Elk Grove News Podcasts

With the recent uptick of Coronavirus cases in Sacramento County and most of Northern California, the chance that high school sports will have a season is looking bleaker. In this edition of Elk Grove Sports Minute,  I talk with long-time Sacramento Bee sportswriter Joe Davidson who is very knowledgeable take on the subject. Plus, Davidson talks about the big local sports story of 2020 locall...

If you were to believe the Elk Grove City Council, there was a bogeyman that would haunt city council elections in 2020 and for years to come.

By John Hull | We’re about a week old on announcing this one, but former Elk Grove High School football player Kenny Wiggins was signed by the New York Giants on Nov. 3. Also, The California Community College Athletic Association’s Board of Directors voted on Friday morning to continue forward with the Contingency Plan.

Notwithstanding recounts or judicial rulings favoring Donald Trump, it looks as though we can add the prefix, President-elect, to Joe Biden’s name. Like every President-elect before him, Biden will seek unity but there is already one obstacle he faces.

This Halloween could be the scariest ever. First, there is the COVID19 that has taken 229 thousand Americans because of Trump’s do-nothing, cavalier attitude toward the worldwide pandemic, but November could be more frightening.

Brian Pastor discusses his candidacy for Elk Grove Mayor. 

Bobbie Singh-Allen discusses her candidacy for Elk Grove Mayor. 

Did you know the Trump kowtowing Congressman Devin Nunes is tied to a Democratic Elk Grove elected official?

By John Hull | Dr. Brittany Vacura, a dentist with Elica Health, was the pitcher on the Franklin High School softball team from 2007-2009 and pitched collegiately at Occidental. She now treats homeless and low-income individuals in Sacramento. Also, Kyle Larson reinstated to NASCAR.

With the backdrop of a hotly contested mayoral race, the COVID19 pandemic has deprived Elk Grove voters of the opportunity to hear all three candidates together in a public forum.

This week we learned of the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The plot by so-called Michigan militia members – and let's be straight here – this was a terrorist plot – so let's quit calling them a militia.

By John Hull | Did you know that 37 states are allowing their student/athletes to play sports right now? But, in California, there is just outdoor conditioning. Right now we should be talking about the halfway point in the high school football season, but no one has touched a football in California. Today on the Sportsminute I talk with Rod Edmiston, the athletic director for the Elk Grove Un...

Major League Baseball is in its post-season right now. But for the seven MLB players from Elk Grove, their seasons are over. This is part two of an interview with former Elk Grove High School baseball coach Jeff Carlson, who had seven of his former players on a Major League Baseball roster this season – Rowdy Tellez with the Blue Jays, Derek Hill with the Tigers, J.D.Davis with the Mets, David Fre...

As part of our election coverage of the 2020 Elk Grove Mayoral and City Council elections, we have invited candidates for District 1 and 3 to submit audio recordings. The candidates can discuss their candidacy at any length they desire. In our second of the two-part series, you will hear from District 3 candidates Lynn Wheat, Kevin Spease, Alehandro Gutierrez-Duncan, and Amandeep Singh. The record...

As part of our election coverage of the 2020 Elk Grove Mayoral and City Council elections, we have invited candidates for District 1 and 3 to submit audio recordings. The candidates can discuss their candidacy at any length they desire. In our second of the two-part series, you will hear from District 3 candidates Lynn Wheat, Kevin Spease, Alehandro Gutierrez-Duncan, and Amandeep Singh. The record...

As part of our election coverage of the 2020 Elk Grove Mayoral and City Council elections, we have invited candidates for District 1 and 3 to submit audio recordings. The candidates can discuss their candidacy at any length they desire. In our second of the two-part series, you will hear from District 3 candidates Lynn Wheat, Kevin Spease, Alejandro Gutierrez-Duncan, and Amandeep Singh. The record...

As part of our election coverage of the 2020 Elk Grove Mayoral and City Council elections, we have invited candidates for District 1 and 3 to submit audio recordings. The candidates can discuss their candidacy at any length they desire. In our second of the two-part series, you will hear from District 3 candidates Lynn Wheat, Kevin Spease, Alehandro Gutierrez-Duncan, and Amandeep Singh. The record...

As part of our election coverage of the 2020 Elk Grove Mayoral and City Council elections, we have invited candidates for District 1 and 3 to submit audio recordings. The candidates can discuss their candidacy at any length they desire. In our first of the two-part series, you will hear from District 1 candidates incumbent Darren Suen and challenger Ali Moua. The recordings are posted in the order...

As part of our election coverage of the 2020 Elk Grove Mayoral and City Council elections, we have invited candidates for District 1 and 3 to submit audio recordings. The candidates can discuss their candidacy at any length they desire. In our first of the two-part series, you will hear from District 1 candidates incumbent Darren Suen and challenger Ali Moua. The recordings are posted in the order...

Elections have real-life implications, and in 2020, this is especially true even for Elk Grove contests. There are important questions to ask candidates like do they support Social Security, Medicare, and clean air and water.

By John Hull | Jeff and Caryn Carlson are proud Elk Grove parents. They’ve been watching over the past four years their oldest son Dylan rise from the ranks of an elite high school baseball player to that of prized rookie outfielder with the St. Louis Cardinals. Today I visit with Coach Carlson.

On Tuesday, September 29, the Elk Grove Chamber of commerce, in association with the Elk Grove Citizen held a 2020 Elk Grove mayoral forum at the Wackford Center. The event was mired with background noise from protestors outside the venue, and according to one person inside the forum, a deficient technological set up by the sponsors. On this edition of Elk Grove News Podcast is an audio recording...

Elk Grove’s 2020 mayoral race has been nothing, if not dramatic and we still have almost five more weeks. While the duo between Mayor Steve Ly and challenger Bobbie Singh-Allen has been the political talk of the town, there is a third candidate in the race, Brian Pastor.

Elections have real implications, and in 2020, this is especially true even for Elk Grove contests and there is an important question to ask certain candidates.

By John Hull | It seems like it has become a daily habit…checking the daily numbers of Sacramento County people testing positive for COVID 19 virus. If we continue to see this data get smaller and smaller, then maybe, maybe life as we knew it prior to March 16, our first “Shelter-in-Place” declaration, will return. Perhaps in the sports world, local students can go back to the classroom, our sport...