The City of Auburn and the United Indian Community have been awarded a 2 million dollar grant from Cal Fire to fund extending a shaded fuel break 300 feet wide along the American River canyon from the Foresthill Bridge to the southern edge of the city of Auburn. A share…
Rocklin Unified School District appears to be preparing for a possible strike. The association placed a paid advertisement in the Sacramento BEE asking for substitute teachers to work at $425.00 a day. A dispute has risen to the boiling point between the teachers association and the Rocklin Unified School District…
The DMV is in the news again today with discovery that they have established a secret, unmarked office located in the Legislative offices in Sacramento that is there to handle elected officials and their staffs, personal DMV activity. The office is staffed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m A Monday…
The death toll in the Carr Fire has increased by one to total 8 with another firefighter losing his life this morning. Cal Fire confirmed that a heavy equipment mechanic was killed in a single vehicle crash on highway 99 south of Los Molinos, outside the fire area. CHP reports…
The Trump Administration took the first step to end a five year moratorium on the practice of fracking and conventional oil drilling on public lands in California which is triggering alarm bells among environmentalists throughout the state. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management said itas considering new oil and natural…
A close call was reported yesterday when a truck pulled to side of the 49 highway in the American River Canyon and started a grass fire which was close to Auburn. The call came in shortly after 4 PM at the height of the heat of the day, and spread…
A fire in a garage in a home just west of Roseville yesterday morning resulted in the death of one male and hospitalized a 13 year old teenager and police investigators say the fire is being designated as suspicious. Firefighters and officers responded to the home inside a gated community…
The Auburn Police Department celebrated last week with three officers retiring. Chief John Ruffcorn, Sgt. Cris Forman and A Officer Allen Perez were honored with a BBQ hosted by the Auburn Officers Association.A Ruffcorn joined the Auburn force in 2008 as a Captain and caps a career in police work…
El Dorado County supervisors added another ballot issue on July 24th asking voters to consider extending the terms supervisors can serve from two consecutive terms to three. The supervisors voted 3-2 to place the question on the ballot. If passed all current sitting supervisors would get to serve a third…
The Nevada County Fair opens tomorrow. Gold Country Stage will provide free fares on all routes and the shuttle bus to the Nevada County Fair stating Wednesday, August 8th, through Sunday, August 12th. A Fair-goers can catch the Grass Valley Shuttle Bus from Church and Neal Streets, at Tri Counties…