Elk Grove News Podcasts

Yesterday was a sad day for our future of liberties and the great American experiment. Godspeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

By John Hull | Today, I’ll continue the interview with my cousin,  Dan Hull, who this weekend begins his 40th season of calling the play-by-play of high school football in Central Texas. As we heard from Dan in part one of this interview, the smaller high schools in Texas already have three and four games in the books, including their six-man football teams.

If you watched Thursday Night Football you saw fans, plenty of them, in Arrowhead Stadium, all socially-distanced in the NFL season opener. There were plenty of natural crowd sounds to make the football on TV experience worth watching.

Often political movements fall victim to declining interest. An example of this was the Tea Party movement which died because it was manufactured by big money.

By John Hull |  All NFL clubs cut their pre-season rosters from 80 to 53 players Saturday in preparation for the coming season. And, at this moment, only one Elk Grove-area athlete will be in a pro football uniform this weekend when the NFL kicks off its 2020 season.

Not surprisingly, Donald Trump has disrespected another group. This time it is not the disabled, Black Americans, Latinos, Asians, or women.

As they have every two years since 2012, in the next several weeks' Elk Grove voters will select the city’s directly elected mayor. By the look of things, this year’s mayoral election will be more controversial, contentious, and dare we say nastier than earlier contests.

Cosumnes Oaks High School is very fortunate to have a man of integrity like athletic director George Smith. He is beginning his 32nd year of teaching, his fifth at Cosumnes Oaks. He has a stable of quality athletes and good students who will, later this year, field some very excellent teams. Follow John Hull on Twitter @JohnHullEG

We are pleased to announce to our readers and listeners noted Elk Grove sportswriter John Hull and his new podcast, Elk Grove Sports Minute. Those who follow Elk Grove sports will recall that Hull was the longtime sports editor of the Elk Grove Citizen and all-around good guy . Please welcome John and we look forward to his updates on Elk Grove sports and professional athletes with local roots. Fo...

At the Wednesday night meeting of the Elk Grove City Council did Vice Mayor Steve Detrick validate claims made earlier that evening by community members that the city council is racist.

Even though there were only a handful of comments compared to the August 12 session, during the Wednesday, August 26 Elk Grove City Council meeting speakers still presented arguments on the ongoing controversy between Mayor Steve Ly and Elk Grove Unified School District Trustee Bobbie-Singh-Allen who is challenging the two-term mayor. Speaking during the public comments section of the meeting, the...

With the restart of professional sports following the COVID19 shutdown, we’ve taken the opportunity to check in with sportswriter John Hull. As the former sports editor of the Elk Grove citizen, Hull has a deep knowledge of local sports and he will bring us up to date many of the professional athletes from Elk Grove. In the first installment of a two-part podcast, Hull will update listeners about...

Among the interesting aspects of the race between Steve Ly and Bobbie Singh-Allen for Elk Grove mayor are their respective strengths. One factor in determining who will be next mayor is how those strengths are utilized and communicated with voters.

This week Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly won the first of many skirmishes that will come in the next 75 or so days and the city council was able to pass along a political hot potato.

On the evening of Friday, August 7, Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly issued an apology statement following weeks of claims of harassment and threats. The apology comes days before the Elk Grove City Council may censure the mayor.

The looming Elk Grove mayoral showdown between Elk Grove Unified School District Trustee Bobbie Singh-Allen and Mayor Steve Ly could be defined by advantages each candidate brings to the battle

Those of a certain age will recall the 1960s song Harper Valley PTA by Jeannie C. Riley which highlights small-town hypocrisy - something that is alive and well in Elk Grove. 

To say elected officeholders, especially low-level ones, are looking ahead for their next office is no surprise. Among many Elk Grove elected officials, there is no shortage of that trait.

Recent events between Elk Grove Mayor Steve Ly and his former campaign consultant Linda Vwj (Vu) have landed one of the more politically consequential movements in recent years - #MeToo - in Elk Grove.

Every four years, we hear how this presidential election is the most significant election of the era. The November 2020 elections may well be the year this prediction is true and three issues could influence every election from the top to the bottom of the ballot for American voters.

During the June 24, 2020, Elk Grove City Council meeting, District 3 city council candidate Lynn Wheat thanks the city for adopting her budget review suggestion. 

Like many sports fans, some politicians can be fair weather when it comes to their loyalties, especially to other elected officials. In Elk Grove, there has been one politician on the scene for several years who personifies this.

Since the start of Elk Grove City Council’s COVID 19 teleconference meetings, a disturbing practice has emerged that has certain MAGA-like characteristics.

In the aftermath of the death of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of police and the national conversation on police reform, Elk Grove Police Chief Timothy Albright addressed that topic and community relations during the Wednesday, June 10 Elk Grove City Council meeting.

In California’s non-partisan local races, voters frequently ask candidates their party affiliation. In 2020 there is a far more urgent question for candidates running for office in Elk Grove and nationally.