Rancho Cordova News

Rancho Cordova city officials think a new assisted housing project for disabled homeless veterans near Mather Airport could be months away from breaking ground, after the city council approved a pair of needed entitlements for the Mather Veterans Village this week.

A free workshop on how to guard against financial fraud and scams that target senior citizens will be offered Thursday in Citrus Heights.

Water rates in Sacramento County would go up 5.6 percent in August and another 3.8 percent next year under a proposal supervisors will consider in July.

Mather Airport continues to attract commerce and Sacramento County is hoping to attract even more around the former Air Force base by extending Fremoyer Street through undeveloped land nearby.

Dr. Norm Klein knows all too well. His Rancho Cordova garden holds one of the Sacramento area's largest private collections of cactuses and succulents.

The third-grader, along with 300 other students from Williamson Elementary School in Rancho Cordova, huddled inside the cafeteria for one reason - to watch a play that Angela had written.

The soon-to-debut food truck operated by Rudy's Hideaway, a popular steak and seafood destination in Rancho Cordova since 1972, now has a name: Rudy's Cruzin' Crustacean.

A working mom who couldn't find child care left her 4-year-old unattended in a car while she worked at night this week, officials said.

The Sacramento SPCA is offering free spay and neuter surgeries to all pit bull terriers and pit bull mixes in the Rancho Cordova area ZIP codes of 95670 and 95827.

California Carnival, a Rancho Cordova company, is the new carnival concessionaire at this year's Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee.

Kargo Master owner John Hancock says he regularly gets calls from business recruiters offering to help him move his Rancho Cordova manufacturing company out of California.

Here are six recent ASC news updates. Healthcare and ambulatory surgery center industry veteran Roy Georgia joined Surgical Care Affiliates , a company that operates 150 surgical facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and hospital surgery departments.

Employees laid off from 25 Sacramento-area companies can find tools to get back into the workforce at a special workshop Thursday in Sacramento.

Michelle Duchesne 940th Force Support Squadron 5/9/2013 - BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.

The world of Miguel Armando Rodriguez was plunged into darkness and shadow last year when he had to quit his job doing maintenance at Yolo County Housing because of cataracts.

Trustees of the Los Rios Community College District this week authorized the sale of $80 million in general obligation bonds to raise funds for a variety of projects - including $16 million for a gymnasium at Folsom Lake College.

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - At approximately 10:45 a.m. on May 10, a military contracted aircraft will deliver the remains of Staff Sgt.

The first three months of 2013 saw hundreds of lots for development change hands in the Sacramento region, with hundreds more in position to do so at the moment.

Assemblyman Ken Cooley, D-Rancho Cordova, will hold community "meet and greet" events Saturday in Citrus Heights and Arden Arcade.

Grace Arupo Rodriguez, 35, of Rancho Cordova, has been appointed deputy director of legal affairs at the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.