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Services District Sets Water Emergency Hearing

Jan 07, 2026 02:55PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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Security Logs: Dec. 13-29

Jan 07, 2026 02:38PM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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CHP Rings in the New Year With Holiday Enforcement Period

Dec 30, 2025 12:13PM ● By California Highway Patrol (CHP) News Release

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

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

Dec 19, 2025 02:53PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

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.

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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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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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Security Logs Dec. 3-10

Dec 17, 2025 03:05PM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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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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Final Cadet Class of the Year Graduates

Dec 08, 2025 06:18PM ● By California Highway Patrol News Release

Graduation Caps Year of Record Hiring and Rising Interest in Law Enforcement Careers

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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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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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Security Logs: Nov. 18-Dec. 1

Dec 04, 2025 10:17AM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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CLICK IT. DON'T RISK IT. CHP THANKSGIVING SAFETY REMINDER

Nov 24, 2025 01:10PM ● By California Highway Patrol News Release

Officers focus on seat belt use, impaired driving and safe travel during one of the year’s busiest weekends

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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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Security Logs Nov. 4-11

Nov 20, 2025 09:51AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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Security Logs: Oct. 22-Oct. 29

Nov 06, 2025 09:08AM ● By MPG Staff

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.

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California Highway Patrol Launches Halloween Maximum Enforcement to Target Impaired Drivers

Oct 29, 2025 10:19AM ● By California Highway Patrol News Release

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) will launch a 12-hour Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) from 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, through 6 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, to protect motorists and prevent impaired driving.

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VFW Honors Bloshenko as Metro’s First Firefighter of the Year

Oct 09, 2025 10:40AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

In its inaugural presentation of an award, the Rancho Murieta Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars honored Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District firefighter/paramedic Dmitriy Bloshenko as Firefighter of the Year for Rancho Murieta and Sloughhouse during a Sept. 22 ceremony at Station 59.

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Security Logs: Sept. 23-Oct. 5

Oct 09, 2025 10:02AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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Developer Says Requirement to Build New Water Tank is Extortion

Oct 06, 2025 05:36PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

A previously undisclosed letter imposing a new condition on the owners of the Residences subdivision was described as “extortion” at two Rancho Murieta Community Services District meetings on Oct. 2 and 3.

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Wildfire Fuel Reduction Project to Resume Sept. 29

Sep 26, 2025 05:04PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

With only a few months remaining before the CAL FIRE grant expires, the final phase of a wildfire fuel reduction project to protect Rancho Murieta resumed Sept. 29.

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Wilder Named Interim General Manager at CSD

Sep 25, 2025 09:30AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

In July 2019, Amelia Wilder joined the Rancho Murieta Community Services District through a temporary agency for a two-to-four-week assignment. Six months later, following the retirement of the long-time secretary, the board appointed her as district secretary.

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Association Discusses E-Bikes, HOA Fines

Sep 25, 2025 09:15AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

A proposed rule to regulate e-bikes and state legislation affecting the ability of associations to levy fines were among the topics discussed when the Rancho Murieta Association met on Sept. 16.

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Organization, Drinking Water, 'Frankenstein' are CSD Topics

Sep 25, 2025 09:08AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

While a proposed water moratorium drew a full house at the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board meeting on Sept. 17, directors also took up several other matters, most of them after the crowd left.

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Security Logs: Sept. 5-Sept. 21

Sep 25, 2025 09:04AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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Board Votes 3-2 to Begin Water Moratorium Process

Sep 22, 2025 01:19PM ● By Gail Bullen River Valley Times Reporter

After a sometimes heated discussion, the Rancho Murieta Community Services District board voted 3-2 on Sept. 17 to begin the process of enacting a water moratorium on new development. More than 40 people attended the meeting.

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Security Logs: Aug. 22-Sept. 11

Sep 11, 2025 09:37AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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Services District Names Min Director of Finance and Administration

Sep 11, 2025 09:29AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

The Rancho Murieta Community Services District announced at its Aug. 20 board meeting that Cecilia Min has been hired as the permanent director of Finance and Administration.

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CSD Board Covers Completed Audit, Finance Records

Sep 11, 2025 09:21AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

The status of the Rancho Murieta Community Services District’s overdue audits – one finished and two still pending – was a major topic when the board met Aug. 20.

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Security, Developer Access are CSD Topics

Sep 11, 2025 09:19AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

The Rancho Murieta Community Services District board met Aug. 20 and discussed a range of topics, including security updates and an easement request from developers.

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Carskaddon Joins CSD as Utilities Supervisor

Sep 11, 2025 09:17AM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

Rancho Murieta Community Services District has named Corey J. Carskaddon as its new utilities supervisor, succeeding Ron Green, who retired earlier this year.

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Manhunt Ends with Arrest of Resident

Sep 02, 2025 05:05PM ● By Gail Bullen, River Valley Times Reporter

A Rancho Murieta resident was arrested on three felony charges following a manhunt that caused widespread commotion in the community, after deputies responded to a reported burglary in progress just before 8:30 p.m. Aug. 31.

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Transportation Agency Seeks Input

Aug 21, 2025 11:38AM ● By Gail Bullen River Valley Times Reporter

The Sacramento County Department of Transportation is inviting Rancho Murieta residents to complete an online survey as part of a planning effort to improve evacuation routes and emergency access along Jackson Highway during wildfires and floods.

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Security Logs: Aug. 4-17

Aug 21, 2025 10:53AM ● By Joe Wirt

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.

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