Development Moratorium Debate Began in July 2024

Efforts to declare a water emergency began in July of 2024. Here are direct links to past River Valley Times coverage. Read More »

Security Logs: Dec. 31-Jan. 16

Following is a summary of activity for the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Security Department for the following dates. Note: these log entries are condensed. For full security log details, go to the CSD website at rmcsd.com. Read More »

Coyote Creek Solar Project Faces Uncertain Path Forward

Despite Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s decision to walk away from a power purchase agreement, the developer of the controversial Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Ranch says it intends to press ahead, leaving the 200-megawatt solar project facing an uncertain and potentially more complex path forward. Read More »

Post Office Lobby Resumes Normal Hours

An immediate decision to reduce lobby hours at the Sloughhouse Post Office following a break-in discovered Jan. 5 has been rescinded. Read More »

CHP Rings in the New Year With Holiday Enforcement Period

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is ringing in 2026 by launching a New Year’s Holiday Enforcement Period (HEP). Read More »

Murieta Dance Company Heads to the Amazon Jungle

With a cast of 106 dancers ranging in age from 2 to 18, Murieta Dance Company transformed an empty supermarket at Murieta Plaza into a time-traveling adventure during its 2025 year-end recital on Dec. 13 and 14. Read More »

Utility Team Responds to Broken Water Main

Rancho Murieta Community Services District utility workers responded to a water main break on Pescado Circle near Lago Drive on Sunday, Jan. 4 and remained on scene into Monday morning, according to Interim General Manager Amelia Wilder. She said an estimated 60,000 gallons of water were lost. Read More »

Association Board Cuts Committee, Approves Equipment Purchases

The Rancho Murieta Association Board moved quickly through a relatively light agenda at its Dec. 16 meeting, with discussion centering on two items: the elimination of the Communications Committee and approval of plans to purchase new maintenance equipment at auction. Read More »

Association Board Tightens Public Comment Rules

The Rancho Murieta Association Board has revised how public comment is handled at its meetings, a change that narrows when residents may speak and removes the opportunity to comment on agenda items after board discussion. Read More »

Services District Sets Water Emergency Hearing

Although the decision was not unanimous, the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Board voted at its Dec. 17 meeting to hold a public hearing on Jan. 27 to consider declaring a water emergency. Read More »

Security Logs: Dec. 13-29

Following is a summary of activity for the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Security Department for the following dates. Note: these log entries are condensed. For full security log details, go to the CSD website at rmcsd.com. Read More »

Murieta Plaza Has New Owner

Murieta Plaza, the longtime commercial hub at the heart of Rancho Murieta, sold for $8.2 million in a transaction that closed Dec. 12, according to Jon Bias, a broker with PDF Commercial. Read More »

Tesla Supercharger Station Opens in Rancho Murieta

A long-anticipated Tesla electric vehicle charging station has officially opened at the Murieta Marketplace shopping center, adding fast-charging capacity in Rancho Murieta after nearly a year of stops, starts and delays. Read More »

RMA Compliance Officer Struck in Hit-and-Run at North Gate

A Rancho Murieta Association compliance officer was struck by a vehicle during a hit-and-run incident at the community’s North Gate on Dec. 17, prompting a California Highway Patrol investigation that is being treated as an assault with a deadly weapon. Read More »

Security Logs Dec. 3-10

Following is a summary of activity for the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Security Department for the following dates. Note: these log entries are condensed. For full security log details, go to the CSD website at rmcsd.com. Read More »

Golf Scores: Achievements Honored at 'Tees the Season'

The Rancho Murieta Country Club’s Women’s Golf Club went festive this week with its annual end-of-the-year holiday, themed “Tees the Season.” Read More »

Tour Visits Six Homes Looking Their Christmas Best

Six Rancho Murieta homes were showcased during Deck the Halls – the 2025 Holiday Home Tour – presented by the Rancho Murieta Women’s Club on Dec. 13. Read More »

CAL FIRE Names Wood Chief of Unit

David Wood has been appointed by CAL FIRE Director Joe Tyler as the next unit chief of the Amador-El Dorado Unit (AEU), effective Nov. 17. Read More »

Recruitment, Evacuation Are Fire Safe Council Topics

Recruiting new board members and laying the groundwork to pursue additional grants were key topics at the Rancho Murieta Regional Fire Safe Council’s quarterly Zoom meeting on Dec. 2. Read More »

Third Water Tank is Topic at Services District Meeting

The need for a third water tank was again the dominant topic when the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Improvements Committee met on Dec. 4. Read More »

Two Directors Re-elected at Association Annual Meeting

The second time proved to be the charm when the Rancho Murieta Association Board held its annual meeting on Dec. 11. Read More »

Fuel Reduction Work Expands as CAL FIRE Grant Nears Final Months

Registered professional forester Phyllis Banducci delivered an upbeat progress report Dec. 2, telling the Rancho Murieta Regional Fire Safe Council that on-the-ground work for the $4.4 million Cosumnes Ladder Fuel Reduction Project is nearly complete and that Sacramento County has authorized additional acres for treatment before the grant ends at the end of March. Read More »

Wilton Winter Festival Draws Crowd

The Wilton Winter Festival returned to the Wilton Community Center on Dec. 6, drawing several hundred residents despite chilly, foggy weather in sharp contrast to last year’s unseasonably warm 60-degree day. Read More »

Security Logs: Nov. 18-Dec. 1

Following is a summary of activity for the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Security Department for the following dates. Note: these log entries are condensed. For full security log details, go to the CSD website at rmcsd.com. Read More »

Unsung Hero Singh Remembered at Association Meeting

Gyan Singh, who served in the Rancho Murieta Association maintenance department for 50 years before retiring in 2023, was memorialized by General Manager Rod Hart at the RMA board meeting on Nov. 18. Read More »

Developer Fees, Water Plan are District Topics

Developer fees, an emergency lift-station repair and continuing disputes over the Integrated Water Master Plan dominated the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Board’s Nov. 19 meeting, which ran more than five hours and covered a long list of other issues. Read More »

Association Dedicates Sports Field to Jenco

Before there were dugouts, before the lighting towers rose over the majors’ field, before Little League District 57 coaches called Rancho Murieta the best place to play, there was Randy Jenco with an idea of what local kids deserved. Read More »

Wilton Donates $12,000 to Burn Institute

Thanks to the overwhelming success of the Wilton Firefighters Association Chili Cookoff on Oct. 11, three community organizations donated $12,000 to the Firefighters Burn Institute. Read More »

Community Gets First Look at Jackson Highway Resilience Study

Rancho Murieta residents received an early look at Sacramento County’s new Jackson Highway Resilience Study during two sparsely attended workshops held Nov. 17 and Nov. 18 at Rancho Murieta Community Church. Read More »

Turkey Drive Helps Elk Grove Food Bank

The first Rancho Murieta Association Frozen Turkey Pickup Donation, held Nov. 21, was a success, according to Director Tom Reimers, who worked with RMA staff to launch the event. Read More »

Community Updated on Jackson Highway Study

Two meetings were held in Rancho Murieta on Nov. 17 and 18 to update residents on a study examining the vulnerabilities of Jackson Highway if an evacuation were required during a fire or flood. Read More »

CSD Crews Work Nonstop to Prevent Sewage Spill

Rancho Murieta Community Services District crews worked around the clock from Nov. 15 to Nov. 17 to prevent a sewage spill at Lift Station 6B, after a series of equipment failures and heavy rain overwhelmed one of the community’s most sensitive wastewater stations. Read More »

The Kutzers: Preserving Wilton’s Past, Protecting Its Future

Winter Festival time has arrived in Wilton again, and with it, another opportunity to honor local people who have shaped our community over the decades. This year, the Wilton Winter Festival Parade grand marshals are Bill and Alice Kutzer. Read More »

E-Bikes, Barcodes are Association Topics

Discussion of a proposed e-bike rule and non-member barcode use highlighted the Rancho Murieta Association Board’s Nov. 18 meeting. Read More »

State Dismisses CSD Conflict Complaints

Three Rancho Murieta Community Services District board members have essentially been cleared of conflict-of-interest allegations by the California Fair Political Practices Commission. Read More »