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As the clock clicks down on the final hours of 2022, Northern California and much of the west coast are getting soaked with heavy rains. In many Elk Grove neighborhoods, particularly the city’s rural Sheldon area, some houses, and other dwellings are threatened with localized flooding. This video was
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Elk Grove residents saw another year of unique events that will shape the future of their City. Aside from having two new city council members, there is now a California Assembly member and Sacramento County Supervisor from Elk Grove. While the 2022 elections were significant, other events happened in 2022
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Elk Grove residents saw another year of unique events that will shape the future of their City. Aside from having two new city council members, there is now a California Assembly member and Sacramento County Supervisor from Elk Grove. While the 2022 elections were significant, other events happened in 2022
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As one of his last acts representing Elk Grove, U.S. Rep. Ami Bera secured $4 million in funding for Elk Grove public work projects. The appropriations were part $1.7 trillion omnibus funding bill that President Joe Biden will sign this week. The $4 million for Elk Grove was
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As it has become the tradition at our sister website, ElkGroveNews.net, each year, we offer a video Seasons Greetings to our readers. We hope our readers, and especially detractors, have a happy 2022 Holiday Season in the manner they find most enjoyable. Of course, let us also wish all
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As the clock runs down in 2022, this is the time of the year when the year’s events are reviewed. Sometimes it is worth remembering the events that didn’t happen. As we were clearing files, we came across a full-page color advertisement (see entire ad below) placed in
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The City of Elk Grove has done a respectable job of listing cultural and religious-focused events. But it appears to have dropped the ball with respect to a new community event. Yesterday a Hanukkah event was held at Elk Grove’s Old Town Plaza. The event was held on the
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Among the many problems facing the beleaguered Elk Grove Unified School District has been the abrupt discontinuation at the start of the 2022-23 school year for special needs students. The program that was discontinued without notice was the Inclusive Education program, which provided individualized study programs for students. The district
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During the Tuesday, December 13, 2022, meeting of the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees, a parent of an inclusive education said there is no accountability of leadership. The comments were made by Mr. Brandon Morgan. Along with other parents of inclusive education students, Morgan has pressed the
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As the last remaining person at Elk Grove City Hall who has been there since the city’s July 2000 incorporation, last night ended City Councilmember Pat Hume’s 22 years of service. Hume, who did not seek reelection to a fifth term, was elected to the Sacramento County Board
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If you were to listen to any of the high-paid administrators or Trustees from the Elk Grove Unified School District, you would think the district is a well-run dynamic organization that ranks among the best in the State of California. But, as many district critics have repeatedly argued, that is