Fox40 reported this evening that the Sacramento County Grand Jury has issued a scathing report about the Del Paso Manor Water District. The District is small and its infrastructure has not aged gracefully. Hardly a customer or constituent of the District is unaware of the situation. The impression most of them have is that the governing board and staff are trying to fix things. Getting clobbered…

Last Friday, Oct. 29th a driver tried to run a yellow light onto Watt in North Highlands, lost control of her vehicle and ran into two street vendors, killing them. Our hearts go out to all the victims: the people who were killed, the young driver whose life (we imagine) is in ruins as a result of her actions, and the families of all concerned.

There's a famous quote (generally attributed to either Mark Twain or Gideon J. Tucker) about no man's life, liberty or property being safe when the Legislature is in session. Last-minute, hasty legislation in the final week of the legislative session is proving that to be true. Amendments to SB 175 (at Section 3332.2), concerning the state budget, were cleverly placed over the Labor Day weekend…

Hooray, it's our nation's 245th birthday! Today we celebrate our freedom and our democracy! Whether in Arden Arcade, Carmichael, North Highlands, Foothill Farms or anywhere else in the vast UnCity of Sacramento County, or in any of the several cities in the County, we wish you a safe and joyous holiday. Local control was a great idea in 1776 and still is. We may not have the same rights and…

Our dear friends at the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) are once again promoting bike riding as a form of mobility by running the annual "May is Bike Month" (MIBM) campaign. And, as they have done in recent years, they are promoting bicycle trips in cities. Don't believe that? Look at the May is Bike Month home page, where it says:

One of the great myths about our forgotten community is that it is "pedestrian and bicycle friendly". The County either claims that or has someone else make the assertion when saying so helps a developer's project defeat actual residents' input - as was the case when the Anton Butano apartments and the Arden Creek Town Center were rammed through. People who live here know the bus service is…

As we have reported before, four Arden Arcade recreation and park districts joined together to seek state park bond funds for the community's first inclusive playground. The project, EmPOWERment Park, came to be under the guidance of the Sacramento Parks Foundation with community support from local residents and service clubs and was made possible by SMUD's land tenure contribution. It was funded…

The Rotary Club of Arden Arcade will be helping the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District restore Cottage Park on March 13th from 9am-1pm and the Advocates for Arden Arcade will be there to lend a hand. Come join us as we rake and paint and generally tidy up the place! And stick around for the BBQ! Details are in the flyer below. Please RSVP by calling (916) 824-9702 or (916) 927-3802.

After deliberating the subject for 2 hours and 10 minutes today, our County Board of Supervisors voted to make us pay a lot more to pick up the garbage. The Sacramento News and Review wrote a pretty good summary yesterday of the potential ways the County could increase the rates. The Board was a little skittish because the Covid-19 economy has shuttered many businesses and forced a lot of people…

Welcome to the new year, full of hope and expectation. Gosh, we were so ready to turn over a new leaf and move forward. Then we got wind of the proposed development project at Country Club Center. It sure deflated our balloon! Welcome to the new year, same as the old year; still circling the drain. Here's the news as reported in the Business Journal on 12/30/2020 and kindly copied and pasted to…