Portions of I 80 Westbound near the Ophir Road exit were closed yesterday evening when a truck pulling a livestock trailer with about 200 pigs blew a tire, and as the driver pulled the rig off the highway another tire blew and set the rig on fire. The 200 pigs…
Roseville police are investigating a suspected homicide situation that started yesterday morning on Vernon street. Police found a man, identified as Anthony Brant Taylor, age 64, covered in blood lying in the street at about 8:17 Sunday morning. Upon investigation, police found a woman dead of stab wounds in a…
The space called the courtyard, part of Gov. Newsomas office, is quietly being transformed into a playground area for children. Gov. Newsom and his first Partner have 4 children, and staff members of the Gov.as office also have the privilege of bringing their children to work in the Capitol. This…
The Month of May is known in California as BIKE month and this year is no different. This weekend we again experience the world bike tour, the AMGEN. This year the Sacramento to Pasadena 773 mile course will be a bit different starting A in Sacramento and touring Yolo Couty.…
The Placer County Grand Jury is an investigatory body with the authority to act as a watchdog on local government, investigate citizen complaints, and assist in criminal matters at the request of the district attorney. Grand jurors are sworn to secrecy and, other than final reports, their work is kept…
Placer County Sheriff A searchers found the body of 56-year old David Wayne Johnson of Sacramento, downstream in the American river Sunday. He was lost on Saturday when the raft he was in flipped over in the cold and swift waters near Colfax. A woman also in the raft was…
A small single engine Cessna high wing airplane flipped upside down as it came in for a landing at the Auburn Airport yesterday afternoon. The pilot was reportedly practicing touch and go landings when the plane appeared to have stalled and then the front wheel caught the grass at the…
A second one day strike by the Sacramento City Teachers Association has been announced for May 22. The union stated Yesterday at a press conference that the first on day strike on April 11 was successful and achieved putting pressure on the Sacramento City Unified School District to finally acknowledge…
The Sacramento City Council approved the mayor Steinberg proposal to take 47 million dollars out of the hotel tax revenue budget and revitalize the Old Town water front. The plan calles for several enhancements and additions such as a lawn, concert stage, rooftop bars, an interactive water fountain and other…
The 46 names released yesterday by the Sacramento Catholic Diocese of clergy that performed sexual abuse activity against several victims within the Diocese over the last 70 years are reported to immune from legal prosecution. Some of the victims are going public on media expressing frustration at not having their…