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Elk Grove District 1 City Councilmember Darren Suen has announced an employment change this weekend. On social media, Suen announced his appointment as Chief of Staff for California District 10 Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen. Suen’s appointment was effecting July 1, and he starts his new job at the State Capitol
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By Sameea Kamal and Alexei Koseff | CalMatters.org | June 27, 2023 Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. Just in time for the start of a new fiscal year July 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom and
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In Elk Grove’s 23 years as a California general law city, there has been an ongoing effort to resurrect the area known as Old Town. Some of the steps have achieved modest gains, while others failed. In the last few years, efforts have been more fruitful. Along with the
Law and Justice
A defendant who was convicted for a DUI-involved murder was sentenced today in Sacramento Superior Court. Armando Moreno-Rodriguez was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. On March 20, 2023, a jury convicted Moreno-Rodriguez of the second-degree murder of Michael Dodson, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, hit and run,
Law and Justice
Other cases involving the officer were dismissed A former Sacramento Police officer pled no contest to two felony counts of submitting a false police report. The plea was entered on June 5, by former officer Alexa Palubicki, 29, to two felony counts of submitting a false police report. The charges
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This morning California State University Trustees named the new president of the Sacramento campus. Replace the retiring president of Robert S. Nelson is J. Luke Wood, who will become Sacramento State’s ninth president on July 16. Trustee Diego Arambula, chair of the Sacramento State Presidential Search Committee, called Wood
Environmental News
At the site of a future solar farm in the Central Valley, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a legislative package and signed an executive order that would gut the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to expedite the construction of the salmon-killing Delta Tunnel and other infrastructure projects, drawing condemnation from
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Will the third time be the charm for the STA? At the close of the Wednesday, May 10, 2023, Elk Grove City Council meeting, Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen said another ballot measure to raise Sacramento County sales taxes is being explored. As a member of the Sacramento Transportation Authority, Singh-Allen said
Law and Justice
Darnell Bernard Edwards, 33, of Antioch, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Fresno today to 19 years and seven months in prison to be followed by 15 years of supervised release for the sex trafficking of two minors. Evidence produced against Edwards showed in April and May 2019,
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Salary set at 75 % of Superior Court Judges At their meeting this morning, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors voted 4 – 1 to give themselves a 20-percent pay raise. The only supervisor voting against the raise was District 4 representative Sue Frost. The item was placed in the consent calendar.
Regional News
The last week of March 2023 saw another school shooting that killed six people, three of them 9-year-olds, in Nashville. Coincidentally, Washington Post had a lengthy and somewhat graphic – not gory – animation of what happens when AR 15 bullets shred a body. The Wahington Post produced a graphic – not gory
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Del Paso is a geographic panhandle At this yesterdays Sacramento County Board of Supervisors and Sacramento City Council meetings, several residents in an unincorporated area of the county addressed problems with Del Paso Park which is in Sacramento city limits. The park is in the city’s northeast area and