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Murieta Plaza Has New Owner

Jan 05, 2026 09:50AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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CalCCA Challenges CPUC Decision Raising Energy Bills

Dec 29, 2025 04:53PM ● By California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) News Release

California Community Choice Association (CalCCA) recently filed a Petition for Writ of Review with the California Court of Appeal, Third District, challenging a recent California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision that retroactively changes the methodology used to calculate the Power Charge Indifference Adjustment.

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Tesla Supercharger Station Opens in Rancho Murieta

Dec 23, 2025 03:53PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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CAL FIRE Names Wood Chief of Unit

Dec 17, 2025 04:11PM ● By CAL FIRE News Release

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.

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Tour Visits Six Homes Looking Their Christmas Best

Dec 17, 2025 04:04PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Recruitment, Evacuation Are Fire Safe Council Topics

Dec 17, 2025 03:51PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Third Water Tank is Topic at Services District Meeting

Dec 17, 2025 03:33PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Golf Scores: Achievements Honored at 'Tees the Season'

Dec 17, 2025 03:30PM ● By Nancy Clevenger

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.”

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Two Directors Re-elected at Association Annual Meeting

Dec 17, 2025 03:18PM ● By Joe Wirt

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

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Sacramento-Area Fees to Build New Homes Average $109,000, Study Finds

Dec 16, 2025 09:52AM ● By North State Building Industry Association News Release

BIA Calls on Local Governments to Lower Fees, Improve Affordability

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Fuel Reduction Work Expands as CAL FIRE Grant Nears Final Months

Dec 11, 2025 04:15PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Wilton Winter Festival Draws Crowd

Dec 11, 2025 09:18AM ● By Patsy Nemetz

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.

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Rising Heat Leads to Minimal Losses for California Processing Tomatoes

Dec 09, 2025 09:24AM ● By Emily C. Dooley, UC Davis News Release

Researchers Analyzed Traffic, Temperatures and 1.4 million Tomato Truckloads

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California's Infrastructure Graded a 'C-'

Dec 08, 2025 06:32PM ● By American Society of Civil Engineers News Release

Aging Assets and Weather Challenges Continue to Strain Infrastructure Systems

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SAFE Credit Union to Combine with BECU

Dec 08, 2025 01:14PM ● By SAFE Credit Union News Release

Boeing Employees’ Credit Union (BECU) and SAFE Credit Union announced they have signed a definitive agreement to combine, uniting two purpose-driven credit unions with a shared commitment to the financial well-being of their members and the communities they serve.

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Sacramento County Maintains Class 2 FEMA Rating

Dec 08, 2025 11:41AM ● By Sacramento County News Release

Class 2 Rating Provides 40% Discount on Flood Insurance

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Community Gets First Look at Jackson Highway Resilience Study

Dec 04, 2025 04:21PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Supervisors Approve Solar Facility Despite Protests

Dec 04, 2025 11:22AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

Over the objections of environmental advocates, off-roaders and tribal representatives, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a massive solar facility on Nov. 18. The six-hour hearing drew an overflow crowd, with most of the 130 speakers opposed.

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State Dismisses CSD Conflict Complaints

Dec 04, 2025 11:15AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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

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E-Bikes, Barcodes are Association Topics

Dec 04, 2025 11:12AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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

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CSD Crews Work Nonstop to Prevent Sewage Spill

Dec 04, 2025 11:05AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Community Updated on Jackson Highway Study

Dec 04, 2025 11:01AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Turkey Drive Helps Elk Grove Food Bank

Dec 04, 2025 10:57AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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Wilton Donates $12,000 to Burn Institute

Dec 04, 2025 10:51AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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Association Dedicates Sports Field to Jenco

Dec 04, 2025 10:47AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Developer Fees, Water Plan are District Topics

Dec 04, 2025 10:43AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Unsung Hero Singh Remembered at Association Meeting

Dec 04, 2025 10:39AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Tree Lighting Draws Crowd to Stonehouse

Dec 04, 2025 10:35AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

The Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Stonehouse Park on Nov. 28 drew an enthusiastic crowd of children, parents and grandparents eager to visit with Santa. The Rancho Murieta Association Recreation Committee presented the event, a community tradition for 22 years.

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First Installment of County Secured Property Taxes Due

Dec 02, 2025 12:55PM ● By Sacramento County News Release

The deadline for paying the first installment of 2025-26 Sacramento County property taxes is coming up. Payments are due no later than Dec. 10, 2025. Late payments will incur a 10- percent penalty for each tax bill. Partial payments are not accepted.

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Home Sales Remain Above Average During October

Nov 24, 2025 02:39PM ● By MPG Staff

New home sales in the Sacramento region rose modestly in September and remained above the historical average for this time of year, the North State Building Industry Association announced on Nov. 11.

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Audits, Reserves are Finance Meeting Topics

Nov 20, 2025 10:22AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

Long-delayed audits, confusion over reserve policies and unusually strong praise for the district’s finance director dominated the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Finance Committee meeting on Nov. 13.

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CSD Faces Costly Culvert Repair

Nov 20, 2025 10:18AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

Contract engineer Joe Domenichelli brought more unwelcome financial news when he met with the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Improvements Committee on Nov. 4, marking the second straight month of troubling cost news.

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Third Water Tank Site, Water Conservation Discussed

Nov 20, 2025 09:59AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

Eight topics were on the agenda – most of them related to water – when the Rancho Murieta Community Services District Improvements Committee met on Nov. 4.

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Sacramento Ballet Offers Bold Visions, Timeless Classics

Nov 10, 2025 04:29PM ● By Sacramento Ballet News Release

Sacramento Ballet’s highly anticipated 2025-26 season has started.

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How Can Veteran Business Owners Overcome Financial Challenges?

Nov 10, 2025 02:36PM ● By Brandpoint Content

For many Servicemembers transitioning out of the military, owning their own business is their second act.

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