By Ed Fletcher, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. May 15--Sacramento County supervisors, on a 4-1 vote Wednesday, gave new life to a controversial plan to build a four-year college and housing on more than 2,000 acres of undeveloped land east of Rancho Cordova.

By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Aug. 9--Sacramento County supervisors have approved a plan to transform part of the rural community of Elverta into Elverta Villages -- a suburban-style development with 4,900 homes.

By Ralph MontaNo, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Apr. 19--Sacramento City Councilman Ray Tretheway compared Natomas to a teenager struggling through adolescence. "Adolescence is both a wonderful and a terrifying time," said Tretheway, whose council District 1 includes Natomas.

By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Mar. 11--Along White Rock Road in eastern Sacramento County, pastures abruptly give way to tiled rooftops at the El Dorado County line. On the Sacramento County side, the scene has changed little in the past century.

By Mary Lynne Vellinga, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Mar. 3--The Board of Supervisors is considering opening vast swaths of land -- more than 20,000 additional acres -- to development in eastern Sacramento County. Supervisors also are entertaining a request from developer Angelo K.