Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Elk Grove businesses have joined together for "Think, Shop, Live Elk Grove Holiday Shopping Program" this holiday season. Beginning today at the Dickens Fair in Old Town Elk Grove through Dec. 20, shoppers will be eligible for cash and other prizes from more than 65 local businesses. The grand prize is $2,000. "Now more than ever it is important for all of us to...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
... If there was ever an improbable Sac-Joaquin Section championship football team, it was the 1984 Elk Grove Thundering Herd. That team gave hope to all the underdogs, then and now. No group of guys in cleats, arm pads and eye black wants to be called "Cinderella," but the team will admit as much Dec. 6 at the Pheasant Club in West Sacramento when players and coaches converge for...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Patrick Blacklock, Elk Grove's assistant city manager, has been selected as Yolo County's new administrator. Blacklock, 36, takes over the job of Yolo County administrator Jan 4. He takes on the new position during tough economic times. "Mr. Blacklock is fully capable of leading us into this new era, as he brings a wealth of experience with him," said Yolo County Board of Supervisors...
Eddie's Rail Fan Page (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
I took this photo one lovely Springtime morning, back in May of 2009. Seen her in the parking lot of a large local strip mall at Arlington Heights and Biesterfield Roads in suburban Elk Grove Village Illinois, is a Thomas school bus from the local carrier Jones Bus Company. Thomas wasn't always a company that manufactured school bus bodies, their roots go back to at least the early 1900's. The...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Lane, Sacramento. • Dec. 12: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Franklin High School, 6400 Whitelock Parkway, Elk Grove. • Dec. 14: 3-7 p.m., Mesa Verde High School, 7501 Carriage Drive, Citrus Heights. • Dec. 15: 3-7 p.m., Folsom High School, 1655 Iron Point Road, Folsom. • Dec. 16: 10 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Rose Parish, 5961 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento. • Dec. 17: 3:30-7:30 p.m., Sacramento...
The Hotline on Call (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
... an injection of nearly $300K of his own cash into the race), is the second Dem to depart the race; Elk Grove Councilor Gary Davis (D) dropped out of the contest earlier this year. For several reasons, Dems have had better luck at avoiding contested primaries in key challenger races. A quick look at the landscape shows seven races where Dem challengers will be fighting through crowded primary...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Oaks 15. Folsom at Del Campo 16. Orestimba at Denair 17. Ripon Christian at East Union 18. Elk Grove at El Camino 19. Central Catholic at Escalon 20. Marysville at Faith Christian 21. Nevada Union at Foothill 22. Bear River at Forest Lake Christian 23. Edison at Franklin-S 24. Laguna Creek at Galt 25. Foresthill at Golden Sierra 26. Le Grand at Golden Valley 27. Lincoln-S at Grant 28. Mariposa...
The Sacramento Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
... of about $338 to people who subscribe to an about $38 monthly fee.Apple employs 1,800 people in Elk Grove.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
A costumed woman looks in on a cow visiting Stone Lake Elementary School in Elk Grove. The Mobile Dairy Classroom is making the rounds of area schools again to promote nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. The Dairy Council of California's mobile dairy classroom will moo-oo-ve into Sacramento area schools over the next three weeks. The classroom features a Holstein cow and calf, which will be...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
ANDY ALFARO aalfaro@sacbee.com Burbank receiver Terrance Mitchell, right, tries to elude Monterey Trail's Rozale Byrd in the first half Friday night in Elk Grove. Five years ago, in the sweltering August heat, T.J. Ewing passed out new helmets to a lot of lads who had never even held such gear. Players eagerly tore the plastic wrapping off their new lids and yanked them on, all while Ewing,...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE BEST IN SHOW Sydney Opfer , 9, Elk Grove AGES 1-4 FIRST PLACE: Yoltzin Espinosa-Ramirez , 4, Sacramento (left) SECOND PLACE: Abby Orozco , 3, Sacramento (middle) THIRD PLACE: Allison Deshong , 4, Sacramento (right) AGES 5-8 FIRST PLACE: Kaylee Kazee , 8, Sacramento (left) SECOND PLACE: Danielle Rebensdorf , 8, Sacramento (middle) THIRD PLACE: Kyle Kline , 7, ...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... 22-14 on Oct. 2. Delta (8-2) is located west of the Sacramento River, about six miles west of Elk Grove. Lee said it has the feel of a school from the past. School enrollment continues to decline – 255 students – and it could not field a junior varsity team this fall because of low numbers. Everything else seems as it was 30 years ago. The overflow crowds, the dim field lights,...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
... retired teacher who was doing some early gift shopping for her grandchildren at Old Navy in Elk Grove. "This store will get my money today," she said, picking through a pile of $10 thermal shirts on Thursday afternoon. "And that's money someone else won't get tomorrow." A few minutes later Byron pushed a cart loaded with pants, jackets and two of those thermal shirts...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... Federal offices • Postal Service • Placer County Transit • Roseville Transit • Elk Grove's e-tran Closed today and Friday • State offices • Sacramento Public Library • El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento county offices • Auburn, Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Lincoln, Placerville, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Sacramento, West...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
CLOSED THURSDAY • Federal offices • Postal Service • Placer County Transit • Roseville Transit • Elk Grove's e-tran CLOSED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY • State offices • Sacramento Public Library • El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento county offices • Auburn, Citrus Heights, Davis, Elk Grove, Folsom, Galt, Lincoln, Placerville, Rancho Cordova, Roseville,...
