The holiday season brings joy, laughter, family traditions, and greater than average amounts of trash. In order to be prepared for the holiday season’s trash pickup, the City has provided a convenient holiday schedule. If your regularly scheduled pick up day is on Christmas Day, Thursday December 25 or on Friday December 26th, service will be provided one day later instead. Thursday pickups will be on Friday, and Friday pickups will be on Saturday, December 27.

The Folsom Cordova Community Partnership (the Partnership), Youth Advisory Council (YAC) and the Cordova Community Collaborative (CCC) are pleased to announce that three Peace Love & Happiness grants have been awarded to youth run, community focused organizations and these grants are now underway to benefit the greater Rancho Cordova area.

On December 6, 2008, 90 youth and adults from Rancho Cordova and Folsom attended the Nutcracker Ballet performed by the Sacramento Ballet. The Folsom Cordova Community Partnership (the Partnership) planned the event and invited families from the two cities to participate in their youth development programs.

You hear about it on the radio, on the evening news and you see fliers at many stores. This holiday season may not be so merry for a lot of children in our area. Finances for many Rancho Cordova families are suffering, and there are only so many resources available to help. In Rancho, there are two different organizations benefiting those families in need.

The most recent unemployment numbers came out earlier this week and things don’t look good. Experts are predicting that things are going to get worse before they get better, and if you’re in the market for a new job, that isn’t what you wanted to hear. However, for those of you who are knee-deep in the job hunting process and see this period of time as one to better yourself for future career opportunities, an upcoming workshop series might be just the thing to land that next job.