Council angling for management shake-up By SHELLY BLANCHARD, Editor – Grapevine Independent The Rancho Cordova City Council, expressing frustration with management at the Cordova Recreation and Park District (CRPD), this week took the extraordinary step of pressing for change at the top. Acknowledging that the CRPD serves a constituency that is wider than the city, [...]
Sep 20 2007 | Posted in
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Naj Alikhan – CBS13 Gusty winds hampered crews as they fought a grass fire near Rancho Cordova Wednesday morning. “All it takes is an ignition source and some winds and we’re definitely not out of the woods on this,” said Capt. Jeff Lynch, Sacramento Metro Fire Dept. With winds gusting faster Wednesday than this area [...]
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By Ed Fletcher – Bee staff writerPublished 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A14 Would you pay more in taxes to put additional cops on the street? That’s the question Sheriff John McGinness wants to ask voters in unincorporated Sacramento County. The plan is to add deputies [...]
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By Melissa Nix – Bee staff writerLast Updated 4:01 pm PDT Wednesday, September 19, 2007 The city of Rancho Cordova, which incorporated four years ago, wants to create a sense of community among its residents. But the city’s efforts have run into a snag – a conflict over the Sunrise Douglas area and which local [...]
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By Melissa Nix – Bee staff writerMonday, September 17, 2007 Schools in the Sunrise-Douglas area should stay within the Elk Grove Unified School District, according to a report from School Services of California, a firm that often helps districts with fiscal, management and policy issues. The report was jointly commissioned by the Elk Grove and [...]
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(CBS13) Moments before the judge handed down his sentence, Michael Dimitras publicly apologized.
“I just want to let everyone know that know how truly remorseful I am. I hope one day you can accept that,” said Dimitras.
Seconds later, he learned his fate — six years, four months in state prison.
Sep 19 2007 | Posted in
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September 10, 2007 By Brooke Southall Last March, Scott Hanson picked up his telephone, listened to an offer and promptly declined it. Not that the soft-spoken principal of Hanson McClain Inc. was being rude. Mr. Hanson simply told the Genworth executive who made the cold call that it was premature to talk about selling his [...]
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Published 12:00 am PDT Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Story appeared in BUSINESS section, Page D4 Aerojet announced Monday that it has been awarded a $3.5 million contract with Raytheon Missile Systems to continue building rocket engines for the U.S. missile defense system. Aerojet said the contract calls for it to continue ongoing work on engines [...]
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