Gas prices, Kings draft and a lottery winner. Your 5/11 Sacramento evening roundup
From soaring gas prices tied to overseas conflict to a fatal Roseville crash. Here’s a quick look at the stories making headlines in Sacramento.
- How high is gas?: California gas prices climbed to an average of about $6.16 per gallon on May 11, roughly $1.65 above the national average of $4.52, with prices jumping about $1.50 per gallon since March 2 as Middle East tensions intensified.
- Kings draft: Sacramento Kings coach Doug Christie identified point guard as the team’s biggest roster need heading into the NBA Draft June 23-24 at Barclays Center, where Sacramento holds the No. 7 pick and could target prospects like Arkansas’s Darius Acuff Jr. or Houston’s Kingston Flemings.
- Roseville crash victim identified: George Habeeb, a 47-year-old Roseville resident, was killed Sunday night in a two-vehicle crash at Baseline Road and Canyon Creek Drive when his white van collided with a BMW, according to the Placer County coroner and Roseville police.
- Northern California lottery winner: A SuperLotto Plus ticket sold at the CVS at 1871 El Camino Real in Burlingame won $32,299 in the May 9 drawing by matching five numbers but not the mega number, with the next jackpot estimated at $19 million for the May 13 drawing.