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River Park Ranger Patrols Reduced This Weekend

Changes for the river ways are coming this holiday weekend as budget cuts are limiting the number of people who keep the American River safe.

Sacramento County Teachers of the Year 2011 Announced

Teachers from San Juan Unified and Twin Rivers Unified Advance to State Competition A 5th grade teacher from the San Juan Unified School District and a math teacher from the Twin Rivers Unified School District are the Sacramento County Teachers of the Year 2011, the Sacramento County Office of Education ( SCOE ) announced September 1st at a county-wide teacher recognition banquet. Shannan Brown, who teaches 5th grade at Thomas Edison Elementary School in the San Juan District and Kadhir Rajagopal, who teaches mathematics at Grant Union High School in Twin Rivers, were selected from among 15 Sacramento area teachers to represent the county in the California Teachers of the Year competition. A community selection committee comprised of education professionals, including previous Teachers of the Year, met to interview each local district Teacher of the Year and selected the two finalists.

River spawning gravel restored to aid in salmon, steelhead runs

More spawning gravel will be restored in the American River starting Tuesday as part of a long-running effort to bolster the river’s salmon and steelhead runs.

Cats’ Chris Carter on disabled list

Sacramento River Cats’ slugger Chris Carter went on the disabled list Saturday with a sprained left thumb, leaving him out of the final two games of his team’s pivotal series against the Fresno Grizzlies.

Kings blog: Kings’ Whiteside throws a strike

Score one for the rookie. The Kings’ Hassan Whiteside threw out the first pitch a few minutes ago at the River Cats-Fresno Grizzlies game at Raley Field, and while his velocity was lacking, he avoided tossing a one-bouncer into the dirt.

Sacramento’s Township 9 wins housing award

Township 9, a 65-acre development that will eventually anchor the River District north of downtown Sacramento, won top honors Tuesday from the state Housing and Community Development Department for “innovative land-use planning and green building strategies.”

Sacto 9-1-1: Surveillance cameras help in arrest of burglary suspect

Images on home surveillance cameras have led to arrest of a Gold River man in connection with an Aug. 11 Carmichael burglary.

Cops: Carmichael burglar seen on surveillance camera arrested

CARMICHAEL – A Gold River man was arrested Thursday after police identified him as the man seen breaking into a Carmichael home last week on the homeowner’s surveillance video.

Cops: Carmichael burglar seen on surveillance camera arrested

CARMICHAEL – A Gold River man was arrested Thursday after police identified him as the man seen breaking into a Carmichael home last week on the homeowner’s surveillance video.

Detectives Catch Burglar Caught on Video

On August 18, 2010, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department detectives arrested 28-year-old Gold River resident Joshua Michael Lowe in connection to a burglary which occurred on August 11, 2010, at home in the 2900 block of California Avenue. Lowe’s image was captured during the burglary on several video security cameras the homeowner had installed inside and outside his home