Elk Grove News

Eviction notices posted at three Horizon Charter School sites Monday morning have hundreds of families worried about the future of their children's education.

Large homebuilders are snapping up the available lots out there, with plans to build on them as soon as possible.

Scott Syphax, the President and CEO of Nehemiah Corporation of America, will deliver the keynote address at Drexel University's third commencement in Sacramento on Saturday, June 22 at the Crocker Art Museum.

YOU CAN SEE THE RUGGED TERRAIN. FOR FIVE YEARS NOW, POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS, POLITICIANS, ALL OF US HAVE TOUTED LAWS FORCING PARENTS TO PUT LIFE JACKETS ON KIDS ALONG THE SACRAMENT A RIVER.

"Inside Editon" came to Elk Grove to interview him, "The Today Show" called him and national news websites picked up his story.

Three local school districts, including the region's largest in Elk Grove, have stabilized their budgets enough to receive a clean bill of fiscal health from California education officials.

Ellen Pontac and Shelly Bailes moved in together in Davis in 1974. They were in love and intended to be partners for life.

If last year's record temperatures were any indication - 2012 ranks as one of the hottest years on record - you can plan to once again crank up your home's air conditioner this summer.

A firefighter suffered minor injuries Thursday night in a residential fire in Elk Grove that proved perilous for fire crews who discovered that roof supports had been compromised.

Sports of all kinds will be featured at the Elk Grove Home Town Parade with this year's "Sports on the Boulevard" theme.

The carpool lanes on Highway 99 between Elk Grove Boulevard and Laguna Boulevard will be closed for construction during daylight hours this weekend.

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The Elk Grove City Council on Wednesday night approved a $164 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, a 6.5 percent spending increase over the current year.

Elk Grove pro-democracy activist Nguyen Quoc Quan completed a three-day hunger strike Wednesday night across from the White House in support of Vietnamese human rights lawyer Cu Huy Ha Vu.

The plan is at early stages. The city hopes to have a city guide and a website of the city's attractions up by the fall, said Christine Brainerd , city public information officer.

Yanqun Tan admittedly killed her boyfriend, a detective testified, by bashing him over the head with a hydroponic ballast they used in an indoor pot-growing operation spread across three houses in Sacramento and Elk Grove.

The field of potential challengers to freshman Rep. Ami Bera , D-Elk Grove, continues to grow, with former U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Emken filing a statement of candidacy.

The Elk Grove Walmart Neighborhood Market seeks city approval to add sales of alcohol at the store.

Japanese dignitaries will visit the Elk Grove Unified School District today as part of the California-Japan Scholars Exchange Program.

She sought out jurists with expertise in certain areas, as well as an art instructor who could examine how art comes together.