Natomas News

Teachers, parents and students packed the Natomas Unified School District headquarters Wednesday night to beseech board members to save classes and special programs.

Sacramento County Office of Education officials have stepped in to ensure that the Natomas Unified School District balances its budget.

At least 40 employees of the Natomas Unified School District will receive layoff notices in two weeks, something the district has tried to avert for the past year by cutting low-enrollment classes and other programs instead.

A financing plan for public projects in North Natomas has been revised to include funding for a new firehouse, a community center and traffic projects.

A Natomas Unified School District purchase of 41 acres of farmland for six times its value in 2007 should be investigated by the local, state and federal authorities, according to a Sacramento County grand jury report released Tuesday.

The little legume that could, born in Peru centuries ago, is making a heralded return to the lunch menu of the Natomas Unified School District.

Sacramento Fire Capt. Jeff Helvin stood outside a burning North Natomas home late last year, talking quickly into his radio and steeling himself for the plunge into the blaze. It had taken Helvin and his crew more than six minutes to get there, roughly 25 percent longer than the national standard for fire response.

Next month, school officials across the state will notify teachers and librarians that they might be laid off.

Three suspects in an alleged home rental fraud in Natomas turned themselves in to police Thursday, leaving only one still being sought, police said.

There's a new home on the market in Natomas, although it might not be available until the side door that Sacramento police kicked in Tuesday is replaced.

Call it the mystery of the house on Clubside Lane.

Natomas Unified School District voluntarily removed all peanut products from its school cafeterias and vending machines as a precaution Tuesday, amid a salmonella outbreak linked to peanut products coming from a Georgia plant.

The city of Sacramento raced to approve as many building permits as possible in the weeks leading up to Dec. 8, when the federal government designated Natomas a hazardous floodplain.

Bloody footprints found at the home of a South Natomas couple stabbed to death last week were about the same size as footprints belonging to the couple's 30-year-old son, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Bee.

A man sparked a two-alarm blaze at a South Natomas apartment complex Wednesday evening when he tried to kill himself by lighting his apartment on fire, Sacramento fire officials said.

Sacramento police arrested Matthew Riley on Tuesday in connection with the slayings of his parents.

Linda Marie Riley's cubicle, decorated with Hello Kitty memorabilia, has been quiet without her laugh and quirky sense of humor the past two days.

The man and woman were found dead in their home Tuesday afternoon by their adult son, police said. It appeared that they were decorating their home for Christmas.

Natomas residents must purchase flood insurance before Monday to take advantage of a preferred rate.

Rosalie Uribe left her three children at home with her boyfriend knowing he was physically abusive, police allege. As a result, investigators say, Uribe's youngest son ended up dead by her boyfriend's hand.

Thousands of Natomas residents are being required to purchase flood insurance because of safety concerns about the community's levees.