The city of Auburn is increasing its firefighter staff by 50 % and re-opening the South City Maidu fire station. The Auburn City Council voted Monday night to increase the city fire fighter staff from 14 to 21 at a cost of 681 thousand dollars which is a one-year funding.…
PG&E over the weekend started their policy of shutting off power in areas they designate as dangerous for potential wildfire. PG&E began deliberately shutting off power Saturday to communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills.A The utility said that at least 16,000 customers would be without electricity through the night.A At…
The California Budget is in its final stages. June 15th is the deadline before legislators will get a stop order on their pay checks. Lawmakers want to use an a extraordinarya state budget surplus to expand health care options for undocumented people while stockpiling billions of dollars in reserves in anticipation…
A report by CalFire investigators yesterday and in a press release, stated that the Ranch Fire, started just after noon on July 2018 that then merged with the River fire, then known as the Mendocino Complex fire, burning more than 459 thousand acres, was started by a hammer pounding a…
Rocklin Police responded to a call at 5050 Sierra College Blvd. at 11:41 a.m. Thursday that a body had been discovered in the back of a vehicle. Rocklin Police and Fire found a deceased 57-year-old white male in the back of a white Suburban. According to Rocklin Police Investigation Sgt.…
The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for a wind area of Northern California including the Sacramento area. Portions of Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Yuba, Sutter, Butte, Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, Solano, San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties below 1,000 feet in elevation that is under a elevated fire weather conditionsa …
Cal Trans crews are now visible on highway 49, preparing for work to begin on a two-year project of adding sidewalks, bike lanes, altering signals and repaving starting at the Auburn City Hall on Lincoln way to Bell Road in North Auburn. The beginning of construction, scheduled June 17th, will…
Brian Dahle has been declared the winner in the special election for the California Senate 1st District. At close of evening, Dahle had a 6-point lead with 69,976 votes to Kileyas 62,209. This gave Dahle 53.1% to 46.9% for Kiley, pushing him over the 50% target to win. Kiley conceded…
Placer County Sheriffas were called to the confluence shortly after 5 pm yesterday in response to a call that a young man was in the river and in stress. Deputies arrived on the scene along with Helicopter Support and the man was in the river but hanging onto a tree.…
The State of California State Fair is making a dramatic change this year. The traditional fireworks is moving to a high tech solution with Drones, synced to music that will light up the skies and create a light show that is environmentally safer. Several shows were transformed last year to…