Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low from the Silicon Valley has reintroduced a constitutional amendment that would lower the voting age in California to 17 years of age. The amendment requires two-thirds of the state assembly and voter approval. Last year a similar attempt failed. Lowas office said that this year there…
Assemblyman Kevin McCartney, D-Sacramento, has requested a a deep Divea audit be made of the Sacramento Unified School District, its finances and decision making process. The School District is facing a 35 million dollar budget gap that must be solved by November to guard against a state take-over of the district.…
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Placer County Sheriff Devon Bell presented two persons the a Citizenas Medal of Merita , at a ceremony at Sheriff Headquarters yesterday at Dewitt center in North Auburn. 8-year old Isabel Pierce assisted her gunshot wounded father on Jan 15th on Rock Springs Road in South Placer County when he was shot…
A Granite Bay man, Chris De Bar, has been identified by authorities as a pilot in a small plane crash Friday at Mt Diablo. Authorities say a body has been found in the wreckage of a plane they believed crashed Friday night two miles southwest of the peak of Mount…
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The weekend double header storm delivered as promised, rain throughout Friday night and Saturday until Sunday morning when partly cloudy and sunshine weather blessed the day. Three to five feet of new snow hit the Sierra and Tahoe ski areas and closed major and minor highways for several hours. I-80…
The City of Citrus Heights has shared on Facebook, a two-minute video of accidents and near misses at several busy intersections in the city. The video has gone viral with 87 thousand views in less than 24 hours. The video is a composite of videos taken at the red-light camera…
The lawsuit against the State Department of Water Resources charging them with negligence causing the spillway washout at Oroville Dam two years ago yesterday and causing evacuations of 188 thousand people, has received a series of allegations of dishonesty, stealing of equipment, sexual and racial harassment, and financial manipulation to…
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