🌱Placer County CEO Terminated + Summer Sanders Swim Meet Is Back

Hi all. I'm back in your inbox this morning with everything you need to know about what's happening these days in Roseville. Let's have at it...

First, today's weather:

A couple of morning showers. High: 78 Low: 54.

Here are the top five stories today in Roseville:

1. The Placer County CEO, Todd Leopold, has officially been terminated. According to the Placer County Board of Supervisors, they received a Workplace Discrimination and Harassment complaint from a county employee against him on May 25. After a review of the complaint, the board made the decision to terminate Mr. Leopold with cause. "The Board’s decision was in the best interests of the county taxpayers and the county employees following the information revealed during the investigation. The complaint and the Board’s action today are unrelated to the tragic accident involving Leopold and Anthony Williams on March 19." according to their statement. (Placer.ca.gov)
2. The Roseville Venture Lab is set to open this summer. The money for the Venture Lab comes from non-profit Growth Factory out of Rocklin. "The Growth Factory is a startup accelerator with an accompanying early-stage venture fund that builds and invests in startups primarily focused in FinTech, MedTech and GovTech industries,” according to Roseville city officials. They will also be the first recipient of funds given to the city of Roseville from the American Plan and Rescue Act of 2021. (Gold Country Media)
3. The All American Speedway celebrated the 68th year of motorsports competition in Roseville with the Edge of Summer on Saturday night. People pumped up those shoulder pads and poofed up their hair for this throwback 80s celebration! And if they had a throwback pic they posted it hoping to win a 4-pack of tickets to the raceway. Did you see any oldies but goodies on Instagram or Facebook? I bet they're still out there. Go take a look! (Gold Country Media)
4. The annual Summer Sanders swim meet is back at the Roseville Aquatics Complex hosted by California Capital Aquatics June 10- 12! Named after the Roseville native, this is the signature meet of Sierra Nevada Swimming attracting high-caliber youth swimmers from all over the West. “The concept for this meet from Summer Sanders and her family when it was first introduced back in 1997 was to give something back to her club team, CCA, as well as to the community of Roseville,” commented Alex Ongaco, former CCA Meet Director. (Roseville Today)
5. June 3 was National Donut Day. In honor of the day, Yelp published its list of the top 100 donut shops in the nation and BJ Cinnamon in Folsom captured the No. 15 spot! Ten donut shops in California made the list, but BJ Cinnamon and Donut Time along Kiefer Boulevard in Sacramento that came in at No. 30 were the only ones from our area to make the cut. Congrats BJ Cinnamon! (CBS Sacramento)

Today in Roseville:

• Enjoy a short hike with adorable Nigerian Dwarf goats at Griffith Quarry in Penryn! And there will be plenty of time to pet, photograph and feed them treats. (11 a.m.)
• Head out to Topgolf Roseville for a fundraiser benefitting Haiti Education & Development Corporation! For more information about Haiti Education and Development Corporation, please visit www.headcorp.net. (12:30 p.m.)
• Painkillers Pub & Grub in Rocklin presents Sunday Night Live featuring the region's best comics and more! (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Officer Hayer of the Roseville Police Department received two awards from his previous agency, Elk Grove Police Department. Both awards were for lifesaving when he worked there. Congratulations, Officer Hayer!" (City of Roseville, California Police Department via Facebook)
• Come join The Roseville City team! They are currently hiring business analysts in the Electric and Finance departments. Learn more and apply at roseville.ca.us/jobs (City of Roseville, California Government via Facebook)
• Come together to move and connect with your baby at GroovaRoo June 17, 9am to 10am at the Riley Library Patio. GroovaRoo is for ages 0-18 months, open to all caregivers and is taught by a certified instructor. (Roseville Public Library via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Sunday! See you tomorrow for another update.

— Jeri Karges

About me: Jeri Karges has been living in and loving the Sacramento region for over 30 years. Her passion is finding new and unique ways to enjoy the city and surrounding areas. On weekends, you can find her pestering her friends to sample the restaurant that doesn't have silverware, or try their hand at throwing an axe. Jeri also enjoys writing about retirement planning at https://rockinretirement.subst...