A proposed layout for Cosumnes River Elementary features a library front and center, just off Jackson Road, a 165-space parking lot at left, a two-story classroom building, rear center, and play fields on the site of the present school, right.  See larger image here.

A sketch of the new Cosumnes River Elementary School -- with a library at the campus entrance, a long winding drive and play fields 10 feet above Jackson Road -- was presented Tuesday night to the Elk Grove Unified School District board.  Read more »

 See QuickPoll: Would we take down the gates and redirect the savings?

Can the community have access to public money and tax write-offs while still remaining private? Are residents willing to pay the cost of keeping the community gated?   The Rancho Murieta Community Services District Ad Hoc Governance Advisory Committee considered these and other questions during the course of a two-hour-plus meeting last week at the CSD Building.  Read more »

The Summerfest carnival, an annual fundraising event organized by volunteers for youth activities, runs Friday and Saturday at Stonehouse Park. The entrance fee of $10 includes unlimited rides on attractions. Here's the schedule of events.  Read more »

Rancho Murieta Youth Enrichment Advocacy held a car wash Sunday at the Rancho Murieta Association parking lot. The car wash is the latest in a series of fundraisers the volunteer group is staging to build a 10,000-square-foot skate park at Stonehouse Park through donations. Once built, the skate park will be owned and maintained by the Rancho Murieta Association.

The boards of the Rancho Murieta Association and the Community Services District hold their monthly meetings this week. Here are the meeting highlights and agendas.  Read more »

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church is offering religious programs for children. The Catholic Faith Formation Program classes for kindergarten through 5th grade begin Sept. 30 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. at the church on Cantova Way. The Edge Program, which includes grades 6 through 8, will be held at the church Sunday evenings from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at a starting date to be announced.  Read more »

A group of six or eight vandals roamed through streets in lower Murieta North overnight, tossing garden furniture, lawn ornaments, lights and sprinklers into the streets and doing serious damage to a truck parked in a driveway. Security had received five reports of vandalism by midday Friday.  Read more »

Here are Rancho Murieta's complete Security logs for Aug. 6-12, as released to the public. CSD Security edits the logs to remove names and specific addresses before releasing the information.  Read more »

The preliminary 2009 budget for the Rancho Murieta Association projects an increase of 2.5 percent, which would take monthly dues for members from $137 to $140.47. Since the increase was 3.9 percent in 2008 and 10 percent in 2007, “we’re heading in the right direction,” General Manager David Stiffler said Wednesday.  Read more »