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Happy Camp, California – Responding to a petition by the Karuk Tribe and a commercial fishing group to set and enforce a minimum flow standard for the Scott River, the State Water Resources Control Board has set a public hearing for August 15, 2023 in Sacramento. The Tribe and the Pacific
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An Elk Grove resident has filed a lawsuit after claiming a K9 officer bit them near their residence. Filed in Sacramento Superior Court on April 28, plaintiff Scotty Christian claims on April 16, 2022, a canine officer controlled by Elk Grove Police Officer Jason Miller attacked him near his Elk
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Summer’s here, and the time is right for racing in the streets – Racing in the Streets, by Bruce Springsteen | Today at 7:57 a.m. PDT was summer solstice – the first day of summer. With longer, hotter days, many Elk Grove residents spend more time in their yards, and
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> During the Tuesday, June 13, 2023, Elk Grove Unified School District meeting, Trustees were issued a Biblical-based warning. Ms. Lorie Gardner warned the Trustees, “God will not be mocked” during the public comment section of the meeting. Along with several other people speaking, the school district was criticized for
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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 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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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
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