Vote counts are showing Kirk Uhler, Placer County supervisor for area 4 has lost the election to keep his seat for a 6th term to Susanne Jones. The count listed by the county this morning is Uhler 10, 389 to Jones 10,567. Uhler will end his 5th term in December.…
A 3.8 earthquake was felt last night in Truckee, California at about 6:17 PM. The location was recorded at 10 miles NNW of Truckee, at a depth of 4.8 miles. There have been no reports of damage.…
The Birdsall Road Access Road to the North Fork of the American River has opened this week after extensive repairs that started in 2019 and finished this past February. Birdsall Road river access is a popular launch or recovery site for non-motorized watercraft. It’s immediately downstream of the Rocky Island…
Placer County Sheriffs were called to a home onA Way, in Granite Bay yesterday afternoon. It has been reported that two people were found dead in what appears to be a murder suicide. The Sheriff released a statement that there is no danger to the community. The area is roped…
Election counts from yesterday are still coming in, but a majority has been counted and reported. The Democratic race count has Sanders with 992,328 votes to Joe Bidenas count at 733,100. California has a total of 494 delegates in the Primary race, which is the largest count in the country.…
Placer County Public Health is reporting a total of 5A cases of COVID-19 including one person dead last week.A The county has also declared a local health emergency and proclaimed a local emergency to ensure public health professionals have all necessary tools at their disposal to keep the community safe.…
The city of Auburn has hired a polling firm to poll citizens in Auburn about their opinion of raising the sales tax in the city to fund police, public works and fire department costs for the future. The firm of Flint, Spriggs and Babb have been hired at a fee…
Placer County Public Health officials reported Monday that a Placer healthcare worker has tested presumptively positive for COVID-19, the coronavirus disease which began in China in 2019. This is the first confirmed case in Placer County. The Placer County individual is a North Bay, Vacavalley Hospital healthcare worker who had…
A capacity crowd attended a meeting at Old Town Pizza in Lincoln last night to hear officials of the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency address the projects that are in planning and or under construction stages in South County. The projects outlined have direct effect on the cities of Roseville,…
A former Department of Homeland Security in the Obama Administration was found dead of a single gunshot wound near Plymouth in Amador County on Friday. Philip Haney, 66, was a whistle blower who criticized the Obama administrationas handling of terrorism matters. He was found on the ground near his vehicle…