News across Sacramento County

Rural Roots Sunday - Why Our Rural Roads Look Different
So many features we associate with Rural Elk Grove today aren’t simply remnants of the past

Watson wills UMass to a West Coast victory
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Pocket passers are becoming rarer in the modern era of college football. It’s easy to see why when watching a dual-threat quarterback like William “Pop” Watson III. In a 35-6 win over Sacramento State at Hornet Stadium on Saturday, Watson was the engine for…

UMass football subdues Sacramento State
SACRAMENTO, Calif.– 2,948 miles separate McGuirk Alumni Stadium and Hornet Stadium, yet the travel didn’t seem to hinder the Massachusetts football team, defeating Sacramento State 35-6 on Saturday night. The Minutemen (4-0, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) stood behind another…
Bobbie Singh-Allen Invokes Joe Serna, Then Turns Her Back on Sky River Casino Workers
For the mayor, relationships are for personal advancement, and once they are no longer of use, they are expeditiously dispatched
Scammers
One of the things I love best about being a writer is that when I’m asked at a gathering what I do for a living I can reply, “I’m a writer.” Almost always the person hearing it has an expression on their face of being impressed. They ask you what you write and when you […] The…
On The Road: Is there a future for GMC Hummer electric SUV?
From a visual standpoint, the 2026 GMC Hummer EV is a statuesque SUV. It’s wide with a boxy shape, an illuminated front grille, and perhaps best of all, it features a removable Infinity Roof. Yet there are multiple reasons to steer away from buying the Hummer EV and the electric…
Kings Corner: Stick with Sabonis
Don’t look now, Kings fans, but the NBA preseason is only two weeks away, and for many Sacramento Kings fans, that brings an abundance of hope and excitement. If there is a franchise in the NBA that epitomizes the term “eternal optimist,” it would have to be the effervescent…

UMass to open conference play with cross-country trip to Sacramento State
The Massachusetts football team’s first Mid-American Conference game of the year will take the Minutemen (3-0) roughly 3,000 miles from home, marking the program’s longest trip since visiting Hawaii in 2016. Amidst the team’s first 3-0 start to a season since 2007, UMass will…

Guest Commentary: Out-of-State Mailers Amplify Mai Vang’s Misrepresentations
Guest contribution by Mr. Bill Wong

Marist Poll on New Ideas Adds Context to Matsui–Vang Race
Reliable polling in the Matsui-Vang contest is scant

A review of EGN's Kirk Thomson videos
Will Thomson continue campaigning or fade away?

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