Quick schedule for July 4 activities

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Here's July 4 at a glance:

Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
7:15 to 9:30 a.m. North Gazebo

27th Annual Fun Run
7:30 a.m. North Gazebo, adults' 5 K run
8:15 a.m. Children's run

Parade down Murieta Parkway
9:15 to 9:45 a.m. Line up at De La Cruz Drive and Murieta Parkway
10 a.m. Parade begins

Carnival at Lake Clementia
11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Music and Dancing at the Gazebo
7 p.m.

Fireworks at Laguna Joaquin
9 p.m. or so

For all the details about these events, click here.

It's too early to judge impact of county's budget woes, Security says

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It’s too early to tell how the county’s budget problems will impact law-enforcement protection in the area, the Community Services District’s Security Committee was told Thursday.  The committee also discussed recent ticketing of golf carts crossing Jackson Road and crimes in the community.  Read more »

QuickPoll: Police powers for RM's Security?

If Sacramento County has to make good on its threatened decimation of sheriff's deputies on patrol, should the Rancho Murieta Community Services District respond by once again examining the possibility of a security force with police powers?

Band will perform at Gazebo July 4

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The Gazebo musical entertainment the evening of July 4 will feature the group Three Chords and a Beer, event organizers say.  The music begins at 7 p.m.  Read more »

Mustaches are back in vogue

Joyce Telford

 

Darin SextonJoyce Telford was one of the game adults who sampled a mustache-making milkshake when the Milk Mustache Mobile Tour stopped at Plaza Foods around dinnertime Tuesday. Tour personnel set up tents in the parking lot and photographed milk mustache participants after they sampled milkshakes at the kiosk in the store. They also gave away containers of milk (but, drat, ran out of chocolate milk before the two-hour tour stop ended). Darin Sexton of Plaza Foods even sported a white mustache for the occasion, right.  The tour was put together by the nation's milk processors and has been traveling the nation since March.

First lawsuit over cracking foundations is scheduled for trial next week

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Five years after foundation problems in Rancho Murieta South homes built by Reynen & Bardis became public knowledge, the first homeowner lawsuit against the developer is headed for trial next week.  Read more »

ETC show: Music that echoes from Lake Michigan to Lake Clementia

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Red square Faces in the crowd: Click to see who you know at the show.

The coolest place to be Saturday night was Lake Clementia Amphitheater, where Sacramento's Chicago Tribute Authority paid its respects to the legendary group Chicago and created its own magic for hundreds of happy concertgoers. With only a couple of hours to squeeze in decades of hits, the group braved the day's 100-plus-degree heat and a barrage of insects to get the crowd up and dancing to hits that included “Saturday in the Park,” “If You Leave Me Now” and “Feeling Stronger Every Day” once the sun went down.  Were you at the show? Click here to rate it.  See more photos...  Read more »

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Average: 3.9 (55 votes)

A big week -- music, wine and fireworks

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Big week

The community's biggest entertainment week of the year starts tonight, with Entertainment, Theatre & Culture's presentation of Chicago Tribute Authority at Lake Clementia.  On Monday, Stonehouse Bistro in the Plaza hosts a jazz and wine event.  On Friday, there's an encore performance by Spencer Day at the Country Club.  And the week concludes next weekend with the July 4 festivities.  Here's a look at the week:  Read more »

Cable committee offers arguments around opting out of RMA system

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Keyes and Haines

Andy Keyes, left, and Wilbur Haines offered the arguments for and against mandatory participation in the community cable system.

Three former members of the Rancho Murieta Association ad hoc cable committee returned to a committee meeting as spectators Tuesday to hear presentations of opposing views about the legality of opting out of the RMA cable system.  Read more »