Community Corner
The Wake-Up Call
Helpful information to start your day in Elk Grove, in five minutes or less.
Good morning, Elk Grove! Welcome to the wake-up call, where we start your day off with a few tips about what's happening today in Elk Grove and the world beyond.
In the Patch:
, , 12:00 to 12:25 p.m. This is what it sounds like, new moms and dads. Bring your tiny one aged 18 months or less, and plop him or her on your knees for some guided songs, stories and movement. Short, easy, ahhh.
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Sanitation Rate Increase. Fees may soon be going up in Elk Grove and the rest of Sac County. Find out why, when, and if there's anything you can do about it at a workshop tonight at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 8400 Laguna Palms Way. (Elk Grove Patch will be there, too.)
Outside the Patch:
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California Starts Planning for Release of 30,000 Prisoners. Politicians and law enforcement officials are debating how to comply with a Supreme Court order, issued Monday, telling California to reduce the population in its overcrowded prisons. The court said conditions in the prisons constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Besides releasing prisoners early, the state could also transfer them to other states or build new prisons.
That's it for today's wake-up call. Have a tremendous Tuesday!
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