By News Staff on January 17, 2022
Back in the Day

January 19 1995 When his friend remarked about how many Secret Service agents were keeping watch over the president in Rio Linda on Tuesday afternoon John Faul had an unfortunate comeback. “I said sarcastically ‘Well don’t break out your automatic weapons yet’ ” Faul recalled Wednesday. Before he knew it the 19-year-old American River College […]
By News Staff on January 17, 2022
Back in the Day

With a visit to Roseville Tuesday President Clinton raised hope of a fix for water-weary neighborhoods And with a surprise sidetrack to Rio Linda he satisfied residents that their troubles matter too. “We thought we were going to be forgotten. Everybody’s talk talk talk about Roseville and there are other areas that were hit just […]
By News Staff on January 14, 2022
News

The Sacramento County North Area Recovery Station (The dump) located at 4450 Roseville Road, North Highlands, will temporarily close to the public beginning Friday, Jan. 14, due to COVID-19 impacts on staffing availability. Authorized commercial account customers that use the automated services, known as the Waste Wizard, will continue to have access to the NARS […]
By News Staff on January 13, 2022
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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will provide trout anglers in the greater Sacramento area with an unprecedented fishing opportunity this winter: the chance to catch brook trout from a half-dozen urban and suburban park ponds and lakes that are part of CDFW’s Fishing in the City program. Fishing in the City began […]
By News Staff on January 13, 2022
Business

Perko’s Cafe Grill at Watt and Elverta Road in Antelope preparing to convert the location into a Huckleberry’s restaurant. Today, Thursday, January 13, will be the last day for Perko’s, as the renovation is scheduled to begin on Friday morning. Huckleberry’s serves only breakfast and lunch and closes at 3 p.m. This will make it […]
By News Staff on January 13, 2022
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Bob Bastian, one of Rio Linda/Elverta’s most respected elders and biggest advocate, has died at 88 years old. He leaves a legacy in this community that is immeasurable. He was born on March 4, 1933, in Sacramento. He attended Castori Elementary School in North Sacramento, which was called McClellan Elementary School at that time. At […]
By News Staff on January 13, 2022
Business

Perko’s Cafe Grill at Watt and Elverta Road in Antelope preparing to convert the location into a Huckleberry’s restaurant. Today, Thursday, January 13, will be the last day for Perko’s, as the renovation is scheduled to begin on Friday morning. Huckleberry’s serves only breakfast and lunch and closes at 3 p.m. This will make it […]
By News Staff on January 12, 2022
Schools

Twin Rivers Superintendent Dr. Steve Martinez Late last week, Twin Rivers Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Steve Martinez sent out a message covering the district’s current actions to mitigate the effects of COVID19 on the students and faculty of their schools; To Staff and the Twin Rivers School Community, Happy New Year and welcome back […]
By News Staff on January 5, 2022
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Sacramento, CA | The County of Sacramento Housing Authority will open the Housing Choice Voucher Program Tenant-Based Voucher waiting list effective Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 8 a.m. until Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. Applicants may apply at www.sacwaitlist.com using any device with internet access. A total of 5,000 applicants will be placed on the waiting […]
By News Staff on December 31, 2021
News

What a mixed bag of stories we had for 2021. Happy New Year from John and ViAnn and Sara and Mike. We had COVID going away, then coming back with Delta and Omicron, We had Business openings and closings, we had some crimes, we had Cameron Skattebo finally able to excite us at Hornet Field, […]