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…
California will not create a a fake newsa advisory group in order to monitor information posted and spread on social media. Senate Bill 1424 was vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown. He wrote: a This bill directs the Attorney General to establish an advisory group to study the problem of the spread of…
California Department of Water Resources said on Wednesday the Concrete placement on the Oroville Dam spillway is likely to meet the Nov. 1 public safety construction deadline despite some setbacks. One of the slabs in the middle chute of the spillway needed to be replaced earlier this month due to…
Californians will have to undergo at least eight hours of training, including live-fire exercises, before carrying a concealed weapon, under one of several firearms bills acted on by Gov. Jerry Brown. The bill helps standardize the stateas current patchwork requirements for obtaining concealed weapons permits. It was among dozens of…
45-year old Michelle Lynn Schady, a former receptionist at the North Auburnas Animal Spay and Neuter Clinic was sentenced Monday to a three year probation in a charge of embezzlement against the facility in 2015. Schady was arrested and booked into jail in July of 2015 after she had left…
Six year old Jayce Cosso, taken from his mother by his father and 5 others, including the manas teen age boy, over the weekend, was reunited with his mother yesterday. An Amber Alert was issued for the missing boy. Officers with the Modesto Police Department received many leads from the…
The suspected a NorCal Rapista was in a Sacramento County courtroom for the first time on Monday. He did not enter a plea to the 12 charges listed against him by a judge. Roy Charles Waller, 58 of Benicia, is charged with raping at least 10 victims across Northern California, over…
Governor Jerry Brown’s administration will conduct an audit into Californiaas Department of Motor Vehicles.A The agency has faced issues and controversy over rising wait times, aging technology and improper voter registration. In a letter sent to DMV Director Jean Shiomoto, the Department of Finance acknowledges “the DMV has made progress…