Sears filing for Bankruptcy will affect the area with several stores being closed.A In announcing the closings yesterday, it appeared that the Sears and Kmart stores in Auburn would remain open. The Kmart in Placerville and the Sears on Florin Road are both slated for closure after the holiday season.…
With less than three weeks until the Nov. 6 General Election, the Placer County Elections Office reminds county residents to register to vote and check their registration status before the Oct. 22 voter registration deadline. Voter registration forms are at all Post Offices, libraries and California Department of Motor Vehicles…
The Lodi Parachute Center has another recorded accidental death after a woman parachutist had her parachute fail to open yesterday afternoon and she fell to her death. This is the 5th death at the Lodi Center in the past three years. A Since 1999, 16 people have died after taking…
Extreme Wind Forecast: PG&E to Proactively Turn Off Power for Safety in Portions of Sierra Foothills, North Bay! Several Areas in Northern California are in a a Black Outa condition this morning due to PG&E selectively shutting off Power because of the Red Alert weather conditions that are creating possible wild…
The United States Postal Service has requested a major increase in postage, the biggest increase since 1991. The new stamp will be 5 cents more up to 55 cents for the first ounce. The second ounce would decrease one cent. Parcels will also increase if approved. The USPS has announced…
The long delayed opening of the Quarry Park Adventures in Rocklin says they will open Saturday at 10:00 am. The park was to open earlier this year but blames the need to satisfy all the state and local regulations for the delays. Families that purchased 2018 passes for the park…
The man who threatened to shoot the residents at a rehab facility and any deputies who responded In Auburn Sunday morning was armed with a replica handgun. The man was identified as Nicholas Benjamin Salisbury, 36 of Auburn, by the Placer County Sheriffas Office. Deputies say Salisbury had called 911…
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced yesterday that he may freeze the stateas Motor Voter program attempting to get tens of thousands voter registration error made by the DMV under control. California launched the Motor Voter program on April 23, which automatically registers and pre-registers eligible voters when they…
A school bus driver and one child passenger escaped serious injury yesterday as the school bus they were riding in, went on a wild ride off Bell Road, down an embankment, coming to rest on a driveway. The driver had picked up the child at the Tahoe Street bus stop…
Supervisors will be considering establishing a $5.95 per-square-foot fee today that western Placer County subdivision developers would be required to pay if they donat build onsite affordable housing. Under a proposal favored by the countyas Community Development Resource Agency, a new fee would replace a policy that allowed fees-in-lieu of…