The Placer Union High School District investigation into an alleged hazing situation involving the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team has found no hazing but several instances of inappropriate student behavior. The A district Public Information Office Kristin Conner quoted in the AJ this morning said “Based on the investigative…
California Gov. Newsom announced yesterday he is appointing a Fix-It team to help the chronically mismanaged Department of Motor Vehicles. Newsom said California Government Operations Agency Secretary Marybel Batjer will lead the a DMV Reinvention Strike Teama for six months. Among many responsibilities, Batjer will be tasked with offering recommendations for…
In a startling new legal problem for PG&E, a federal judge threatened Wednesday to impose broad new mandates on the utility to reduce wildfire risks in the wake of this yearas Camp Fire and the 2017 wine country blazes. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, citing PG&Eas a history of falsification of…
I-80 has been reopened after being closed for several hours as the first storm of the new year passed through from the Pacific Ocean to the High Sierra over the weekend. Chain Controls continue for the summit pass on I-80 and highway 50.A More storms are expected throughout the week.…
Auburn Police joined with outside agencies last month in arresting 15 people in a sweep of the Holiday Inn on Highway 49 in an attempt to stop a wave of pimping and prostitution. A Police officials said this crackdown is a part of investigations into human trafficking throughout the area.…
Three Major Insurance Companies are suing PG&E over the billions of dollars they are facing from the Campfire in Butte County that destroyed the community of Paradise.A Allstate, State Farm, and USAA with these law suits it is expected will deliver a major financial blow to the public utility. Cal…
The California Highway Patrol is reporting that 36 people died over the New Year Holiday period starting December 28th through January 2. 23 died in vehicles and four pedestrians died on highways. 1,140 were arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence compared to 936 last year.…
A story on Dec 27th in the Auburn Journal has now been picked up by the Sacramento Bee. A statement on Dec. 26th by Kristin Connor, spokesperson for the Placer Union High School District stated that a Effective Immediately, we have suspended all JV Boyas Basketball games indefinitely, and have placed…
The Sears/Kmart Company announced Friday they would close another 80 stores. On the list is the Kmart store in North Auburn in the Rock Creek Plaza on highway 49 and Bell Road. Stores in Stockton, Apple Valley, Burbank and Santa Maria are also on the close list. Employees have been…
California is moving the primary election for the 2020 Presidential election race up with other early states like Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. The basic reason is to get more of the campaigning money that is spent in other states but not California because the lateness of the…