December 2024 is a special time for our community, as the Winter Solstice, Christmas, Hannukah, and Kwanzaa coincide. A victory over darkness; birth, love, humility and salvation; a festival of lights; family and social values - however you celebrate, we wish you a happy holiday season!

We are continually grateful for our readers, our donors and our supporters across the community. May you all have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

We were surprised and delighted to get email today from the National Civic League saying the Advocates for Arden Arcade is among the organizations working to protect democracy in America. In their words:

The North Division of the Sheriff's Office will be holding community meetings again this month. Here is the schedule near us:

Cliff Notes: You have asked for it. Now Supervisor Desmond is granting your wish. He will be holding a community meeting about possible municipal incorporation. It will be at Howe Park on October 21st, 2024, starting at 5:30pm. Please plan to be there in numbers. Tell your friends. For more info, read on below and peruse our website.

It's that time of year again: the Fulton Avenue CruiseFest is happening on September 14th (see flyer below). Here's what our Supervisor says about the event:

If you live in the Fulton-El Camino Recreation and Park District, Measure Q will be on your ballot this November. Measure Q is a general obligation bond measure that will provide funds for the park district to better serve the community. By law, the park district cannot promote or campaign for Measure Q, but it is authorized - some might say obligated - to let the public know what can be expected…

Supervisor Rich Desmond has announced another series of community meetings. This time the topics are land use and economic development, two of the County's municipal responsibilities. Readers of this website can easily determine how we feel about the way the County has discharged those duties over the years: just type the words "land use" or "economic development" into the search box at the upper…

The Sacramento County Sheriff's office will be holding another round of community outreach meetings this July. The meetings in our immediate area will be held at Country Club Lanes on July 23rd and at the Sheriff's Community Room on Orange Grove Avenue on July 24th. The meetings will start at 6pm. They usually last for an hour or a little more than an hour. For more information, see the flyer…

About a year ago Superviser Rich Desmond held a series of community meetings about the County's hopes for improving the dismal maintenance backlog for streets, bridges and roadways. It was a candor-laden meeting in which the County's head transportation guy, Ron Vacari, explained the poor state of pavement in our neck of the woods and Supervisor Desmond said the County would be spending a lot more…

Our immediate community is served by two branches of the Sacramento Public Library - the Arcade Library and the Arden-Dimick Library. This year marks the 100th year since the establishment of the Arcade Library. It's a facility with a storied history. The county-wide library system is holding a community celebration at the Arcade LIbrary to commemorate it's birthday year. The community is invited…

The Arden Arcade meeting will be on February 20th at 6pm at Country Club Lanes.

The Sacramento Suburban Water District and the Carmichael Water District are moving along with their talks about a possible merger. On January 24th, and again on January 31st, they will be holding public workshops to update people on the status of their discussions and to provide results of a "Further Analysis Report" - a detailed assessment of combination opportunities and responses to questions…