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On Wednesday, November 23, the Elk Grove City Council rescheduled a previously canceled meeting with one hearing item. That item was to adopt an ordinance to start collecting increased sales taxes from Measure E. Speaking during the meeting, one Elk Grove resident, Ms. Lynn Wheat, urged the city to provide
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A suspect is in custody at the Sacramento County Jail following a Wednesday early morning hit-and-run incident that resulted in the fatality of a pedestrian in Elk Grove. Elk Grove Police arrested Michael D. Brown, 54, of Sacramento, in the incident that killed a 62-year-old male on Stockton Blvd. just
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In what has become a common traffic hazard, Union Pacific Railroad trains once again blocked traffic in Elk Grove during a busy time. This time, the train came to a complete stop at 6:50 p.m. on Wednesday, November 23, 2022. The train was stopped for at least 20
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As a public service, @ElkGroveNews recorded the Wednesday, November 23, 2022, meeting of the Elk Grove City Council. Typically, the city will post the meeting video the following day. Given that the city will be closed for business until Monday, November 28, and the meeting will not be available until
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In what is a favorable trend for Sacramento County Supervisor District 5 candidate Jaclyn Moreno, the vote tallies released yesterday show she narrowed her gap with Pat Hume by about half. Today’s tallies show Moreno is trailing Hume by 344 votes. Hume currently has 36,507 votes to Moreno’
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Votes tallies released this afternoon confirm that Michael Vargas has won the Area 2 seat on the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees. Vargas has 5,869 votes for 55 percent to his opponent Stephanie Spurlin’s 4,778 for 45 percent. Vargas will replace Dr. Chrystal Martinez-Alire,
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By Paul Mitchell, via CalMatters.org Every election year it seems there is a story about skyrocketing votes from young people. Every time it turns out to not be true. Case in point: there have been reports that young people turned out in such great numbers this year that they
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To facilitate the Annual Gobble Wobble Thanksgiving morning run, the City of Elk Grove has issued a traffic advisory for Thursday, November 24. To accommodate the event, road closures and alternative routes will be set up between the hours of 7:30 to 11:00 am. Roadways will be re-opened
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As reported last week by Elk Grove News, one Citrus Heights City Council race was separated by only nine votes. With vote tallies released from the Sacramento County Voters Registration and Elections on Friday, November 18, that race is now tied. District 5 candidates Porshe Middleton and Natalee Price each
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Even though Elk Grove’s Measure E victory has not been certified, the City of Elk Grove is moving quickly to adopt an ordinance to collect the new source of sales tax revenue. The tax collection ordinance will be adopted at this Wednesday’s city council meeting, which traditionally had