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Happy Father’s Day! Today we celebrate Dads in all their forms and functions. Funny, helpful, hard, and loving, just to name a few qualities. As we have with Mother’s Day, with the help of our readers, we have compiled a playlist of songs dedicated to Dads. While songs
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Elk Grove has two large projects on the horizon – the mixed-use development called Project Elevate and the relocation of the Sacramento Zoo. At the end of the June 14, 2023, city council meeting, as members of the zoo subcommittee, Councilmember Rod Brewer and Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen discussed that project (see
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The Mayor seemed upset by her protégé’s comments As the June 14 Elk Grove City Council meeting came to a close, city council members and the mayor provided their reports on activities. Councilmember Rod Brewer reported on his subcommittee meeting on the relocation of the Sacramento Zoo. Following Brewer’
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In Elk Grove’s 23 years as a California general law city, there has been an ongoing effort to resurrect the area known as Old Town. Some of the steps have achieved modest gains, while others failed. In the last few years, efforts have been more fruitful. Along with the
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Even though they have appeared at several Elk Grove City Council meetings, feline advocates had cold water splashed on their hopes for more animal shelter services during the June 14 Elk Grove City Council meeting. The feline advocates have been speaking during the public comment section of several city council
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At the start of the Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Elk Grove City Council meeting, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen said the city is pursuing another lawsuit against an unnamed defendant. The lawsuit was discussed during the closed session. Hear Singh-Allen’s announcement in the video.
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A man accused of murder in a drive-by shooting was convicted yesterday in jury trial in Sacramento Superior Court. Devonte White was convicted of first-degree murder and felon in possession of a firearm. The jury also found true the special circumstance that in the commission of the murder, White intentionally
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Even though they may not have been in attendance as the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees concluded its meeting, so-called ‘parental rights’ advocates earned a victory during the Tuesday, June 13 meeting. The victory came in the form of having a staff presentation on parental rights’ placed
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Public safety is receiving half of the new funding When the Elk Grove City Council unanimously approves the city’s fiscal year 2024 budget tonight, they will also support a spending plan for sales tax revenues generated by November 2022 voter-approved Measure E. The budget, which will become effective July
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Joshua David Harrington, 36, of Modesto, was sentenced yesterday in Federal Court in Fresno to 12 years and seven months in prison for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to court documents, on April 2, 2021, Harrington discarded a backpack
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Department budget jumping a whopping 18 percent During their Wednesday, June 14 meeting, the Elk Grove City Council will approve the city’s annual budget for fiscal year 2024. By state law, the budget must be adopted by June 30. Even though the mayor, city council, and city executives crow