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Over 6,500 plants were seized A Mexican national was sentenced yesterday at U.S. District Court in Sacramento after being convicted of illegally growing 6,500 plants on land in Shasta-Trinity National Forests. Agustin Cruz-Sanchez, 34, of Mexico, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison and ordered to
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5 members formally appointed Listen to the story. Along with appointing five members to the Measure E oversight committee, the Elk Grove City Council decided to expand the committee size to seven at last evening’s city council meeting. After hearing comments from several of the 19 committee applicants, Mayor
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Drag shows called ‘perversions’ and compared to ANTIFA, Proud Boys During a trustees meeting of the Elk Grove Unified School District, at least three speakers expressed dismay over a drag show performance at a district high school’s multicultural performance. The remarks were made during the public comment section of
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Self-serve only With continuous rain forecasted from another atmospheric river approaching Northern California, coupled with recent record snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, for the next several days, the Central Valley and Elk Grove are under a flood watch. With the flood watch and heavy flows expected from melting snow, the
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Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen will make the appointments Listen to this story During this Wednesday’s Elk Grove City Council meeting, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen will have 19 applicants to consider for appointment to a citizen’s oversight committee. That committee will examine Measure E expenditures, the voter-approved sales tax increase. Measure
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Elk Grove has 118 EV charging stations A new report by ISeecars.com, the Sacramento area is one of the best places for public access to charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs). The study analyzes how many EV chargers are available per resident to determine the cities and states with
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Julie Su nominated by President Biden It is a rare occasion that we find ourselves in agreement with conservatives, but this week we had to agree with an assessment from Rep. Kevin Kiley. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Elk Grove Blvd. & Hwy. 99 cited as a traffic chokepoint On the evening of Tuesday, February 28, the Cosumnes Community Service District and the city of Elk Grove held the fourth and final workshop on spending revenues from the recently passed Measure E. That measure, which was approved in
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The victim was not identified until 2015 The El Dorado County District Attorney’s office announced today an arrest has been made in a cold case rape and murder case that happened in September 1979. The arrest stems from when the suspect was tied to a rape case in Spokane,
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Supervisor Frost says COVID-19 restrictions were a “catastrophic crime against humanity” Editor’s note: A video was produced and uploaded to Elk Grove New’s YouTube Channel @ElkGroveNews showing an exchange between Sacramento County Supervisors Sue Frost and Phil Serna regarding the county’s state of emergency and COVID-19 vaccines.
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From the City of Elk Grove Elk Grove will open an Overnight Warming Location (OWL) beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, March 1, and operate it nightly through Friday, March 3. The location will be the Cosumnes CSD Teen Center at the Wackford Community Complex (9014 Bruceville Road). The Warming Center is open
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One person suggests moving homeless out of state The entire presentation can be heard in the link below. Last night the City of Elk Grove and the Cosumnes Community Services District held the third of four community forums to gather residents’ input on spending the $23 million annual tax revenue