Community Corner
🌱Roseville Water Gets High Marks + Rocklin Man Pleads Guilty to Fraud
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Roseville.
Happy Saturday, neighbors! I'll be taking tomorrow off, but I'll be back in your inbox bright and early Monday morning!
Here's everything you need to know today in town.
First, today's weather:
Very warm with plenty of sun. High: 90 Low: 57.
Here are the top five stories today in Roseville:
- Roseville Electric Utility has partnered with Qmerit to help you find a reliable installer of Level 2 charging stations through their network of screened contractors. Get started today! Visit roseville.ca.us/ev for more information on this new online tool. (Press Release Desk)
- An eighth grade student brought a homemade KKK hood to school as a prop for a Civil War and reconstruction era assignment. The hood was on display for a short time and a number of students and teachers were in full view of the replicated artifact. Newcastle Elementary School District Superintendent Denny Rush said what happened was inappropriate, but she added that it is now a teachable moment for the students and their teacher. "They had no bad intentions. They've been talked to. Their parents have been talked to," Rush said. "They wanted something that would grab peoples' attention and call their attention to the fact that there were bad things happening in our country." Rush also said that an elementary school was not the right place to display the hood, regardless of the students' intent to educate. (KCRA Sacramento)
- The Roseville annual drinking water quality test results are in. You are drinking the highest standard of water! The Roseville water met all state and federal quality standards. You can see the full report at this link. (Roseville Today)
- The Roseville City Council approved a purchase and sale agreement with Bridge Housing Corporation for senior affordable housing in Downtown Roseville. The building, at 505 Royer Street, is approved for 70 living spaces for Placer seniors with income levels between 50% - 70% of the Placer County median. The project will be financed by various federal, state, and local funding sources and private equity. (Roseville Today)
- This Rocklin businessman is in a world of hurt after he defrauded both a corporation and a federally-insured financial institution. Kevin Lee Co, 51, of Rocklin, pleaded guilty Friday to submitting false statements to a financial institution after earlier pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering for embezzling about $4.8 million from his former employer, Holt of California. While he was out on bail from the first charges, he applied for and received a PPP loan. However, he did not disclose his conviction for wire fraud on that application as he was required to do. Co is scheduled to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley on Aug. 18. He faces a maximum of several decades in prison as well as some hefty fines. (Gold Country Media)
Today in Roseville:
- Bring the entire family and enjoy a free day pass to use the VillaSport Athletic Club and outdoor pools, free chair massages, climbing tower and jump houses, face painting and balloon artists, plus group exercise classes and demos. (10 a.m.)
- The first ever Pakistan Cultural Festival in greater Sacramento is taking place on Vernon Street in Roseville! It's an amazing opportunity to experience the authentic culture, food, handicrafts, music, dances and clothing/jewelry of Pakistan. (1 p.m.)
- The All American Speedway will honor those who make our freedom possible with the Armed Forces Night! (5 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- Silver Tongue Saturdays in Auburn is wisdom with smiles. You'll be treated to beautiful poetry if you're willing to drive a few miles. There are laureates and scholars with words to share and it will be streamed and recorded if you can't be there. So go listen and be dazzled by the professional's lilt so I can leave you with this drivel without any guilt.
- Broadway Pops comes to the Jessup Theater on May 21! Enjoy the energy, power and emotions of the Placer Pops Chorale and Orchestra as it performs the music of Les Misérables, Wicked, Phantom of the Opera and much more.
- A new Raley's with a beer and wine bar and a café is set to open in Roseville this summer. It'll be at the corner of Blue Oaks Boulevard and Fiddyment Road. There will even be a room you can rent for your meeting, party or other shindig. (ABC10.com KXTV)
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Events:
- Springfest and Community Open House (May 14)
- Soon The Rains Will Come (May 14)
- The People's Trial of Golden Alouicious Locks (May 15)
- The Delta Wires live at the Powerhouse Pub (May 15)
- Taxes in Retirement Webinar (May 24)
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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you soon!
— 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...