News in Elk Grove

Sacramento Bee endorses Mai Vang over Doris Matsui again in CA-07 race
Its diminished reach may still matter in an expected close race

Vang Mailer - Matsui is 'The Face of DC Corruption'
UPDATED Sept. 23, 8 a.m. Vang's mailer appears to target Democratic and no-party-preference voters

CalPERS CEO Gets a $1.15 Million Bonus — Maybe Someone Should Have Just Bought the S&P 500
investing in an S&P 500 index fund requires so little intellectual exertion that even the dumbest elected official could probably manage it

Rural Roots Sunday - What Mornings Look Like Out Here
Most mornings start the same way. Feed buckets, water troughs, and ninety plus animals that do not care if you slept well or if you had a rough day at work

Elk Grove News Minute Podcast - Something Smells Rotten in The Grove!
A woman named Helga has been sniffing around town, and she’s picked up the unmistakable aroma of something rotten.

Ya Gotta be Schmittin' Me Podcast - A Presidential Oath
At some point during his ramblings to the sparse convention crowd, Mr. Unhinged began the oath-swearing ceremony

Rural Roots Sunday - My Rural Elk Grove Story
Our rural property is so much more than acreage on a map. It can be a place where generations of a family remain together

Elk Grove News Minute Podcast - Singh-Allen’s Surveillance Legacy and the Four Councilmen Who Enabled It
The legacy they get is often not what they want, but what they deserve.

Accelerating America’s Representative Democracy Death Spiral
American representative democracy and elections were already in a death spiral before Trump’s latest intervention

Memo to politicians this Labor Day: Try mentioning ride-share drivers
And when elected officials talk about helping workers, they almost invariably mention the same occupations: nurses, teachers and firefighters

Commentary: Matsui mailer targets ICE criticism, younger voters and independents
The mailer was delivered to Democrats and at least some voters registered with no party preference

Mai Vang announces endorsement from a once-controversial figure
Young voters may not be familiar with the controversy generated by the two-time Oscar-winning actor when she visited North Vietnam during the Vietnam War