A vegetation fire in Placer County on Thursday prompted authorities to close a portion of a nearby highway as Cal Fire crews corralled the blaze in a rural area of Lincoln. Shortly after 4:30 p.m. Thursday, the Cal Fire Nevada-Placer-Yuba unit reported the wildfire burned about 75 acres near Nelson…
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Thursday requiring elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered, active voter in the state ahead of the November election. The bill almost mirrors the election-related executive orders that Newsom issued since the coronavirus outbreak, which guarantee that registered voters receive ballots ahead…
Gov. Newsom issued another executive order late yesterday that Californians must wear masks in all indoor activities. The new rules require face coverings when people are riding in taxis and rideshare cars, taking public transit, standing in line to enter a building, or walking through common areas like hallways, stairways,…
Auburn Police Chief Ryan Kinnan, yesterday, Monday June 15th, created an 11-page memo explaining current department policies and procedures on local police response to use of force by the Auburn Police. The memo states that since the beginning of 2020, Auburn officers have responded to 11,334 calls for service and…
Activity in the Golden State Killer/East area Rapist case yesterday in Sacramento. Joseph James DeAngelo Jr appeared in court as Lawyers report they have reached a deal that will allow DeAngelo to plead guilty to 88 murders, rape and other charges at a June 29th hearing and therefore avoid the…
Placer County Health has released new numbers of activity with the Coronavirus. As of Monday morning, there are a total of 390 cases in Placer County. The number of patients as of Friday in the hospital with COVID-19 was seven and the number of patients in the intensive care unit…
cacFIT Reopens June 15th!…
The Auburn City Council spent the majority of their meeting last night discussing the need to increase the city sales tax by one penny to support the need to keep police and fire coverage in the city over the future two or three years as they are now. The look…
California state workers are returning to work on Monday; however, the state is urging 75% of the workers continue to work from home and telecommute. Most state offices have been mostly empty since mid-March following state mandate that departments move as many workers to online telecommuting as possible. Reopening procedures…
Auburn City is working on an alternative to the cancellation of the Chamber of Commerce yearly Fourth of July celebration which included a parade, fireworks, and other events. KAHI reported last week that the chamber of commerce, which yearly holds the celebration activities including fireworks, would cancel this year. Mayor…