Supervisors will be considering establishing a $5.95 per-square-foot fee today that western Placer County subdivision developers would be required to pay if they donat build onsite affordable housing. Under a proposal favored by the countyas Community Development Resource Agency, a new fee would replace a policy that allowed fees-in-lieu of…
A newA temple is set to be built in Yuba City, according to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintas presidentA Russell M. Nelson. The Yuba City California Temple will be Californiaas eighth temple. The stateas other seven temples are inA Fresno,A Los Angeles,A Newport Beach,A OaklandA (under renovation),A…
A man died in an officer-involved shooting after Placer County Sheriffas deputies say he threatened to shoot an inpatient rehab facility and responding deputies in Auburn. According to the sheriffas office, a man called 911 around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning and told dispatchers that he had a handgun and was…
Some small businesses in Folsom are struggling to stay afloat as upgrades are made to the historic part of the city. Construction has been going on since August and itas limiting access into several nearby shops. While business owners say in the long run the changes could help them, in…
The expected gasoline price drop that usually occurs in October has not been seen at the pump as Sacramento area drivers are seeing 15 cents increase in the last month. AAA and other reporters are saying that the price of crude as risen and as driving the costs at…
Thunder and lightning along with a welcome downpour of rain passed through Auburn and the area yesterday after no rain since May. Auto accidents on the interstate along with some trees down caused several traffic delays throughout the afternoon as a storm front moved east to the Sierra. Flash flood…
Forty-one years to the day since the East Area Rapist broke into his house, tied him up, and raped his girlfriend, Victor Hayes is now speaking out in an exclusive interview with CBS13. On Oct. 1, 1977, Hayes was in his home near the river, when he woke to a…
California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors, one of a series of laws boosting or protecting women that Gov. Jerry Brown signed Sunday. The measure requires at least one female director on the board of each California-based public…
Auburn residents are getting an earthy taste and taste in their tap water. The Placer County Water Agency is advising that while the water supplier understands itas an inconvenience, the water customers get at the tap is still safe for consumption.A The water agency is adding activated carbon to its…
New base camps for PG&E tree-trimming crews are popping up in some Northern California mountain communities with the highest wildfire danger. Itas part of a first-time strategy to prevent power-line-sparked wildfires in Californiaas new extreme fire conditions. The community of Pioneer in Amador County now has a PG&E tree-trimming base…