Placer County is offering a rare opportunity to reinvent the Tahoe City firehouse properties, just steps away from Commons Beach in North Lake Tahoe. The county has released a request for information document inviting experienced mixed-use development firms and other interested parties to submit letters of interest for a long-term…
At this morningas Meddlers meeting the normal opening presenter from the county, Supervisor Jenifer Montgomery, was missing in action. In Montgomeryas absence, the meeting centered on Auburn Mayor Matt Spokely and the various events and upcoming changes that the city is facing. The meeting started with a few minutes of…
The Auburn Arts Commission (AAC) is dedicated to fostering and supporting visual and performing arts in Auburn. At the corner of High and Lewis Streets in the center of Downtown Auburn there is a small park with a large wall where we wish to install a unique, large scale, signature…
The Auburn Journal announced in a press release over the weekend that the newspaper will be reducing its circulation from its current number of days a week of five to just two days. The paper will be making this transition beginning on Sunday December 3rd when the print edition of…
Beginning November 1st, the Auburn Police Department will be participating in a No Shave Novembera . The program is described below, more information can be found at https://no-shave.org. The goal of No-Shave November is to grow awareness by embracing our hair, which many cancer patients lose, and letting it grow wild and…
The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced it has met its goal of repairing and reconstructing the main, gated flood control spillway at Lake Oroville by Nov. 1, 2017 to handle flows of 100,000 cubic-feet per second this winter. Preparing the main spillway for the rainy season was a primary…
Placer Countyas first share of Californiaas new gasoline tax revenues will go to resurfacing weather-beaten roads in its North Lake Tahoe west shore communities. An increase in gas taxes authorized by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, also known as Senate Bill 1, is expected to eventually generate…
The Placer County Youth Commission participated in a statewide, student-led survey of distracted driving, organized and funded by the California Friday Night Live Partnership. The annual Roadwatch survey aims to improve traffic safety and curtail distracted driving and the threat it poses to other drivers, pedestrians and cyclists. Drivers can…