Sacramento County Parks & Recreation Digest

On April 29, the administration released rules for Yosemite Park Reservations in the coming months.

X Games organizers announced that the event planned for August in Sacramento at the county fairgrounds and expected to draw up to 100,000 attendees has been cancelled.

A 312-unit multi-story market-rate apartment complex planned for development on Alhambra Boulevard at C and D Streets is causing concern about traffic, height and loss of privacy in adjacent neighborhoods.

In their April 15 meeting, Davis City Councilmembers discussed public safety and protection in the wake of the Picnic Day shootings.

Entrance is free to all National Parks on April 19 to kick off the annual National Parks Week this year from April 19-27. Get ready to get outdoors to celebrate America's Best Idea.

Rural counties are some of the most reliant on federal funding and federal workers. But some still welcome Trump’s upcoming cuts to forestry and other departments

A major rockslide has closed the Highway 140 entrance to Yosemite National Park. Read on for details.

Billions of state and federal dollars are spent on Lake Tahoe. But is all this attention actually protecting this unique treasure? Pollutants pour in, while development continues. Funding has shifted in focus to tourism and traffic projects, while money spent directly on fixing the lake has declined.

It was contentious, but a decision has been made on the name for the Sacramento Zoo when it moved to Elk Grove. Read on to learn what it is.

Fundraising by the Sacramento Zoological Society for the new zoo in Elk Grove has so far brought in $17.5 million of the $50 million necessary for construction to begin. Read on to learn more.

Following their closure for a year following repeated damage from vandalism, the east side restrooms at Rusch Community Park in Citrus Heights have been repaired and reopened.

In their January 22 meeting, the Elk Grove City Council heard about design and naming options for the zoo project, but funding remains a question. Read on to learn more.

State prisoners have long been a part of California’s firefighting force. Hundreds of them now are deployed in Los Angeles County.

Learn how hundreds of volunteers spent November 16 planting hundreds of trees in a Del Paso Heights Park.

On October 4, the Sacramento Zoo announced the resignation of Executive Director Jason Jacobs and named a new team as the zoo prepares to move to Elk Grove.

Applications are open to fill a vacancy on the Rio Linda Elverta Recreation and Park District Board of Directors for a term ending in December 2026.

Two Citrus Heights neighborhoods participated in the first city National Night Out on August 6.

A list of National Night Out Events in Citrus Heights.

Nearly every major environmental group in California opposes a bill that would modify the state’s signature environmental law to speed up upgrades to power lines. Supporters say it would help free the state from fossil fuels and make the grid more reliable, but opponents fear it would damage state parks.

On June 19, California YIMBY announced support for the California Forever project going to the Solano County ballot in November.

Set to be reopened in April, repairs on the restrooms in Citrus Height's Rusch Community Park are delayed due to setbacks in the bidding process.

Federal funds have been requested to study the feasibility of the Sacramento Stitch Park Riverfront Reconnection Project, a 4 acre park spanning Highway 5.

The Elk Grove City Council voted to approve the move of the Sacramento Zoo to a 100 acre lot at Kammerer Road and Lotz Parkway.

A new disc golf course is proposed for an area area southwest of the Cherry Island golf course in Rio Linda.

The City of Elk Grove has released information about the financing for the $400M multi-phase project to move the Sacramento Zoo to Elk Grove, but questions remain.

California State Parks has recommended $6.7 million for seven local nonmotorized trail projects in various cities, including Galt and Gilroy.

Jack N. Sheldon Park in Sacramento’s Florin neighborhood is one of eight locations to receive funds from the California Statewide Park Program.

Renovation work at the 150,000-square-foot Sunrise Village shopping center continues, with the coming addition of a new fitness club.

Disneyland’s plan to reimagine the theme park into a more “immersive” experience may require up to $2.5 billion and a plan to privatize some Anaheim streets.

California’s projected budget deficit of close to $38 billion likely means some cuts are coming. Among them, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed ending the California State Park Adventure Pass, which offers free access to some state parks for fourth graders.

Some say the state is not developing and maintaining community recreational facilities equally. They point out that green spaces in neighborhoods where Black Californians live remain underfunded.

Last year, environmental groups and tribes rallied behind a proposed expansion of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. Expansion was tried through congressional legislation, but it stalled.