Placer County Fire and Cal Fire were called in overnight to extinguish a fire in the old Dennyas restaurant building in Auburn near Bowman. The building has been abandoned for some time and was gated off with no one expected to be in the building. Cause is under investigation. No…
Jobless Claims in the state have been spiking since the first announcements of a Shelter in placea were issued in the state in six bay counties on March 16th. The Week prior, ending on the 14th, the number jumped from 43,400 to 58,200. Filing online is your best bet. It’s available…
Beginning today, March 23rd, 2020, the City of Auburn will provide only essential services to the community.A A This means Police and Fire services will operate as normal as well as the Cityas sewer plant operations. However, most City Hall services will be unavailable until further notice. These efforts have…
Pacific Gas and Electric has announced it has resolved all state charges related to the 2018 Camp Fire through a plea agreement with the Butte County District Attorney. Under that agreement, PG&E will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting a fire stemming…
Two men on Mt. Vernon Road were arrested following Sheriff detectives serving a search warrant at a home there. Philip a Dustya Hawkins and Karl Nylander were both subsequently arrested after Meth, heroin and numerous illegal weapons were found. Hawkins was charged with transporting and selling a controlled substance, illegally possessing…
On Monday, at 7:30 p.m., two male juveniles jumped the pharmacy counter at Walgreens on New Airport Road in Auburn and ordered the pharmacist to open a safe containing prescription medication. The suspects stole the medications and ran from the store to a waiting getaway car and driver. As the…
Auburn city transit has reduced the local bus schedules as of yesterday. The schedules will be the same as weekend schedules and are available on the city website. The schedule change is to deal with reduced ridership due to the COVID 19 virus and will remain until end of March…
Gov.Newsom has effectively shut down the state of California. Yesterday, The gov. A issued a sweeping executive order with restrictions, calling for home isolation of anyone over the age of 65 inside the state, which can affect 5.3 million residents of the state. What isolation means however was not defined.…
Several businesses and events are closing today as a result of individual decisions and reactions to the Governor and President as communication is moving between all levels of Government and Business. The General information we have so far: State wide school closures affective today includes local Placer and El Dorado…
Construction of the Bowman Road Bridges Improvement Project is nearing completion. Weather dependent, Bowman Road is anticipated to open to the public the week of March 15.A Placer County Department of Public Works began construction of the Bowman Road Bridges Improvement project in April 2019. The two existing bridges, built…