Environmental activist lawyer Erin Brockovich was in Sacramento yesterday lending her famous name in support for campfire survivors struggling to get compensation from PG&E, Californiaas largest utility, for losses in the worst wild fire disaster in California history. The famous attorney was publicly calling on the stateas new governor, Gavin…
Forty Eight year old Stanley Stepanski III of Florence Montana,A has been identified as the suspect in Tuesday’s South Placer County Shootings.A The Placer County Sheriffas office released the name of the Victim of what appeared to be a random shooting on Tuesday night in Lower Placer County. Mary Toste,…
PG&E stock took another hit yesterday falling another 40% closing at $6.91 a share. Investors have received two surprises this week, first with the bankruptcy announcement Monday and yesterday the announcement that the utility would miss interest payment of 21.6 million dollars on debt of 18 billion dollars. Finally, a…
Two dead, K-9 shot, in a chaos situation yesterday evening in South Placer County. Just after 7 p.m. yesterday, the Placer County Sheriffas dispatch center began receiving several 911 calls reporting a man brandishing a weapon and firing shots in south Placer County. These incidents occurred at several locations between…
The Auburn Planning commission will consider today a 65 home 28-acre parcel development across the street from the Auburn Cemetery District Property. The proposed development would be on two parcels along Collins drive leading to Palm Avenue. Bayside Holdings is asking for a rezone on land designated for residential-agriculture use…
Placer, Yolo and Sacramento counties will test the emergency alert system starting at ten am, today. This means that everyone that has opted to receive emergency alerts on cell phones, landlines, and emails will receive an alert today at 10. This is just a test. …
The Placer Union High School District investigation into an alleged hazing situation involving the Junior Varsity Boys Basketball team has found no hazing but several instances of inappropriate student behavior. The A district Public Information Office Kristin Conner quoted in the AJ this morning said “Based on the investigative…
California Gov. Newsom announced yesterday he is appointing a Fix-It team to help the chronically mismanaged Department of Motor Vehicles. Newsom said California Government Operations Agency Secretary Marybel Batjer will lead the a DMV Reinvention Strike Teama for six months. Among many responsibilities, Batjer will be tasked with offering recommendations for…
In a startling new legal problem for PG&E, a federal judge threatened Wednesday to impose broad new mandates on the utility to reduce wildfire risks in the wake of this yearas Camp Fire and the 2017 wine country blazes. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, citing PG&Eas a history of falsification of…
I-80 has been reopened after being closed for several hours as the first storm of the new year passed through from the Pacific Ocean to the High Sierra over the weekend. Chain Controls continue for the summit pass on I-80 and highway 50.A More storms are expected throughout the week.…