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…
Development in South Placer County is moving ahead with release of planning and environment reports on the transformation of farmland along highway 65 between Roseville, Rockland and Lincoln. The Sunset Area Plan, which includes an education campus, and a 2200-acre development with 5,600 new housing units to be built to…
Placer county supervisors this week approved a plan that will provide a new 90-million-plus-dollar office building in North Auburn. Construction could begin soon, and occupancy is planned within two years. The building is to house the county Health and Human Services facilities, followed by a Crime Lab and a Tahoe…
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…
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.…
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…