My wife and I wanted to go have dinner last week, and I was tired. I really didn’t want to go out of town to get dinner, so we decided to stay close to home. I’m kinda burned out on close-to-home. We’ve been eating a lot of Papa’s Pizza since they opened, of course. I […]

It’s time to tune up your bike because May is Bike Month! Riding a bike to get around isn’t just better for the environment, it’s better for you too! Cycling at a leisurely pace for just one hour a day can burn 500 calories or more. Cycling to work instead of driving reduces air pollution […]

By County Supervisor Sue Frost There is a bill quickly making its way through the California Legislature (AB 392) that if passed, will create a highly subjective standard for evaluating and holding law enforcement officers criminally liable for using force when responding to life-or-death situations based on hindsight, without providing any extra training to officers. […]

Sacramento County’s popular Regional Parks will be busy with extra visitors this Easter Weekend. To keep the holiday safe and enjoyable, Regional Parks would like to remind visitors of the following rules put in place on Apr. 20 and 21: Entrance FeesTo offset the costs of extra patrol and maintenance, the vehicle entrance fee will […]

​​To hold animal abusers accountable, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office launched an Animal Cruelty Task Force in our region in January 2018. Since then, many animal abusers have been brought to justice, and the County’s Bradshaw Animal Shelter has helped with nearly 30 of those cases. April is Prevention of Cruelty to Animals month. Since animals cannot speak for themselves, […]

Rite Aid announced on Thursday morning that the company will begin selling CBD products in its stores this month in Oregon and Washington. Can Rio Linda be far behind? The drugstore chain revealed it’s plans on selling CBD creams, lotions and lip balms beginning this month. CBD is a cannabis-derived product that may help with […]

Remember the dense fog we used to get? Some of my fondest childhood memories include the Tule fog. Going pheasant hunting on Thanksgiving morning just as the fog was lifting. Riding home in the back of a pickup truck full of presents from Christmas Eve at my grandparents house. Riding a bicycle to a friends […]

It was recently reported that the Church of Rio Linda, The Royer’s church, would be purchased by Sacramento County and torn down to prevent it from being inundated with flood waters every 2-3 years. The church has been flooded ten times over the past 20-30 years, and everyone agreed that something must be done, but […]

I was skeptical about The Pixies. I always saw them as a very esoteric band, not charting much, not very accessible, a little difficult to understand. But, I knew some of their music. I liked some of their music. Given the opportunity, absolutely, I’d love to go see them play. I did just that on […]

Over the past several months, I received an astonishing 728 e-mails from different Rio Linda/Elverta constituents pleading with me to oppose the “Panhandle” agreement, which (among other things) would remove the “Handle” from the service area of the Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Park District (RLERPD), and give it to the City of Sacramento. This […]

Last night at the Sacramento County administration building, the Sacramento Local Agency Formation Committee (LAFCo) voted 6-1 to allow the City of Sacramento to Annex the panhandle area and detach it from the Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Parks District. The meeting video, agenda, and supporting documents can be viewed here: http://www.saclafco.org/Meetings/Pages/agendanet.aspx Live video from […]