The California State Water Resources Control Board was set today to discuss proposed changes to double water flows in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta to help support the salmon population. How California manages and uses its water has long been a topic of hot political debate, falling more along regional lines…
Placer county sheriffs are looking for a man suspected of robbing two banks in the area this month. A man dressed in a hoodie walked into the Chase Bank on Grass Valley Highway in North Auburn Saturday about noon and demanded money from the tellers. He prevented customers from leaving…
The Rio Vista Bridge is open for traffic today after being closed most of the weekend. After a mechanical failure, the bridge was frozen in the down position and manually opened at 10 pm Friday night so ships that were being held in West Sacramento could get back to sea.…
Sandy Giuliani Amara has announced her intention to run for the Auburn City Council. A lifelong resident of Auburn attended local school and graduated from Placer High and received a masters degree from the University of San Francisco in counseling and also has a teaching credential. Amara also holds a…
The Amador County Sheriffas Office has arrested 35-year-old Michael Joslin of Pioneer for allegedly molesting a 12 year old girl over the course of a year. Joslin is a former CHP officer with the San Andreas office and up until this week was working in the Amador CHP office. The…
The California Assembly has passed the a eliminate Baila bill that if passed by the Senate and signed by the Governor would eliminate bail available for suspects that are in jail awaiting a trial. The bill would replace the current bail system with a risk assessment system that would give the…
State Officials announced yesterday that marijuana cultivation and excise tax collections hit 48 million dollars during the period of April to June, while representing a jump over the prior three months, is still way below expectation as to tax collections. Finance officials had estimated California would bank $185 million from…
Sean Matthew Walker, 36, of Rocklin has been arrested in connection with the crash Friday on westbound Interstate 80 in Fairfield. Walker was behind the wheel of a Chevrolet pickup truck that killed CHP Officer Kirk Griess, 49, and motorist Jaime Bueza Manuel, 46, during a traffic stop near Manuel…
A couple of fires occurred over the past few days in Auburn. Monday at 3:40 am an alarm was sounded on a fire in an abandoned office building on Highway 49 and Cottage Drive in North Auburn. Firemen arrived to a fully engulfed building and quickly brought the blaze under…
Four masked men entered the Apple Store at the Galleria last night at about 8:12 and stole 20 iPhones, 2 macbook pro computers and one iPad mini pads. Police said the men were not armed, and no one was injured in the incident. There have been a string of…