At 6:18pm Sacramento Metro firefighters responded to the 6000 block of Oak Creek Way, to the report of a four-year-old male child that had been pulled from a pool and was not breathing.

At 6:21pm Paramedics arrived on scene. In the backyard of a residential home they found two people performing CPR on the small child according to Sacramento Metro Fire spokesman Scott Cockrum

Dispatchers had been able to give CPR instructions to an adult on scene.

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Drastic budget cuts by the City of Sacramento has prevented the Parks and Recreation Department from restoring service hours to its ten community swimming pools. Several of the pools are open only for classes or lifeguard training. For half a dozen others, public swimming hours are from 2pm to 4 pm.

That means swimmers dealing with hot summer temperatures aren’t able to use the pools during the hottest part of the day around 5pm. Some residents are frustrated because the hours of operation are not posted clearly. Emma Halaapiapi and her five kids arrived at Magnan Pool in the Fruitridge neighborhood at 11am waiting for the pool to open. The sign said it is open from 1pm to 5pm, but that was before hours were adjusted to deal with the city’s budget crisis. The Park and Recreatioh website shows that the pool is closed for public use.

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