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updated: Sat Jul 19, 2008 06:12 am

Elk Grove News

Local news for Elk Grove, CA continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

51 min ago | Elk Grove Citizen

Large crowd shows up for Sheldon dedication

More than nine of Jared Dixon Sheldon's descendants gathered at the Rancho Murieta South Golf Course along the Cosumnes River to honor his name at the Sheldon Dam Site dedication on July 12.

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Fri Jul 18, 2008

Elk Grove Citizen

Becoming an authority

Many high school students attend summer school to make up classes they did not pass or study for the high school exit exam.

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Related Topix: Sacramento County, CA, Education Etc.

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Public Safety Watch: Teenagers sought in Laguna armed robbery

Elk Grove police are asking for help to identify two teenagers responsible for an armed robbery last month.

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Related Topix: Laguna, CA, Family, Teenagers

Elk Grove Citizen

Bill Mosher dies; longtime prominent Elk Grove rancher

William G. "Bill" Mosher Sr., longtime Elk Grove rancher and community supporter passed away July 10, 2008 at the age of 83.

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Related Topix: Clarksburg, CA, Sacramento County, CA, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Elk Grove Citizen

Derr to run for CSD re-election

Gerald Derr's second term as a director for the Cosumnes Community Services District is coming to an end and he still has a lot of business he wants to take care of.

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Related Topix: Sacramento County, CA, Galt, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Elk Grove Artists to meet

"Simona's Fine Arts" will be the subject of the Elk Grove Artists program at its meeting from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Wilton residents circulate petitions against proposed Elk Grove expansion

Members of the Wilton Action Group, seeking to halt Elk Grove's potential southward expansion, are gathering signatures over the next two weeks raising environmental and floodplain concerns.

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Related Topix: Wilton, CA, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro

Wed Jul 16, 2008

KION CBS 46

Authorities bust Sacramento-area drug ring

Federal and local law enforcement officials have arrested 11 members of what they say is a ring distributing Ecstasy and marijuana throughout the Sacramento area.

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Related Topix: Drugs

CBS13/CW31

Elk Grove AAA Call Center Slated To Close

One of elk grove's largest employers is closing its doors. The triple "A" call center on west Taron drive will shut down by 2010.

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Sacramento Bee

Mosquito spraying starts today

The Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District plans to spray 23,000 acres in two areas of south Sacramento for three consecutive nights starting tonight in an effort to control the spread of West ...

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Related Topix: Yolo, CA, Florin, CA

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Farmers Markets 2008: All ears and more in Elk Grove park

Ethan Link, 1 1/2 years old, tries to get a taste of an ear of corn while visiting the farmers market at Elk Grove Regional Park.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food

Tue Jul 15, 2008

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

AAA call centers in California to close

California State Automobile Association will close its California call centers - including its 500-employee Elk Grove facility - earlier than expected and send the jobs out of state, citing the cost to do ...

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Related Topix: Livermore, CA, California, California State University System, Irvine, CA

Inside Bay Area

Auto club shifting jobs out of state

The California State Automobile Association has decided to close its call centers in California, including one in the East Bay, and shift hundreds of jobs to CSAA call centers in other states.

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Related Topix: Sacramento County, CA, Irvine, CA, San Francisco Metro

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Community Watch: Signals on Elk Grove Boulevard are not in sync, driver says

The problem: Vintage Park resident Carol White wants to know why the traffic signals on Elk Grove Boulevard going east from Bruceville Road to Highway 99 aren't better synchronized.

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Mon Jul 14, 2008

My58.com

South Area Will Be Sprayed For West Nile

The Florin and Pocket areas of south Sacramento, along with Elk Grove, will be treated aerially for mosquitoes on Wednesday, the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District said.

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Related Topix: Florin, CA, West Nile Virus, Health, Sacramento, CA, Sacramento Metro

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Center celebrates 25 years

The Senior Center of Elk Grove will host a brunch on Aug. 2 to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

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Related Topix: Sacramento County, CA

Sat Jul 12, 2008

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Elk Grove police search for purse snatchers

Elk Grove police are looking for two men who robbed a woman Thursday night. Around 9:20 p.m., the men approached a woman who was standing outside her parked vehicle in the parking lot of the Village Crossing ...

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Fri Jul 11, 2008

CBS 13

Wilton Residents Say Elk Grove Is Moving In Quick

A sprawling suburb is creeping in on a small town. Wilton is coming together to keep Elk Grove from growing right into their farm town.

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Related Topix: Wilton, CA

My58.com

2 Juvenile Armed Robbers Sought In Elk Grove

Police are searching for two young men whom they say robbed a woman at gunpoint.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Mortgage fraud charges

Two Elk Grove residents suspected in a 2006 mortgage fraud scheme in Solano County were indicted with seven others by a federal grand jury on mail fraud and other charges.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Solano County, CA, Vacaville, CA, American Canyon, CA

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