Community

Last Updated: Sep 09, 2025 01:03PM • Subscribe via RSS • ATOM

Ethan Gao of Johns Creek, Georgia emerged as the 2025 State Fair Champion

Ethan Gao Claims Victory at State Fair Golf Championship

Sep 09, 2025 01:03PM ● By Sacramento Golf Council News Release

The Sacramento Golf Council proudly concluded the 101st California State Fair Championship at the historic Alister MacKenzie Golf Course at Haggin Oaks, with a thrilling display of elite amateur golf talent over three days of fierce competition.

Read More »

annual Fentanyl Awareness and Action Summit

Awareness and Accountability at Annual Fentanyl Summit

Sep 09, 2025 12:51PM ● By Seth Henderson, photos by Seth Henderson

Hundreds gathered from the Greater Sacramento Area for the annual Fentanyl Awareness and Action Summit at the Citrus Heights Event Center on Sept. 4, featuring resources and discussion panels regarding harm reduction, enforcement efforts, prevention and treatment.

Read More »

Metro Chamber Foundation Opens Applications for the 2026 Leadership Sacramento Class, Marking 40+ Years of Impact

Sep 05, 2025 02:05PM ● By Metro Chamber Foundation News Release

As of Sept. 3, applications are officially open for the 2026 Leadership Sacramento class. Established in 1985, Leadership Sacramento is proud to be celebrating 40 years (and counting) of shaping leaders and strengthening communities across the Capital Region.

Read More »

joint press conference with city officials

Sacramento Region Leaders Celebrate Ozone Attainment Milestone

Sep 05, 2025 10:03AM ● By Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District News Release

At a joint press conference today, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Pacific Southwest Region Administrator Josh F.W. Cook joined local Sacramento leaders to celebrate the region’s successful attainment of the 2008 National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ground-level ozone by the 2024 deadline.

Read More »

Celebrating Library Card Sign-Up Month

Sep 03, 2025 03:54PM ● By County of Yolo, Office of the County Administrator News Release

This September, the Yolo County Library invites you to celebrate Library Card Sign-Up Month and discover how a single card can unlock endless opportunities.

Read More »

International Overdose Awareness Day

Sep 03, 2025 03:51PM ● By Seth Henderson

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 25-95 on Aug. 26, declaring Aug. 31 as International Overdose Awareness Day.

Read More »

United Way Presents Family with 100,000th Book

Sep 03, 2025 03:49PM ● By United Way News Release

United Way California Capital Region presented Amethyst Josephine Franco of Woodland and her family with the 100,000th book from the region’s Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, which the local United Way manages.

Read More »

With gold shovels in hand city officials break ground

Innovation, Preservation, Sample Station

Sep 03, 2025 03:43PM ● By Seth Henderson, photos by Seth Henderson

Groundbreaking at Heritage Oaks, Emile’s Cafe Opens

Read More »

Constitution Day in the Park

Sep 03, 2025 03:10PM ● By Sacramento Constitution Discussion Group News Release

Constitution Discussion Groups (CDGs) of Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties are delighted to announce their upcoming Constitution Day Celebration on Sept. 21.

Read More »

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Sep 03, 2025 03:07PM ● By The Jason Foundation News Release

September is recognized as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, a time to confront a subject often shrouded in silence and stigma.

Read More »

CRC Softball Puts 13 Players on All-America Scholar-Athlete Team

Sep 02, 2025 06:29PM ● By Cosumnes River College Athletics News Release

After a solid softball season with a third-place finish in the Big 8 Conference and another trip to post-season play, the Cosumnes River College softball team has also been taking care of business in the classroom.

Read More »

Gabriella Borrego wins the Overall Girls’ State Fair Junior Championship at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex

Junior Championship Crowns Winners at Haggin Oaks

Sep 02, 2025 06:26PM ● By Sacramento Golf Council News Release

The State Fair Junior Championship for boys and girls ages 7 to18 was held Aug. 23 at Haggin Oaks Golf Complex.

Read More »

River Cats Announce 2026 Schedule

Sep 02, 2025 06:14PM ● By Sacramento River Cats News Release

The Sacramento River Cats, proud affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, have announced their 150-game schedule for the upcoming 2026 season and are offering a limited time opportunity to be the first to secure tickets for next season.

Read More »

Mikus Losbergs Elevated to Head Coach

Sep 02, 2025 06:10PM ● By Sacramento State Athletics News Release

Mikus Losbergs, a big part of the program as both a player and assistant coach, has been elevated to head men's tennis coach, athletics director Mark Orr said Aug. 27.

Read More »

UC Davis associate professor Shahid Siddique with doctoral candidate

UC Davis Nematologists Share International Spotlight

Aug 26, 2025 12:42PM ● By By Kathy Keatley Garvey, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

University of Californa, Davis nematologists shared the international spotlight at the 64th annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists (SON), held recently in Victoria, British Columbia.

Read More »

Investment Advances Senior Nutrition

Aug 26, 2025 12:33PM ● By Meals on Wheels, Yolo County News Release

A recent $150,000 investment by Sutter Health to both Meals on Wheels Yolo County (MOW Yolo) and Meals on Wheels Yuba and Sutter Counties (MOW Yuba/Sutter) is fortifying the future of senior nutrition in a multi-county region by simultaneously increasing the number of older nourished adults and the organizations’ sustained fiscal prowess to continue to serve them.

Read More »

First Human Case of West Nile Virus in Yolo County

Aug 26, 2025 11:19AM ● By County of Yolo, Office of the County Administrator News Release

The Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency’s (HHSA) Communicable Disease Program has confirmed the county’s first human case of West Nile virus this year.

Read More »

Susie Sutphin, the community food program manager at the Center for Land Based Learning, handles produce at the farm stand

Farming on the Riverfront

Aug 26, 2025 10:28AM ● By Seth Henderson, photos by Seth Henderson

Tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and herbs are some of the locally-grown items available at the Center for Land Based Learning’s Riverfront Farm, across from Franquette in West Sacramento. It is open from 9 a.m. to noon every Friday until the season ends on Nov. 20.

Read More »

Women’s Empowerment Night Hosted by River Cats

Women’s Panel Hits a Home Run

Aug 26, 2025 10:13AM ● By Seth Henderson

Women’s Empowerment Night Hosted by River Cats

Read More »

Donnie Baucom of Fair Oaks claimed the 2025 California State Fair Mid-Amateur Golf Championship

Baucom Captures Golf Championship at State Fair

Aug 26, 2025 09:39AM ● By Sacramento Golf Council News Release

Donnie Baucom of Fair Oaks claimed the 2025 California State Fair Mid-Amateur Golf Championship played Aug. 16 and 17 at Bing Maloney Golf Course.

Read More »

Cosumnes River College (CRC) announced the retirement of assistant baseball coach and instructional assistant Jno Shuler

Cosumnes River College’s Shuler Retires After 25 Years

Aug 26, 2025 09:35AM ● By Cosumnes River College Athletics News Release

Cosumnes River College (CRC) announced the retirement of assistant baseball coach and instructional assistant Jno Shuler, who has been part of Cosumnes River College Athletics for 25 years.

Read More »

groundbreaking event for the club’s new stadium in the Railyards

Stadium Deposit Campaign Follows Groundbreaking Ceremony

Aug 26, 2025 09:17AM ● By Sacramento Republic FC News Release

Wilton Rancheria and Sacramento Republic FC marked the beginning of construction on Republic FC Stadium at the Railyards with a groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 18.

Read More »

The bar graph shows new home sales in July

New Home Sales Rebound in July

Aug 26, 2025 08:46AM ● By North State Building Industry Association News Release

July new home sales in the greater Sacramento region rebounded from June's low point, with 480 sales reported by North State Building Industry Association members, the association reported Aug. 12.

Read More »

Free Senior Health and Resource Fair with live Music and Classic Car Display

Aug 19, 2025 04:36PM ● By Senior Health Fair News Release

The 11th annual Senior Health and Resource Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 13 at the Wyndham Sacramento Hotel off Hwy 80 at Madison.

Read More »

Elaine LaLanne, the "First Lady of Fitness

Elaine LaLanne Still Leads the Way

Aug 19, 2025 09:20AM ● By Carol Feineman

Elaine LaLanne is a beacon of light promoting the benefits of a healthy lifestyle at any age to millions of fitness aficionados throughout the world.

Read More »

Participants learned new skills and/or finetuned skills

IDEA World Meets Sacramento

Aug 19, 2025 09:12AM ● By Carol Feineman

For the first time in about 40 years, the annual IDEA World fitness and wellness event from July 17 to July 19 was held in the capital city at the Sacramento Convention Center.

Read More »

Sacramento Republic FC’s goalkeeper, Danny Vitiello

Vitiello Named July Player of the Month

Aug 19, 2025 08:14AM ● By Sacramento Republic FC News Release

United Soccer League Championship announced that Republic FC goalkeeper Danny Vitiello had been named the league's Player of the Month for July on Aug. 7.

Read More »

Hornet Duo Honored

Aug 19, 2025 08:10AM ● By Sacramento State Athletics News Release

Women’s Soccer Picked Fourth in Big Sky Preseason Poll

Read More »

UC Davis Ranked No. 7 In Preseason

Aug 19, 2025 08:02AM ● By UC Davis Athletics News Release

As the season is about to start, University of California, Davis football continues to be placed among the nation's best, earning the No. 7 ranking in the 2025 American Football Coaches Association Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Poll as announced Aug. 11 by the coaches association.

Read More »

SAFE employees Tiffany Porter of Carmichael and Joseph Mayeux of Sacramento County’s Vineyard area fold U.S. flags

SAFE Credit Union, Volunteers Prepare Flags for Retirement

Aug 18, 2025 06:42PM ● By SAFE Credit Union News Release

SAFE Credit Union collected more than 500 flags during its second annual employee-led U.S. flag collection drive this summer.

Read More »

County Road 28H Work Taking Place

Aug 18, 2025 06:35PM ● By County of Yolo News Release

The Yolo County Public Works Division will be patching several sections of failed pavement areas on County Road 28H between County Roads 102 and 105, approximately two miles northeast of the city of Davis.

Read More »

Classic Car and Truck Show Returns

Aug 18, 2025 06:33PM ● By County of Yolo, Office of the County Administrator News Release

Join Yolo County Library and the Friends of the Yolo Branch Library for the Cruisin’ into the Next Chapter Classic Car and Truck Show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 23.

Read More »

West Nile Virus Activity Increases

Aug 18, 2025 06:21PM ● By Sacramento Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District News Release

Further West Nile virus activity (WNV) evidence was detected throughout Sacramento and Yolo counties, as 13 mosquito samples and three dead birds tested positive Aug. 13, the highest number of positive results reported in a single day this year, according to the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control District.

Read More »

Ariana Adame has been selected as the new assistant city manager

City Restructures Organization, Adds New Positions

Aug 18, 2025 06:05PM ● By City of West Sacramento News Release

The City of West Sacramento announced a significant organizational restructuring aimed at bolstering its commitment to efficient public service and impactful community development on Aug. 11.

Read More »

Once Trusted, Some Educators Compromised

Aug 18, 2025 05:54PM ● By Seth Henderson

Sex offenders are registered into a government database after they’ve been convicted in a court of law. Some of them were once trusted employees in area schools.

Read More »