Sacramento County slaps drinking ban on Saturday's Rafting Gone Wild

  By Bill Lindelof blindelof@sacbee.com

 

 

Randall Benton / rbenton@sacbee.com

  Rafters chill out on the American River during last year's Rafting Gone Wild event. Raucous behavior by some participants prompted Sacramento County to toughen its anti-alcohol rules.

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Sacramento County officials have decided to ban alcohol on a portion of the American River on Saturday to prevent any risk to the public from the "Rafting Gone Wild" event.

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