Election briefs -- Published Sept. 6, 2008 (The Record)

6 September 2008, 5:38 am

TRACY - City Council candidate Mike Maciel has announced plans for a series of town hall meetings throughout the city before the Nov. 4 election.... read more

Oregon Recreation Report (Lebanon Express)

6 September 2008, 1:08 am

The Oregon Recreation Report (fishing, hunting, viewing), updated Wednesday, Sept. 3, by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.... read more

City considering new animal laws (Elk Grove Citizen)

5 September 2008, 10:40 pm

In the aftermath of a Sacramento County Grand Jury report criticizing city animal control and an Aug. 20 incident where Elk Grove police shot and killed a rampaging pit bull, city officials are looking to change the municipal code that deals with dangerous and vicious animals.... read more

Regional Roundup (Lodi News-Sentinel)

4 September 2008, 2:49 am

On Thursday afternoon, Galt police located an elderly man who had left home Tuesday without his daily medication and was subsequently reported missing.... read more

Public safety watch: Three departments take on grass fire (The Sacramento Bee)

4 September 2008, 12:32 am

Firefighters from three departments battled a 30- acre grass fire along Interstate 5 on Aug. 26.... read more

John Sanford Todd, 89; his vision for Lakewood created the 'contract city' (Los Angeles Times)

4 September 2008, 12:11 am

In the annals of California municipal history, Lakewood of the early 1950s was David fighting the Goliath of Long Beach, a city intent on gobbling up its unincorporated neighbor parcel by parcel. The legal turf battles were exhausting Lakewood's defenders, most of whom were transplants drawn to the ... read more