Posted on November 9, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
A 75-year-old Placer County resident recently died from complications of influenza, marking the first flu-related death of the 2019-2020 season. The person who died had underlying health issues, which increases the risk of severe flu complications. There were nine flu-related deaths in the 2018-2019 season in Placer County. The Centers…
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Posted on November 7, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
Results from the special election for state representative for area 1, Megan Dahle won with 57.9% of the vote to Elizabeth Betancourt at 42.1%. District one represents 9 northern counties in California including part of Placer county.…
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Posted on November 7, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
PG&E continues to dominate the news. CEO Bill Johnson is being highly criticized at some of his public statements about the handling of the blackouts that occurred four times in October. Friday, he said to struggling California people they still have their houses because of the blackouts. This has sparked…
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Posted on November 5, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
President Trump Sunday Tweeter-attacked the top political powers in California, specifically Gov. Newsom and US Congressman Adam Schiff for mismanagement of the forests and mismanagement of water distribution policies as the cause of major wildfire damage in California. The California politicians quickly responded with anger saying that the recent wildfires…
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Posted on November 5, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
The Nevada Irrigation District meet last week and discussed the possibility of taking over the PG&E distribution system in their district. This is just one discussion of many that are talking place throughout the state by frustrated power users that are disgusted at the management and execution of the four…
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Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
The Old Sacramento waterfront Christmas tree is to be delivered on November 4th and placed on K Street between Front and 2nd.A The 62-foot tree is scheduled to have the official lighting ceremony November 27th. The City of Auburnas yearly Festival of Lights parade is scheduled, rain of shine, Saturday…
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Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
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…
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Posted on November 1, 2019 by Jerry Henry and saved under Local News, Slider
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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