Opinion
Elk Grove News Minute - Cunning Elk Grove politicians, bureaucrats will seize this opportunity
Politicians of all stripes can benefit from the march toward American authoritarianism if they want to.
Opinion
Elk Grove News Minute - Elk Grove has a lot to like, but none is because of the mayor or city council
Geography plays a huge role in Elk Grove's appeal.
Politics & Government
IRS problems for Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie-Singh Allen persist; Taxpayers facing 'Grave Danger?'
No one likes to pay their taxes, whether it is your federal income taxes or that extra one percent levied on Elk Grove consumers by Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen's voter-approved Measure E. But most people pay their income taxes annually with little fuss. While it is almost
Politics & Government
Elk Grove playing loose and fast in zoo financing communication
Elk Grove is planning its most significant public works project in the city's 25-year history. That project is the relocation of the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove. The project's first stage, which is being constructed in three phases, is budgeted at over $3000 million. Mayor Bobbie
Opinion
Elk Grove News Minute Podcast - Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen you are being played for a chump!
The Elk Grove and Sacramento Zoological Society partnership has a troubling and missing elemen
Politics & Government
Senator Padilla Demands Answers After Army Corps Orders Central Valley Dams Open to Flood Levels
“Local officials warned the Corps that releasing water at the levels the Corps planned to would have flooded both the Kaweah and Tule rivers, posing a flood risk to communities and farms down river and wasting water that could have been used for irrigation over the summer,” according to Padilla.
Community News
Elk Grove Week at a Glance - Week on February 3
Meetings and events in Elk Grove
Podcast
Elk Grove News Minute - The two things certain to happen with the zoo, rail commuter station projects
Elk Grove has two significant public works projects that, if completed, will have long-term effects. Those projects include the unfunded $300 million Sacramento Zoo relocation and the commuter rail station. Listen Time 1 Minute February's bumper music is Sofa King by Royel Otis.
Opinion
Elk Grove News Podcast - National media should focus on bigger implications, not day-to-day Trump chaos
The second Trump administration has been in position for just over a week, and we are already seeing many patterns from the first time around being repeated by the president and the major media outlets. On this edition of Elk Grove News Podcast, we’ll look at how one national
Politics & Government
When Elk Grove City Hall doesn't respond to a simple question, it seems like they are hiding information
From our perspective, city hall was asked a simple and fair question.
Opinion
Elk Grove News Minute - What’s more important, the discretionary Sacramento Zoo vanity project or homo sapiens?
Elk Grove plays fast and loose with zoo facts
Politics & Government
A rose by any other name? Sacramento Zoological Society, Elk Grove clash over naming of unfunded $300 million zoo
Councilmember Darren Suen suggested naming it the Elk Grove Zoo in Greater Sacramento to recognize the city's role in the relocation and expansion of the facility.