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Elk Grove Math Teacher Named Sac County Teacher of the Year
Tim Smith teaches math at Florin High School.

Lauren Gibbs is the field editor for Sacramento-area Patch sites. She is the former editor of Roseville Patch.
Email: Lauren.Gibbs@patch.com
Phone: 916-622-0094
Hometown: Yorba Linda, CA
Birthday: October 19
Bio:
Lauren Gibbs was born and raised in Southern California. She attended CSU, Chico and earned her bachelor’s degree in both journalism and interior design. She decided to go the journalism route, following her love of writing.
After college, Lauren interned for a summer at Sactown magazine, an award-winning magazine, covering the city of Sacramento. Shortly after her internship, she joined the Roseville Press Tribune newspaper as a reporter, where she covered city, business and feature stories for Roseville and Granite Bay. From there, Lauren moved to the Roseville Press-Tribune’s sister paper, The Placer Herald, where she served as the associate editor for the Rocklin weekly paper. At The Placer Herald, Lauren covered education news, features on people in the community, business profiles and more.
When she’s not writing for Patch, she’s in her kitchen cooking and baking & playing with her baby girl. She also loves to take weekend getaways with her husband exploring California.
Tim Smith teaches math at Florin High School.

The old span will be closed on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 28, and the new span will open on Tuesday morning, Sept. 3.
Vehicle theft has increased and DUI collisions have decreased in Roseville.
Two thefts were reported at the same store in Roseville recently.
Roseville residents: Placer County Superior Court wants your comments.
Two teens were killed in a crash on Riego Road Sunday morning.
Personal belief exemptions continue to be used by parents in Citrus Heights.
Personal belief exemptions continue to be used by parents in Roseville and Granite Bay.
This first annual event will take place in Citrus Heights' Sunrise Mall.
The old span will be closed on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 28, and the new span will open on Tuesday morning, Sept. 3
Placer, Sacramento and El Dorado counties will participate.
CHP will conduct the sobriety checkpoint somewhere in unincorporated Sacramento County.
The starlight cinemas are hosted by the Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District.
Treatment is planned for multiple locations in Roseville.
The community coffee meeting will be Aug. 21 with County Assessor Kathleen Kelleher.
The first film will be "The Blind Side" for the city's "Friday Flicks."
Smoke from the fire could be seen from Roseville.
The sister duo, "Dog Party," released a new album, Lost Control, recently.
Searches were conducted in Roseville, Sacramento County and West Sac.