Elk Grove Political Literature, Tchatchkes

Years ago I collected matchbooks. Since smoking is now verboten, most restaurants and other businesses no longer use these little marketi...

Braxmeyer Snags Key Endorsement in Elk Grove Mayoral Race

Having already notched-up several key endorsements, Elk Grove Mayoral candidate Jerry Braxmeyer received another key one last night. ...

Two Women Robbed at Gunpoint in Elk Grove Park

Two women were robbed at gunpoint as they sat on bench last night in an Elk Grove park. According to Elk Grove Police, the two 21-year...

Elk Grove To Hold Meeting on Industrial Sites

The City of Elk Grove is currently working on a project to review the amount, location, and character of the industrial areas of the City. ...

Will EGN, Other Online Media Go Way of New York Times?

Recently I was reading a section of the New York Times, the 538 blog by Nate Silver. This blog offers what I consider to be the best sta...

Laird and Brown continue Schwarzenegger's tired, old environmental policies

N o matter how much Laird tries to say that the Delta "conveyance" plan has "changed," the plan is at its core a tired...

Are Rival Gangs Fighting Over Elk Grove Wall; Surenos and Nortenos?

These first tags were seen Tuesday morning. These tags first appeared sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning. ...

Elk Grove-South County Democratic Club to Host Several Area Candidates

The Elk Grove-South County Democratic club will be hosting several area Democratic aligned candidates at their monthly meeting next week....

Wheat Focuses on Campaign Finance Reform in Third Outreach Meeting

Elk Grove mayoral candidate Lynn Wheat. In her on-going series of community outreach meetings, Elk Grove mayoral candidate Lynn Wheat fo...

How Much Do You Value Media Coverage In Elk Grove?

For a city its size, Elk Grove in very fortunate in that it has developed into a competitive media market. With the old line media organi...

Poll Shows Tie in Hotly Contested Bera, Lungren Race

Congressman Dan Lungren Bera leads Lungren in favorability ranking In one of the closest and hotly contested congressional races this ...

Davis, Supporters to Walk Elk Grove Precincts This Saturday

Elk Grove Council Member and mayoral candidate Gary Davis will hit the streets this Labor Day weekend with a precinct walk. Davis, wh...

Elk Grove Police Make Two Mid-Week DUI Arrests

In activity more akin to a weekend, Elk Grove Police made two DUI arrest yesterday. According to Elk Grove Police, two drivers were a...

Wheat To Hold Another Coffeehouse Meeting

Elk Grove Mayoral Candidate Lynn Wheat will hold another informal meeting this week in her quest to become Elk Grove's first directly el...

EGPD Seeks Help Identifying Burglars Caught on Video

The Elk Grove Police Department is asking for the community’s help in identifying the suspects responsible for burglarizing two cell phon...

Elk Grove Candidates' Night Set For Sept. 17

Elk Grove News, Elk Grove Patch and the Sacramento Bee will sponsor a candidate forum on Monday, September 17. The event will be held a...

Scherman, Sikhs Seek Support For Anti-Discrimination, Education Bills

Kamaljeet Atwal (left) and Amar Shergill call supporters urging the Governor's signature on two pieces of legislation  important to Ca...

Clarification on City Council Appointments, Special Elections

In the comment sections of this and other sites, there has been much discussion about how a city council seat would be filled should Elk ...

Politics Very Local For Bera, Lungren

Republican Congressman Dan Lungren (left) meets with and delivers a pep talk to precinct walkers in front of the shuttered Bel Air store o...

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