Gomes races to Big Trophy Night, Forsberg claims 10th Placerville title

Modesto’s Tony Gomes tallied his second Thompson’s Winged Sprint Car win of the season on Saturday at Placerville Speedway, while Auburn’s Andy Forsberg secured his 10th career track championship.  Fellow winners on Coors Light Big Trophy Championship Night included...

Folsom restaurant earns Sac County Food Safety Excellence Award 

Mas Taco Bar, a popular Folsom eatery located in the Palladio shopping center has received top honors for exceptional food safety practices by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors.  The local restaurant was among  awarded a 19th Annual Environmental Management...

Chaplain Chat: The time I rewrote the Ten Commandments

“Why did God have to make his Ten Commandments so negative?” I asked my wife as I drove her to the airport for her flight to St. Louis. “Pardon me?” she replied. My non sequiturs confuse most people, but Becky plays along. “When we were raising kids, you taught me to...

Forging forward: Folsom History celebrates new clean blacksmith program

Community, SMUD, Folsom History leaders gather to launch new program Folsom History and the community gathered Saturday to celebrate receiving a SMUD Shine award of $8,041.61, which supported an innovative project to add electric-powered induction forges to The...

Bulldogs stomp Turlock, Vista falls to Oakdale in final non-league games

Folsom, Vista,, Oak Ridge, Cordova all begin 2024 league play next Friday The 2024 prep-football season entered its final week of pre-season play beneath the Friday night lights as area teams got their final test before heading into CIF Sac Joaquin Section Conference...

State’s dysfunctional dashboard of school ratings gets a well-deserved beatdown

Nine years ago, as the state Board of Education was working on a system to inform Californians about what was happening in schools, one of its professional advisors, Nancy Brownell, delivered what she described as a “very brief” summary. Quoted in full from a...