Rio Linda FFA Tri-Tip Dinner Orders Close Nov. 6
Dinner plans with a side of support for our local students? Rio Linda FFA has you covered. The chapter’s Annual Fall Tri-Tip Dinner fundraiser supports more than 260 FFA students, with proceeds helping fund chapter activities, FFA jackets and leadership conferences at the regional and state levels. Orders open...
Suspect hospitalized after allegedly setting fire to Sacramento trailer
(FOX40.COM) — Fire officials believe a person was electrocuted after setting fire to a trailer in Sacramento on Wednesday afternoon. Around 1:09 p.m., the Sacramento Fire Department responded to a trailer fire “up against” a building in a Natomas shopping center on 3625 Northgate Blvd. Fire officials said the cause of the fire was “suspicious.” […]
Sacramento County officials urge residents to get flood insurance as ‘Super El Niño’ looms
Sacramento County District 5 Supervisor Pat Hume is urging residents to prepare for heavy rain and possible flooding.
West Coast Halloween Weather: Rain Risk Rises Oct. 27–31
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and Portland face increasing rain concerns ahead of Halloween.
Folsom Fire Insurance Of Last Resort Jumps From 8 Homes to 300 Since 2021
350 American River Canyon Dr. — Reported Wildfire Fuel Reduction Area. Eight. That's how many homes in Folsom's 95630 ZIP code relied on California's FAIR Plan, the state's fire insurance of last resort, back in 2021. By June of this year, that number had climbed to 300 — a snapshot of how quickly the insurance landscape has shifted in the growing Sacramento County suburb.
120-home Elk Grove project advances despite residents’ traffic concerns
A 120-home project in east Elk Grove is headed to the City Council after the Planning Commission recommended approval despite residents’ traffic concerns. The Summer Flats project is proposed on just over 27 acres along the east side of Waterman Road between Bond Road and Elk Grove Boulevard. The Planning Commission voted 3-1 on Thursday to recommend that the city certify the project’s environmental impact report, approve amendments to the general and community plans, and approve the project’s s
Two Sacramento-area cities among safest for Halloween trick-or-treating in US
A Sacramento-area city ranked as Northern California’s safest place for Halloween trick-or-treating, according to a new national study, and another local city also cracked the top 25. The report by SafeHome.org, a website that researches home and personal safety and reviews security products, ranked 152 cities based on factors including violent and property crime rates, pedestrian fatalities, registered sex offenders and law enforcement staffing. Elk Grove ranked No. 12 on the national list, unc
Sacramento ranks among top cities for rodents. How infested are we?
If you ever walked somewhere in the evening or night for a quick drink or to grab a bite and thought you spied an animal with a rope-like tail scurrying away, or thought you heard scratching noises coming from inside the walls of your home, it probably wasn’t your imagination. That’s because Sacramento has been ranked among the top cities with the most rodent activity. The extermination company Terminix ranked 50 cities in the United States with the worst rodent infestations and Sacramento is on
Two people stabbed in Halloween corn maze at California pumpkin patch
Violence at a Halloween corn maze and pumpkin patch near Dixon sent two people to hospitals and resulted in the arrest of a Sacramento man, Solano County sheriff’s deputies told news outlets. The incident took place in the maze at Cool Patch Pumpkins at 6150 Dixon Ave West about 9:15 p.m. Friday, KCRA reported. Deputies responded to reports of an altercation in the maze. A 19-year-old Dixon woman and a 20-year-old Vallejo man were taken to hospitals with stabbing injuries, KXTV reported. A 28-ye
Sac City Unified left $1.8M in arts funding unspent. Now it must return the...
Sacramento City Unified School District had three years to spend $6.3 million in Proposition 28 arts and music funding. It spent about $4.5 million, leaving $1.8 million unspent — more than any other California school district. Prop. 28, approved by voters in 2022, provides annual funding to expand arts education in schools. The state began distributing the money in the 2023-24 school year and districts have up to three years to spend each allocation. Sac City Unified’s unspent $1.8 million must

















