairness, his humility and his “Cable’s Comment” segments.
• The family behind Jimboy’s Tacos mourns its president. Karen Knudson-Freeman, president of Jimboy’s Tacos, died April 20 at 68, 13 months after a cancer diagnosis. The daughter of founder Jim Knudson and mother of CEO Erik Freeman, she developed the chain’s signature chili burrito — inspired by her parents’ chili-competition recipe — which became the most popular menu item during its last promotion from late February through April.
• Snails climb again in Folsom. Folsom celebrated its 80th birthday Saturday by reviving The Great Folsom Snail Race, first held in 1981 and a fixture through the 1980s and 1990s. About 20 races took place at Folsom City Lions Park, with up to nine snails per heat climbing one-foot poles; Mayor Justin Raithel motivated his snail with lettuce and made the semifinals before finishing fourth.
• Sacramento councilwoman is pregnant and running for re-election. Caity Maple, 34, the youngest member of the Sacramento City Council, is expecting her first child this year while campaigning to keep her Oak Park and Parkway seat in 2026. Maple said the long council meetings — including a recent one stretching nearly 14 hours — bring back pain and frequent bathroom breaks, but she’s pressing on: “I don’t have to compromise on anything. I can have my career. I can pursue my passion, and I can be a mom.”
• Volunteers race to save SCUSD food program. A nonprofit-run effort that feeds about 2,800 food-insecure people each month across more than 40 Sacramento City Unified sites is fighting to survive amid federal CalFresh cuts. Supporters of Alchemist CDC’s Community Food Connections program launched a “Full Bellies Feed Learning” campaign aiming to raise $250,000 — enough to fund it for at least a year — with about $75,000 already in hand.
• David Hogg stumps for Mai Vang in 7th District primary. Sacramento Councilmember Mai Vang appeared Saturday in Elk Grove with gun control activist David Hogg ahead of the June 2 primary, where Vang, 41, is challenging 81-year-old U.S. Rep. Doris Matsui. Hogg told roughly 50 attendees that young voters could decide the race, and emphasized Vang’s pledge to reject corporate donors — a contrast with Matsui’s largest contributors, which include political action committees tied to major corporations.
• New Placer County school will be home of the Liberty Point Lions. Western Placer Unified School District trustees voted Tuesday to name its new K-8 school in the Village 7 area of Liberty at Lincoln Liberty Point — with lions as the mascot, set to open in 2030-31. Community outreach drew 1,584 survey responses with 49 name suggestions and 37 mascot options.