The United States Postal Service has requested a major increase in postage, the biggest increase since 1991. The new stamp will be 5 cents more up to 55 cents for the first ounce. The second ounce would decrease one cent. Parcels will also increase if approved. The USPS has announced…
The long delayed opening of the Quarry Park Adventures in Rocklin says they will open Saturday at 10:00 am. The park was to open earlier this year but blames the need to satisfy all the state and local regulations for the delays. Families that purchased 2018 passes for the park…
The man who threatened to shoot the residents at a rehab facility and any deputies who responded In Auburn Sunday morning was armed with a replica handgun. The man was identified as Nicholas Benjamin Salisbury, 36 of Auburn, by the Placer County Sheriffas Office. Deputies say Salisbury had called 911…
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced yesterday that he may freeze the stateas Motor Voter program attempting to get tens of thousands voter registration error made by the DMV under control. California launched the Motor Voter program on April 23, which automatically registers and pre-registers eligible voters when they…
A school bus driver and one child passenger escaped serious injury yesterday as the school bus they were riding in, went on a wild ride off Bell Road, down an embankment, coming to rest on a driveway. The driver had picked up the child at the Tahoe Street bus stop…
Supervisors will be considering establishing a $5.95 per-square-foot fee today that western Placer County subdivision developers would be required to pay if they donat build onsite affordable housing. Under a proposal favored by the countyas Community Development Resource Agency, a new fee would replace a policy that allowed fees-in-lieu of…
A newA temple is set to be built in Yuba City, according to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintas presidentA Russell M. Nelson. The Yuba City California Temple will be Californiaas eighth temple. The stateas other seven temples are inA Fresno,A Los Angeles,A Newport Beach,A OaklandA (under renovation),A…
A man died in an officer-involved shooting after Placer County Sheriffas deputies say he threatened to shoot an inpatient rehab facility and responding deputies in Auburn. According to the sheriffas office, a man called 911 around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning and told dispatchers that he had a handgun and was…
Some small businesses in Folsom are struggling to stay afloat as upgrades are made to the historic part of the city. Construction has been going on since August and itas limiting access into several nearby shops. While business owners say in the long run the changes could help them, in…
The expected gasoline price drop that usually occurs in October has not been seen at the pump as Sacramento area drivers are seeing 15 cents increase in the last month. AAA and other reporters are saying that the price of crude as risen and as driving the costs at…