Elk Grove Daily News' Top 10 Stories of 2025
What was EGDN's Top Story of 2025?
As the sister site of Elk Grove News, Elk Grove Daily News has a different audience, and as such, the Top 10 stories of 2025 viewed here were substantially different than our flagship site.
#10 - When it Comes to DUI Charges, it Helps to be an Elected Official
After being arrested by Elk Grove Police in May 2023, it only took two years for those charges to disappear for Elk Grove District 4 City Councilman Sergio "Bender" Robles. Being an elected official pays in more ways than you can imagine!
Read the story here.
#9 - Stick it to Trump
California's Proposition 50 was a huge national political development with far-reaching consequences. Our story about a commercial paid for by billionaire Tom Steyer was a primer for his entry into the 2026 California governor's race.
Read the story here.
#8 - By Challenging Matsui, Vang Could Still Come Out on Top
One of the big political stories of 2025 that will continue through 2026, is Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang's challenge of Congresswoman Doris Matsui. Our story about Vang's political prospects, even if she does not replace Matsui, generated substantial interest.
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#7 - Rural Resident Reminds Elk Grove City Council of Longstanding Rural Area Promise
The proposed Summer Villas housing project in the city's rural area is another story that started in 2025 that will jump into 2026. In the new year, it is likely the project, which could transform Elk Grove's rural area, will be heard by the Elk Grove City Council.
Read the story and watch the video here.
#6 - The Development of Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen's Elk Grove Political Machine
Even though the story about Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen's burgeoning political machine was posted in December, it attracted many views.
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#5 - No Kings October Protest in Elk Grove
In 2025, there were two nationwide protests in May and October against the Trump administration policies. During both protests, there were events organized in Elk Grove.
Read the story, view images and watch the video here.
#4 - Transgender Athletics at Elk Grove Schools
A group of parents were unsuccessful in their effort to force the Elk Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees to place a discussion of transgender athletes on a future agenda.
Read the story and watch the video here.
#3 - Medicaid Cuts Hit Rural California Congressional Districts
President Trump's Medicaid cuts were not an abstraction, especially in California's rural Republican Congressional districts.
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#2 - Possum Pennies to Fund Elk Grove Zoo
Even though the hubris of the Elk Grove City Council caught up with them mostly because of finances of the now dead relocation of the Sacramento Zoo, our April's Fool Day story about funding was a realistic as anything they conjured up!
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#1 - No One Know What Goes on Behind Closed Doors!
Even though they played nice throughout the entire failed process to relocate the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove, once the scheme collapsed, we learned things were not going that well between Elk Grove and the Sacramento Zoological Society.
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