The annual Blues and Brews celebration takes place Saturday, Sept. 27, from 5 to 10 p.m. at Lake Clementia Amphitheater. The event offers blues music, beer and wine tasting, specialty food vendors, an arts and crafts fair, and silent and live auctions. Tickets for the adults-only event are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Blues and Brews is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club, Plaza Foods and the Rancho Murieta Association. For information, contact Joe Mazzoni Sr., 354-0197, or Michelle Hubbell, 354-2303.

Here are Rancho Murieta's complete Security logs for Aug. 20-24, as released to the public. CSD Security edits the logs to remove names and specific addresses before releasing the information.  Read more »

When the storage in the wastewater treatment plant ponds dropped below 100 acre-feet last October, the announcement was greeted with applause from board members, staff and spectators at the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board meeting. It had taken four years and cost the CSD $200,000 in fines and thousands more to dispose of stored wastewater to meet a requirement set by the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board.  Read more »

RM.com is back online after nine hours in limbo Tuesday.  We’re in the process of upgrading web-hosting services so this doesn’t happen again.  In the meantime, please accept our apologies.  And thank you for the many phone calls and e-mails.  It's nice to be missed.

The Rancho Murieta Country Club has selected its new general manager, the club announced Monday.  He's Stan Korich, general manager of Santa Rosa Golf and Country Club for the last five years.  Read more »

Security officers who make a citizen's arrest in the course of doing their jobs are expected to get support from the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board in the form of a policy providing indemnification from civil actions. The matter will come to the board for a vote next month, the board decided at its meeting Wednesday.  Read more »

[Updated with car contest winners] Day Two of Summerfest added high-flying skateboard and BMX exhibitions and the classic car show. All three were free. Two performances of the BMX show were offered Saturday afternoon on the Stonehouse Park basketball courts. Stunt riders delighted the crowd with feats of cycling skill on the ground and in the air.  Read more »

It was goodbye to soccer fields and hello to magic as the rides, midway and bright lights of Summerfest brought out another side of Rancho Murieta Friday night. Once again Stonehouse Park was tranformed into an annual celebration of the best of small-town carnivals. Under a neon-lit sky, rides went up and down and sideways to the delight of the kids, and the tantalizing aromas of funnel cakes and corn dogs scented the air. The ninth Summerfest had begun.  Read more »

The grand finale of the Entertainment, Theatre and Culture concert season takes place Sept. 6, when “Celebrate With Peter Rivera” comes to Lake Clementia Amphitheater for a dance concert. Peter Rivera made his mark in the rock world as the lead vocalist and drummer for Rare Earth. The band sold over 25 million records in the ‘60s and ‘70s and made top 10 hits “Get Ready,” I’m Losing You,” “Born to Wander,” “Hey Big Brother” and the enduring anthem “I Just Want to Celebrate.”  Read more »

Here are Rancho Murieta's complete Security logs for Aug. 13-19, as released to the public. CSD Security edits the logs to remove names and specific addresses before releasing the information.  Read more »