Pacific Gas and Electric has announced it has resolved all state charges related to the 2018 Camp Fire through a plea agreement with the Butte County District Attorney. Under that agreement, PG&E will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting a fire stemming…
Two men on Mt. Vernon Road were arrested following Sheriff detectives serving a search warrant at a home there. Philip a Dustya Hawkins and Karl Nylander were both subsequently arrested after Meth, heroin and numerous illegal weapons were found. Hawkins was charged with transporting and selling a controlled substance, illegally possessing…
On Monday, at 7:30 p.m., two male juveniles jumped the pharmacy counter at Walgreens on New Airport Road in Auburn and ordered the pharmacist to open a safe containing prescription medication. The suspects stole the medications and ran from the store to a waiting getaway car and driver. As the…
Auburn city transit has reduced the local bus schedules as of yesterday. The schedules will be the same as weekend schedules and are available on the city website. The schedule change is to deal with reduced ridership due to the COVID 19 virus and will remain until end of March…
Gov.Newsom has effectively shut down the state of California. Yesterday, The gov. A issued a sweeping executive order with restrictions, calling for home isolation of anyone over the age of 65 inside the state, which can affect 5.3 million residents of the state. What isolation means however was not defined.…
Several businesses and events are closing today as a result of individual decisions and reactions to the Governor and President as communication is moving between all levels of Government and Business. The General information we have so far: State wide school closures affective today includes local Placer and El Dorado…
Construction of the Bowman Road Bridges Improvement Project is nearing completion. Weather dependent, Bowman Road is anticipated to open to the public the week of March 15.A Placer County Department of Public Works began construction of the Bowman Road Bridges Improvement project in April 2019. The two existing bridges, built…
Vote counts are showing Kirk Uhler, Placer County supervisor for area 4 has lost the election to keep his seat for a 6th term to Susanne Jones. The count listed by the county this morning is Uhler 10, 389 to Jones 10,567. Uhler will end his 5th term in December.…
A 3.8 earthquake was felt last night in Truckee, California at about 6:17 PM. The location was recorded at 10 miles NNW of Truckee, at a depth of 4.8 miles. There have been no reports of damage.…
The Birdsall Road Access Road to the North Fork of the American River has opened this week after extensive repairs that started in 2019 and finished this past February. Birdsall Road river access is a popular launch or recovery site for non-motorized watercraft. It’s immediately downstream of the Rocky Island…