A $50 dollar banner has set off a local Auburn controversy and is occupying a position on the front page of the Auburn Journal this morning. The banner, paid for and placed by Auburn Park Board Director Scott Holbrook advertising a music fest coming up in Auburn, sparked action and…
The California State Water Resources Control Board are issuing warnings that part of the lower American River are showing high levels of E. Coli. Specific areas to be aware of include Tiscornia Beach, Discovery Park, Sutteras Landing and Steelhead Creek. …
The County Wildfire continues to grow and CalFire reports that it has scorched 70 thousand acres as of 7 AM today.A CalFire also reports that the fire is only 5% contained. This fire started Saturday in Yolo County then crossed into Napa County then on to Lake County.A More…
The CHP will begin a Maximum Enforcement Period today a 6 PM and will continue through Midnight Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 4th. Officers will be on the lookout for drivers who are driving impaired by drugs or alcohol. 1,244 arrests for DUI were made last year over the 4th, and 47…
CHP reported that a motorcyclist died Friday after his 2001 Suzuki motorcycle failed to execute a curve on Lake Vera Purdon Road in Nevada City and tumbled down a steep embankment. A 69 year old Gary W. Wallace had been reported missing on Friday to the Nevada County Sheriffas…
Sixty Four year old Phillip Ingram of Auburn was found guilty on two counts of second degree murder on Friday by a placer county jury. The conviction stems from a deaths of two 15 year old boys, Jaren Gaches and Trevor Keller, A struck by a vehicle driven by Ingram…
Several areas have been found and cleaned up by Auburn Police that had been tagged as homeless camps. Three camps were found on Union Pacific Railway land. A new camp was found off Auburn Folsom Road near Pacific Avenue and two new camps were found at the end of Herr…
A hot weather forecast and high winds arriving this weekend have placed the area into a high wildfire alert situation. Because of the hot weather and the 4th of July holiday, officials are concerned that many people will head for the rivers and lakes and are sending cautions messages particularly…
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Placer County District Attorney Scott Owens has announced that the charges against 7 men from the bay area that were arrested on May 28th at the Sun Splash Water Park in Roseville and charged with inappropriately touching your girls while swimming, will be dropped. The DAas office stated that after…