To safeguard a primary water delivery system to local communities, the Nevada Irrigation District (NID) and Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) are teaming up to study the long-term feasibility of jointly taking over ownership and/or operation of Pacific Gas & Electricas (PG&E) extensive Drum-Spaulding Project. After PG&E filed for bankruptcy…
A Placer County Deputy had his patrol smashed early Sunday Morning in Dutch Flat. Fortunately, the deputy was not in the vehicle at the time. There were several incidents of trees falling over roadways as the triple winter storm moved through the area starting at the end of last week…
Gov. Newsom has proposed that at least 150 California National Guardsmen will be assigned to Northern California to confront the marijuana black market. The guard would join a federally funded counterdrug task force and focus on illicit cannabis activity in Northern California. These troops were assigned to the Mexican border…
Caltrans is holding a community open house on Feb 20th to discuss plans for safety improvement on highway 49 in Auburn. The event is planned from 5 to 7 PM in the cypress and Planning Commission Rooms at the community Development Resource Center at 3091 County Center Drive in Auburn.…
El Dorado Sheriffas office is asking for the publicas help in locating a missing El Dorado Hills woman who has been missing since Valentines day. Brooke Harris, age 49, was last seen in El Dorado Hills. She is described as a white woman, blond hair, green eyes and drives a…
The Emmanuel Church in Coloma, Californiaas first Episcopal church and a major part of California History is in jeopardy of becoming so unsafe it may have toA be torn down. It is estimated the repairs to keep the church safe is 3 million dollars. Local residents, the Burgess Brothers along…
Another part of Gov. Newsomas State of the state speech came to surface yesterday as Silicone Valley tech companies digested the gov.as point of asking aides to develop a data dividend for Califoania residents whose personal data is collected and sold by high tech companies based in California. The gov.…
The city of Rocklin filed a lawsuit in Placer County Superior Court yesterday against Legacy Family Adventures and its President David Busch. Legacy was the company that the City gave a long-term contract to build and operate the Quarry park which was plagued by delays and other problems. An earlier…
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.…