By News Staff on March 9, 2022
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Yesterday, Republic FC midfielder Nick Ross, accompanied by the club’s Camps and Clinics coaches, made a very special visit to students at Robla Elementary School. Ross and Republic FC staff led a group of 4th, 5th, and 6th-grade students, teaching them some soccer skills during their afternoon physical education class. In addition to getting the opportunity […]
By News Staff on March 3, 2022
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In an article published on March 1st, PC Magazine named Rio Linda as one of the best “Work-From-Home-Cities” for 2022. For the second time since the pandemic began in March 2020, PC Magazine selected 40 US locations and 10 Canadian towns and focused on locations that weren’t far from major US cities such as San […]
By News Staff on March 2, 2022
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The Rio Linda Elverta Country Faire is planned for Saturday, September 17 this year. The RLECF organization has recently announced that a significant addition will be coming to the event in 2022. In cooperation with the Rio Linda Elverta Grange #403, the Country Faire will host the Country Faire EXPO, returning the focus of the […]
By News Staff on March 1, 2022
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Regional Parks is excited to announce that qualifying residents can now receive a Low-Income Annual Pass free of charge thanks to a partnership with Danny Wimmer Presents, the company that puts on the Annual Aftershock Music Festival at Discovery Park. This sponsorship program takes effect today, March 1, and will run through the end of the year. […]
By News Staff on March 1, 2022
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California will end its statewide mask mandate for K-12 schools at the stroke of midnight March 12, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced on Monday. Also, starting Tuesday, March 1, the state is dropping mask requirements for unvaccinated people, though they will be “strongly recommended for all individuals in most indoor settings.” Masks are still required […]
By News Staff on March 1, 2022
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By Kris “McFunstigate” McCandless Kris McFunstigate If memory serves, there is only one shopping center in this community that has shopping carts, and it never fails that the parking lot is littered with the bright yellow carts parked everywhere they are not supposed to be. Oftentimes, just mere feet from the cart return. If putting […]
By News Staff on February 23, 2022
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Foo Fighters Event promoter Danny Wimmer Presents dropped the lineup today for the 10th-anniversary installment of the well-attended Aftershock rock festival. The event which was held at Gibson Ranch park in 2015 is in 2022 scheduled for Thursday, October 6th through Sunday, October 9th. DWP will once again bring four days of head-banging goodness to […]
By News Staff on February 23, 2022
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For individuals living with disabilities, recreation opportunities and a sense of community may not be easy to come by. That’s where the Therapeutic Recreation Services (TRS) Division of the Department of Regional Parks comes in! One way to provide these individuals with recreational opportunities is through recreation therapy, which utilizes activities such as arts and crafts, dance, exercise and […]
By News Staff on February 23, 2022
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By Kris “McFunstigate” McCandless Kris “McFunstigate” McCandless Drugs are bad, Mmmkay. I’m not really sure when our community’s drug problem started, but I know it was here when I came around in the 80’s. I was a kid then and, thankfully, my only exposure to it was when my uncle decided to throw a huge […]
By News Staff on February 23, 2022
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Bob was a loving and dedicated husband, father, papa, and community leader. He was born in Sacramento on March 4, 1933, and was raised in the North Sacramento area by his parents John and Dorothy Bastian who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Susan, children Stacey, Bobby, Mark, […]