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Elk Grove to consider flying Wilton Rancheria tribal flag outside City Hall
Elk Grove to consider flying Wilton Rancheria tribal flag outside City Hall

CBS News

time2 hours ago

  • Politics
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Elk Grove to consider flying Wilton Rancheria tribal flag outside City Hall

Elk Grove City leaders on Wednesday will consider approving the raising of a new flag outside City Hall. The Wilton Rancheria, which owns Sky River Casino, is asking the city to begin flying its tribal flag outside Elk Grove City Hall. Currently, the only flags allowed there are the U.S. flag, the California state flag, and Elk Grove's city flag. The tribe recently purchased the majority ownership of the Sacramento Republic FC. "We are proud of the partnerships that we have built with Elk Grove," said Jesus Tarango, the chairman of Wilton Rancheria. Wilton Rancheria has worked closely with the city in the past and at the beginning of each city council meeting, a statement is read as a reminder that Elk Grove is located in the tribe's ancestral territory. "We honor, respect and acknowledge Elk Grove's first inhabitants, the Plain Miwoks," said Elk Grove Vice Mayor Sergio Robles.. "There is a flag code," said William Franco, a commander of the Veterans Affiliated Council. Franco said there's no rule against flying a sovereign nation's flag next to Old Glory, but certain conditions must be met. "There's nothing that prohibits that," Franco said. "It's just you want to make sure that ours is the uppermost." If approved, the tribal flag would be displayed on a new 25-foot-tall flagpole that would be lower than the U.S. flag and at the same level as the California flag. It would be flown year-round, 24 hours a day. "If that's something that the local community wants, then they should have that," Franco said. It's a new, unwavering effort to honor sacramento's only federally recognized Native American tribe. "We know that you are committed to not only our city but the entire region. These are your lands," Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen said. Tribal flag supporters are hoping to raise it for the first time at City Hall during November's Native American Heritage Month.

Deadly head-on crash on Highway 99 kills 21-year-old Elk Grove man, several injured
Deadly head-on crash on Highway 99 kills 21-year-old Elk Grove man, several injured

Yahoo

timea day ago

  • Yahoo

Deadly head-on crash on Highway 99 kills 21-year-old Elk Grove man, several injured

( — An Elk Grove man is dead and several others are injured after a head-on crash on Highway 99 Monday morning. Around 2:12 a.m., the California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a car crash on Highway 99, south of Hammatt Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene, they determined it to be a three-vehicle head-on crash with one fatality. Crews recover submerged vehicle from Solano County boat launch CHP said a 21-year-old Elk Grove man was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Malibu sedan wrong-way northbound when he collided with a 41-year-old San Bernardino man who was driving a 2020 Toyota Camry sedan in the southbound lane at about 65 miles per hour. For unknown reasons, police said the drivers did not see each other until impact. The front of the Chevrolet collided with the right front of the Toyota. That impact caused the Chevrolet to veer to the left in the direction of a big rig that was traveling in a third lane, southbound. Murder investigation underway in Sacramento after assault victim dies The 26-year-old big rig driver was not able to safely stop the big rig to avoid the crash and the Chevrolet hit the truck's trailer, according to CHP. The driver of the Chevrolet was pronounced dead at the scene. All four occupants of the Chevrolet, ranging from 19 to 21 years of age, were transported to local hospitals for moderate to major injuries. CHP said the big rig driver and Toyota driver did not sustain any injuries and were not transported by medical personnel. Both drivers remained at the scene and were cooperative with the investigating officers. The cause of the crash is still under investigation. It is unclear if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash. Anyone who who witnessed the incident can call Officer Jaytrin Bounlangsly at 209-356-6600. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

Elk Grove man dies in wrong-way crash on Highway 99 in Merced County
Elk Grove man dies in wrong-way crash on Highway 99 in Merced County

CBS News

timea day ago

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Elk Grove man dies in wrong-way crash on Highway 99 in Merced County

A 21-year-old Elk Grove man died in a wrong-way head-on crash on Highway 99 in Merced County early Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. CHP officers responded to Highway 99 just south of Hammatt Avenue in Livingston around 2:15 a.m., where they found a crash that involved three vehicles. Officers said an investigation determined the 21-year-old man from Elk Grove was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Malibu sedan the wrong way in the first lane of southbound Highway 99. A 41-year-old man from San Bernardino was traveling south in a 2020 Toyota Camry sedan in the first lane when officers said the two drivers didn't see each other and crashed. The Chevrolet veered off to the left toward a big rig in the third lane of southbound Highway 99, where the Chevrolet crashed into the big rig's trailer. The Elk Grove man died and three passengers, whose ages ranged from 19 to 21, were taken to a hospital with moderate to major injuries, officers said. The driver of the big rig and the Toyota were not injured and remained at the scene. It's unknown if DUI was a suspected factor in the crash.

Elk Grove set to celebrate 25 years of cityhood this Independence Day
Elk Grove set to celebrate 25 years of cityhood this Independence Day

CBS News

time04-07-2025

  • Entertainment
  • CBS News

Elk Grove set to celebrate 25 years of cityhood this Independence Day

This July 4, the city of Elk Grove is celebrating a major milestone. It was 25 years ago that the community broke away from Sacramento County control and created a new city. The city is throwing a big Independence Day party to mark the occasion. The festivities include fireworks, live music and a bike parade. For the first time ever, the city is sponsoring a drone light show, with 200 quadcopters flying up to 400 feet in the air. "There's a whole soundtrack that goes along with it, and so it's going to be a pretty cool experience with the lighting, the colors, the music," said Skyworks drone pilot Jacob Howard. A lot has changed since Elk Grove's early days. It started as a stagecoach stop during the Gold Rush, and in the year 2000, community members formed their own city government. "There weren't that many restaurants or places to go shopping or even fun and entertainment, however, we've been building since then," Vice Mayor Sergio Robles said. But Elk Grove has suffered some setbacks since becoming a city. Plans to build a regional shopping center along Highway 99 turned into an abandoned ghost mall for years. And in April, a proposal to bring a new zoo to town was canceled. "It gives us an opportunity to do something else," Robles said. "It gives us an opportunity to continue swinging for the fences." Today, Elk Grove has 470 city employees and more than 178,000 people now live there, with the population expected to reach 300,000 in another 25 years. "It's no longer a best-kept secret," Robles said. "Everybody wants to come to Elk Grove." Elk Grove officials say they're looking forward to having mild weather during this year's Fourth of July festival. Last year, they had to postpone the start of the event due to the excessive triple-digit weather.

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