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Elk Grove News Minute Podcast - A cornered showman is always looking for a bigger, louder explosion

"A big nothing-burger on a brioche bun."

Leading up to his Thursday night address, Donald Trump promised "bombshell revelations" about voting fraud. Instead, we got what CNN’s David Axelrod called "a big nothing-burger on a brioche bun."

Calling it a nothingburger is insulting even to the worst of fast food. It was more like a greasy Jack in the Box taco wrapper found in a parking lot.

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Sabato's Crystal Ball Sees Trouble for Valadao, but the Bigger Story May Be California's Democratic Identity Crisis

Has inland California begun to reject its traditional brand of pragmatic, establishment Democratic politics? Or are these simply unusual elections produced by unusually unusual circumstances?

78-Year-Old Elk Grove Resident killed in head-on hit and run incident

Suspect not yet arrested while under medical treatment for injuries

The Politics of the Shopping Cart: Mai Vang Challenges Doris Matsui on Wealth and Working Families

How will Matsui address the two-headed hydra of her millionaire status and her relatability to the woes of working mothers out shopping for groceries?

I Opened a Republican 'Eviction Notice'—Turns Out They Just Wanted $35

Whatever the reason, the National Republican Congressional Committee has apparently adopted me

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Sabato's Crystal Ball Sees Trouble for Valadao, but the Bigger Story May Be California's Democratic Identity Crisis

78-Year-Old Elk Grove Resident killed in head-on hit and run incident

The Politics of the Shopping Cart: Mai Vang Challenges Doris Matsui on Wealth and Working Families

I Opened a Republican 'Eviction Notice'—Turns Out They Just Wanted $35