Summertime is here, and a Rio Linda tradition is back right on time. The Rio Linda High School Pool is open for fun in the summer sun. During the summertime, the Rio Linda High School pool is operated by the Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Parks District. The pool will be open from June 9th […]
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Sonoma Raceway Hosts “Chat with the Champ” during Toyota/Save Mart 350
Race fans are invited to join a salute to 2017 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Champion Martin Truex Jr. during the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, June 24. “Chat with the Champ” will serve as the centerpiece of the Pre-Race Show Powered by Friedman’s Home Improvement just hours before the green flag […]
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Supervisors Provide $1M in Grants for Non-Profits
The County Board of Supervisors will provide $1 million through the 2018 TOT Grant Program to support nonprofit organizations located in Sacramento County that carry out community-based programs and/or services in the areas of economic and workforce development, arts and culture, community development, or health and human services. The County began setting aside funding for […]
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Authors to Discuss WW2 Life at Rio Linda Library
By Rin Carbin / Sacramento Public Library Learn more about Sacramento’s wartime role from 1941 to 1945 and how it shaped the Sacramento of today with World War II Sacramento, a new book by Library archivists that is heavily based on research from Library collections. Library archivists Amanda DeWilde and James Scott and Library Supervisor Eric […]
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Racist Graffiti at Rio Linda High School
Vandals struck Rio Linda High School last week. The words “Trump will deport you” were tagged on a Spanish teacher’s door at Rio Linda High sometime Thursday night/Friday morning. They also wrote “Slavery was a choice”, echoing Kanye West’s recent TMZ interview, and singled out one of the teachers as a Jew. Four classrooms, two […]
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Rio Linda Online Named BEST Local News Source
On Monday May 28th 2018, Rio Linda Online (RioLindaOnline.com) was named the Sacramento region’s Best Local News Source by the readers and voters of the Sacramento A-List. Rio Linda Online also won the Best Local Blogger category in 2016, and ranked 3rd in 2017. The annual Sacramento A-List competition featured more than 11,816 businesses competing […]
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5th Annual Sacramento Taco Festival scheduled for June 2
SACRAMENTO, CA – The 5th Annual Sacramento Taco Festival, which is held on Del Paso Boulevard between El Camino Ave. and Arden Way, is comprised of several event components that has made it fun and unique among Northern California festivals. Three of these events have become especially popular among Taco enthusiasts, the Taco Eating Contest, […]
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Summer is Coming! Safety Tips for Parks and Rivers
Memorial Day is almost here, and with that marks the beginning of the summer recreation season. Sacramento County’s Department of Regional Parks would like to remind visitors about safe ways to enjoy the parks and rivers. Be Safe in the Water: Life Looks Good On You—and so does a life vest! Before you dive in, put on […]
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Bringing County Elections Out of the Shadows
By Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost I think we need to make it easier for you to vote me out of office. Yes, you read that right – and no, I haven’t lost my mind. Right now, it is far too easy to get re-elected to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. In fact, it’s […]
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Glad Reunion Day!
by Jane Royer Memorial Day brings a great sense of pride and appreciation for our service men and women and the freedoms they have fought for. Liberty doesn’t come without a price and the Church of Rio Linda honors all those who have served and sacrificed that we may enjoy the freedoms we have today. […]
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Rio Linda Woman Burned Inside Mobile Home; Man Arrested on Murder, Arson Charges
On Wednesday May 9th, William H. Thomas was arrested on suspicion of burning a Rio Linda woman in an Antelope mobile home park home last month. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department believes that Thomas torched a mobile home (7500 block of Costa Mesa Circle) on April 1 while Aryanna Lynn Doyle of Rio Linda was […]
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Whatever Happened to the Pie Lady?
Special to Rio Linda Online by Jane Royer First of all, thank you so much for all the pies you have bought from the Church of Rio Linda. We have felt honored to know that many of you have made “church pies” a family tradition. As you may know, our biggest pie sales were at Thanksgiving […]
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Second Man Convicted in Museum Gold Heist
The Key West case of the stolen gold bar has ended with two convictions but with only a sliver of the treasure recovered. Jarred Goldman acted as the lookout while his cohort stole a 16th century gold bar from its case at a Key West museum in 2010, a federal jury decided Wednesday evening. He […]
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2018 Farm and Tractor Days this Weekend
Step back in time! The 2018 Farm and Tractor Days is a nonprofit event which promotes “farm life” with hundreds of antique tractors and working engines, draft horse demonstrations, farm animals, hay rides, museum tours, crafts and more on 145 pristine acres. Friday is “kids day” with children being bussed in from all over the region. […]
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Sheriff High Risk Probation unit makes a Bust in Rio Linda
On May 3, 2018, the department’s High Risk Probation Unit (HRP Unit) received information that a subject on felony probation, was living at an unreported residence located in 6000 block of 10th Street in Rio Linda. Additional information indicated that at this resident had a large Marijuana grow in the garage and was in possession […]
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What IS the Rio Linda / Elverta Community Planning Advisory Council?
Rio Linda and Elverta are, officially, unincorporated communities within Sacramento County. Being “unincorporated” means that we have no direct local control over our government, land use or planning. We have no mayor or city council who directly oversees our community. This means that we are governed directly by Sacramento County. The closest thing we have […]
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Part of Stolen Gold Bar Recovered
A piece of the 4.5 pound 17th century gold bar stolen from a Key West museum in 2010 has been recovered. The case is scheduled for trial May 14 at U.S. District Court in Key West. In pre-trial motions, prosecutors refer to a “portion” of the bar valued at $550,000 that has been recovered but […]
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The Save Mart Companies Offer Lowest Price Tickets for Sonoma Raceway NASCAR Fans
SONOMA, Calif. (May 2, 2018) – Sonoma Raceway and The Save Mart Companies have teamed up once again to offer Northern California race fans the lowest-price adult tickets and free kids tickets for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday, June 24. For the eighth consecutive year, Sonoma Raceway and the family-owned supermarket […]
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Hitch Your Horse at the Rio Linda Library
The Sacramento Public Library invites you to ride on over to Rio Linda Library any time between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and be one of the first to hitch your horse to the new hitching post. The Library will be open and there will be refreshments for you and apples for your horses. Every time a rider […]
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Editorial: It’s Time to Change California Public Notice Laws
For the most part, California public notice law has not been changed or altered since its inception in 1943. In that time, “newspapers” have seen a dramatic decline in subscribers, readership and circulation as the citizens of California are finding their news on the internet; on social media, on newspaper or broadcaster websites, or on […]
