Several cities in California are being advised they must change their city council governance from at-large to district-based voting. Auburn, Roseville and Lincoln are among these cities along with many others. They are being notified they are in violation of the California Voting Rights Act. Lincoln has passed an ordinance…
City of AuburnA elected William “Bill” Kirby as mayor for the next year. Bill has said this is his last term on the council. Music was presented before the 6:00 p.m. meeting by the Placer High Jazz band to the enjoyment of the audience waiting. Council Member Sandy Amara proposed…
Auburn Mayor Cheryl Maki presided over her last city council meeting last night at city hall. She will continue as a council member until her term runs out next year in November. Dr. Bill Kirby is next in line to be Mayor based on the selection process used in the…
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The US Weather Service is advising a winter Storm Warning starting tomorrow for Nevada, Placer, Yuba and El Dorado Counties this week. Heavy snow is expected at higher levels. Travel will be very difficult to impossible. Tree branches could fall as well. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 3 feet,…
The expected power black out for the area, as was originally notified early this week made a major change in direction yesterday as the windstorm that was forecast arrived in a different form from what was forecast. PG&E issued a statement at 12:18 p.m. due to improving weather conditions, 83,000…
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More information is coming out as the death of juvenile Max Benson at the El Dorado Hills Guiding Hands School for special Children advances into the court system in El Dorado County. The Teacher, along with other teachers who restrained Max after a spitting incident at the school, and the…
Placer County Sheriff Deputies have arrested a 29-year-old man from Mexico after investigating and securing a warrant on property on Taylor Road in Penryn. Sheriffas reacted to neighbor complaints and when serving warrants found two hoop houses with 345 marijuana plants growing inside. Hoop houses are greenhouse like structures made…
Twenty-Five thousand University of California workers are scheduled to strike today at the Sacramento, UC Davis Medical Center on Stockton Blvd, and UC campuses throughout the state. Other major strike sites include UC San Franciscoas Helen Diller Medical Center, 505 Parnassasus Ave.; UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High St.; and UC…