Placer County Environmental Utilities and Recology Auburn Placer are opening free disposal sites this weekend to drop-off spoiled food resulting from all the power outages. The option lets people dispose of food at the transfer station instead of waiting days for garbage service to pick it up. According to Placer…
A fourth person has been arrested and charged in the pot farm event in EL Dorado County last Wednesday, October 23, that resulted in the killing of a county sheriff detective. Deputy Brian Ishmael was responding to a 911 call placed by the farm owner Christopher Ross, who has been…
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With the fall-back change of time from daylight savings time to standard time approaching in less than two weeks, California residents are wondering if the Assembly bill # 7 which was passed earlier this year stating that year around daylight savings time could be adopted by the legislature, will happen.…
Sacramento International Airport opened its West runway yesterday after a 6 month closure for renovations, upgrades and a new cement surface. The runway was built with asphalt when airport opened in 1967. Cost for the upgrades and new surface cost 46.3 million dollars of which 27.4 million came from the…
The killing of an El Dorado Sheriff Deputy early on Wednesday took an unexpected turn on Thursday when the El Dorado Sheriff and the county District Attorney announced they had arrested the Pot Farm owner, jailed him, and charged him with involuntary manslaughter. Christopher Garry Ross, age 47, was booked…
An 18-year-old Antelope man was killed yesterday morning as a result of a two-vehicle crash between a donut delivery truck and a pickup at North Auburnas New Airport Road and Grass Valley Highway, also known as highway 49. The Placer County Coroneras office released the name of the donut delivery…
An El Dorado Sheriff Deputy has been shot and killed early this morning in Somerset. Sheriffs were responding to a call and were confronted by a group of people that started firing at the officers. Deputy Brian Ishmael, a four year veteran of the force, was killed and a ride…
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