In just a few years, Elon Musk has gone from being seen as a quirky billionaire entrepreneur to one of the most reviled people on Earth. It didn't take much for the fall in stature - from giving a Hitler-like salute, calling former astronaut, veteran and Arizona Senator
By D. A. Gougherty | A common vegetable in our kitchen is bitter melon. A member of the gourd family, bitter melon is a tropical and semi-tropical plant food popular in many Asian cuisines. My wife uses bitter melon in various Filipino dishes, while I juice it for its purported health
A regional sting operation led by Folsom Police and the Sacramento County District Attorney's office resulted in the arrest of 51 people suspected of felony drug distribution.Dubbed "Operation: Folsom Blues 2.0," a regionally coordinated sting operation targeted fentanyl/ narcotic dealers utilizing online marketplaces and
No one likes to pay their taxes, whether it is your federal income taxes or that extra one percent levied on Elk Grove consumers by Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen's voter-approved Measure E. But most people pay their income taxes annually with little fuss. While it is almost
Elk Grove City Councilman convinced is colleagues to reject a name for the unfunded $300 million zoo that would have Elk Grove subordinated to Sacramento. | A famous line from William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet reads, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,"
By D. A. Gougherty | Love or loath them, algorithms can provide you with information you might not otherwise discover or, for that matter, want to discover. This weekend, a story from the food website Eat This, Not That titled "7 Restaurants Named 'Most Overpriced' in New Study:
The much-hyped and now-closed Slow and Low restaurant in Old Town Elk Grove will have a new operator in February. | No word from the city about the taxpayer-guaranteed $500,000 loan to Slow and Low The last several days have been a whirlwind of activity for Old Town Elk Grove&
Michael Hargis made this promise to Elk Grove taxpayers. | The news of the "temporary" closure of Elk Grove's overhyped Slow and Low was unsurprising. The Old Town Elk Grove restaurant, with a $500,000 Elk Grove taxpayer loan guarantee, will close for retooling effective January 1
Elk Grove and the Sacramento area were described by Spanish explorers as a Garden of Eden-like natural environment almost 200 years ago. Today, after 200 years of industrialization, not so much. | | In just over two years from now, California will swear in a new governor. There is no shortage of
This H Street parking meter, which is missing its cash box and many similarly broken meters, is a green light for free parking and lost revenues to pay debt obligations on the Golden 1 Center. | By D.A. Gougherty | Yesterday, Kevin McCarty took his oath as Sacramento's 57th
If there is one thing in short supply in American politics at all levels, it is courage. This lack of courage is true of elected officials who, when exercising poor judgment, rarely admit to making mistakes, much less try to make amends. A prime example was on display this fall
A slow-moving trapped an ambulance on an emergency call at the Bond Road Union Pacific crossing in east Elk Grove. | By D.A. Gougherty | Slow-moving trains through highly populated and traffic-congested areas of Elk Grove are nothing new. But a slow-moving train trapped an ambulance from the Cosumnes Fire Department
One of the more contentious issues on this year's California statewide ballot is Proposition 36. With primary backing from Republicans, a few Democrats, and the law enforcement community, the measure would roll back the social justice reforms of 2014 California voter-approved Proposition 47. Even though polls show a
Even though she has a gargantuan campaign war chest approaching $300,000 against two challengers who have not raised campaign funds, Bobbie Singh-Allen is leaving nothing to chance in her bid to win a third Elk Grove mayoral term. Yesterday, we heard from registered voters who received unsolicited text messages
The Best is Yet To Come! If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen must be enthralled with former President Donald Trump because she used a campaign slogan from one of his biggest supporters. A widely distributed campaign mailer from Singh-Allen copied a line verbatim
Outgoing Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost opposed the formation of an STA subcommittee to pursue another countywide sales tax increase. | If there is one characteristic of the Sacrmaento Transporation Authority, it is its tenacity in pursuing sales tax increases. During their recent board of directors meeting, 14 of the 15