The Auburn Salvation Army Thrift Store is closing its doors Friday August 9th. A consolidation of stores is in play so Grass Valley, Woodland and Sacramento will all close and become part of the Sacramento Adult Rehabilitation center in Stockton. Stores will remain open in Marysville and Rancho Cordova. The…
The Placer County Treasurer Jenine Windeshausen who has been the spark plug in the creation of Pioneer Community Energy and has served as it Executive Director since being appointed by the Board of Directors on July 26, 2016, made a surprise announcement yesterday that she was resigning as the Executive…
The Sacramento City Council is set to approve $14.4 million in funding for the North Natomas Community Center and Aquatics Center a the last piece of funding needed to make the long-awaited $45 million project happen. The center will sit adjacent to the 220-acre regional park, which features a relocated…
A plan which has opened to the public scrutiny and comment from local citizens by the Auburn State Recreation area could bring two new American River Bridge crossing to the area. One bridge is proposed at Greenwood where a bridge was washed out in the 1960as following a dam break.…
Two checks have been cashed at Bank of America in the amounts of $33 thousand dollars each, being obtained from the McDonalds restaurant on Lincoln and Bowman Road in North Auburn. Placer county sheriffs are investigating along with Bank of American investigators in what appears to be a major check…
The United Auburn Indian Community announced they have made a contribution of $100,000 to the Penryn Fire Protection District to assist in theA purchaseA of a new fire engine. The Tribal Council, led by Chairman Gene Whitehouse, recently presented aA check to Penryn Fire Chief Mitch Higgins at the Tribal…
Boat inspectors have stopped two boat vessels from entering the Lake Tahoe waters because there was a large infestation of invasive mussels on boats that were attempting to enter the waters of Lake Tahoe. Chris Kilian of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District says it’s a stark reminder of why inspections…
The National Weather Service has issued an EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH for the Sacramento Valley Saturday morning through Sunday night. Temperatures are expected to exceed 100 to 110 degrees this weekend, and the officials are sending the message that water and sunscreen are the most important items to consider for this…
The El Dorado County Sheriffas office is searching for a 33 year old mother of four children who has been missing for over a week. Heather Gumina Waters of Pleasant Valley broke her collar bone and was treated for pain at a hospital who released her and she was at…
The state department of water resources received notice yesterday that the state office of emergency services has submitted their requests for reimbursement of cost for the repair and reactivation of the spillway at the Lake Oroville Dam. The bills have been sent to the federal Emergency Agency known as FEMA.…