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The event offered everything from free STI screenings to blood pressure checks and vaccinations. It also provided health services for pets of unhoused Sacramentans.

First Step Communities are asking for donations to be dropped off at the Warren E Thornton Youth Center Gym between 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.:

The shelter is located in the River District at North A and North 14th streets

The National Weather Service says there is the possibility of thunderstorms in the valley from 2 p.m. Friday until 10 a.m. Saturday, which could bring lightning, hail and gusty winds.

Donations will fund repairs, maintenance, landscaping and new community porches at The Grove, which opened in North Sacramento three years ago and serves unhoused youth ages 18 to 24.

By Ken Magri | Special to The OBSERVER - Unhoused Shelter In Trailers At Sacramento Park, But Only Until May

Amid the recent cold temperatures, the unhoused population is seeking overnight shelter at unseen numbers in the Sacramento area, officials said.

The city has opened the Outreach and Engagement Center on Auburn Boulevard in northeastern Sacramento and the lobby at the North Fifth Street shelter.

First Step Communities officials say they quickly corrected the record with unhoused residents on the site, but were sparse with details on an exit strategy

Concern over the future of people living at a Safe Ground site, set up by the city of Sacramento, circulated on social media Thursday.