The Month of May is known in California as BIKE month and this year is no different. This weekend we again experience the world bike tour, the AMGEN. This year the Sacramento to Pasadena 773 mile course will be a bit different starting A in Sacramento and touring Yolo Couty.…
The Placer County Grand Jury is an investigatory body with the authority to act as a watchdog on local government, investigate citizen complaints, and assist in criminal matters at the request of the district attorney. Grand jurors are sworn to secrecy and, other than final reports, their work is kept…
Placer County Sheriff A searchers found the body of 56-year old David Wayne Johnson of Sacramento, downstream in the American river Sunday. He was lost on Saturday when the raft he was in flipped over in the cold and swift waters near Colfax. A woman also in the raft was…
A small single engine Cessna high wing airplane flipped upside down as it came in for a landing at the Auburn Airport yesterday afternoon. The pilot was reportedly practicing touch and go landings when the plane appeared to have stalled and then the front wheel caught the grass at the…
A second one day strike by the Sacramento City Teachers Association has been announced for May 22. The union stated Yesterday at a press conference that the first on day strike on April 11 was successful and achieved putting pressure on the Sacramento City Unified School District to finally acknowledge…
The Sacramento City Council approved the mayor Steinberg proposal to take 47 million dollars out of the hotel tax revenue budget and revitalize the Old Town water front. The plan calles for several enhancements and additions such as a lawn, concert stage, rooftop bars, an interactive water fountain and other…
The 46 names released yesterday by the Sacramento Catholic Diocese of clergy that performed sexual abuse activity against several victims within the Diocese over the last 70 years are reported to immune from legal prosecution. Some of the victims are going public on media expressing frustration at not having their…
A new bill has been introduced, Senate 625, which would require buses, limousines and cabs to provide drivers of these public transportation vehicles to have separate ventilated space to protect them from passengers that smoke cannabis when on tours or other events. Drivers that test positive could lose their licenses,…
AB 372 which would allow state workers to bring their infants into the workplace, was working through the assembly last week, and passed the Public Employment and Retirement Committee. Lawmakers raised several concerns as the bill was in hearing last like how to implement such a program, parents not using…
V A third case of measles has been confirmed in Sacramento County. All three cases are in one family which was notified a day earlier that two children in the family has been exposed to the virus. The Sacramento health department said it was confirmed the children were un-vaccinated and…