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Shooting happened at Elk Grove Holiday Inn A suspect was killed late last night in an Elk Grove Police officer-involved shooting. The shooting took place at the Holiday Inn Express hotel on West Stockton Boulevard in Elk Grove just before midnight. KCRA reports that the male suspect had stolen a
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One suspect has already been extradited from the U.K. The U.S. Department of Justice has unsealed an indictment against six Nigerian fraudsters on charges of targeting elderly victims. The suspect are identified as Ezennia Peter Neboh, 48, Kennedy Ikponmwosa, 51, and Prince Amos Okey Ezemma, 49, of Madrid,
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Meetings and events in Elk Grove * 02/21 Diversity & Inclusion Commission Meeting (6 p.m.) * 02/22 City Council Meeting (6 p.m.) * 02/23 Arts Commission Meeting (6:30 p.m.) * 02/27 Measure E Workshop: Addressing Homelessness (6 p.m.) * 02/28 Measure E Workshop: Maintaining Streets
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Jessie R. Benton skimmed Russian cash A Texas Republican operative who was convicted in November for soliciting and causing an illegal campaign contribution by a foreign national to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was sentenced last week. Jesse R. Benton, 45, of Woodlands, Texas, was sentenced to 18 months
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On February 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a controversial executive order that he claimed protects the state’s water supplies “from the impacts of climate-driven extremes in weather” by waiving environmental standards that require more water to be released into the Delta to protect salmon, Delta smelt and other
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Can an Ohio-like derailment occur here? By Michael Monasky | Guest contributor | Two Union Pacific freight trains shuttled black toxic liquid cars through Old Town Elk Grove on Saturday, February 18, 2023. At about noon, 23 toxic tank cars passed; at about 12:30 pm, another 37 toxic black tank cars
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Representative George Santos has caught the imagination of Americans and not in a favorable way. Closer to home, Lodi City Councilmember Shakir Khan has run into a host of legal problems, which leaves you wondering. Listen Time 1 Minute
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Held without bail eligibility This has not been a good week for the city of Lodi and one of it’s council members, Shakir Khan. Aside from fraud, gambling, and money laundering charges he and his brother Zakir Khan face, Khan has reportedly resigned from his city council position after
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Was still elected even after being arrested in 2020 A current member of the Lodi City Council and his brother will be arraigned on several charges next week, according to the San Joaquin District Attorney’s office. Lodi City Councilmember Shakir Khan and his brother Zakir Khan face charges after
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Bills dies in the Assembly Public Safety Committee Even though a bill introduced in December by Assemblymember Joe Patterson (R – Rocklin) to address the fentanyl crisis failed to advance out of the California Assembly Public Safety committee yesterday, the first-term legislator introduced two new bills to address the problem. The
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Bill is similar to previous legislation sponsored by Jim Cooper Soon after taking her oath of office in December for the District 10 California Assembly seat, Stephanie Nguyen introduced legislation that became this session’s Assembly Bill 32. The legislation, which is a near duplicate of legislation advanced by her
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By Dan Walters | CalMatters.org | In summary: A long-running conflict between the state and local governments over housing is entering a new and more confrontational phase. Several jurisdictions in the Bay Area failed to submit housing plans on time, prompting at least 12 lawsuits that could potentially give the state