Officials at Yosemite say the park will reopen Friday after closing on July 25th due to wild fire smoke and danger caused by the Ferguson fire. . Limited visitor services will be available including campgrounds, lodging and food services. Hundreds of visitors were forced to evacuate in the last two…
The 63rd Tevis Cup completed successfully Yesterday morning as 64 riders completed the Western States trail ride arriving at the Placer County Fairgrounds to receive awards and lunch. Heather Reynolds of Florida placed first for the third time as she arrived at 10 AM exactly completing 17 hours on the…
A small earthquake was felt across the high country early Thursday morning. According to the US Geological Survey, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook the region a little after midnight. The quake was centered south of Truckee and west of Kings Beach. Residents as far away as South Lake Tahoe and…
A ranging wildfire has swept over the Sacramento River and entered the Western Section of the town of Reading, killing one resident and sending others to flee their homes. A Flames are moving fast and out of control destroying homes and forced news anchors at Reading Television station KRCR-TV to…
The Orange County District Attorney is reopening the case involving William Evins who was convicted of killing Joan Anderson in her Fountain Valley home in 1979 after the DA reviewed similarity in the killing to the MO of the East Area Rapist, 72 year old Joseph DeAngelo who is being…
A roadside fire on I-80, West of New Castle started shortly after 2 PM yesterday slowed traffic as one lane of the interstate was taken up by emergency vehicles as they fought the blasA(C). As temperatures hit a high of 97 degrees, firefighters fought back the fire as traffic was…
The Placer County Board of Supervisors this week approved $4.9 million in funding for trail planning and construction as well as other capital projects in eastern Placer County recommended by the Capital Projects Advisory Committee. Over 70 percent of the approved funds will go to projects that focus on trail…
The Edelweiss Restaurant at 627 High Street was forced to evacuate yesterday morning after fire fighters responded to a report of smoke in the Livingston block building. The alarm came in at 8:30 AM and most of the business in the building had not opened yet. A small electrical fire…
A State Audit report was released yesterday and highlighted several misconduct issues with various departments, and employees, across the state. The audit stated that investigations of misconduct by state employees cost taxpayers over 200 thousand dollars last year. One of the most egregious happened at the DMV with a key…
The Homeless situation is getting worse across California and cities and counties are wrestling with the problem. Some officials are blaming the increase on the housing crisis that California is suffering with. Tent Cities are appearing in parks and open spaces and shelters are overflowing causing additional health risk as…