FRIDAY 4-15-22 LOCAL NEWS

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By Jerry Henry on April 16, 2022.

The Loomis town council has extended the time for residents to comment on the controversial Costco project for an extra two weeks until April 26^th. The scheduled hearing last Tuesday was not properly advertised, so the council opened the meeting then extended it so all residents could have ample and legal time to make comment. The proposed plan is for a 155,000-square-foot Costco store and a 24-pump gas station on 17 acres at the southeast corner of Sierra College Boulevard and Brace Road. Town officials approved a use permit in 2020 but the project has been tied up in lawsuits until recently. The town of Loomis prevailed on two lawsuits. But the court disagreed with the townas interpretation of its zoning code and General Plan to allow support uses such as parking, driveways, lighting, and landscaping on Costco-owned properties, and included as a relatively small portion of the project site that has residential zoning.

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Rocklin Police are investigating a hit and run accident that occurred last Friday which seriously hurt a 14-year-old Colton Jones, a student at Whitney High School. Jones and a friend were bicycling on Pacific Street and Rocklin Road shortly after 8 p.m. when he was hit and dragged under a vehicle, seriously hurting him with stomach damage and skin road burns from being dragged. He had a perforated stomach from the trauma, two broken ribs, a bruised spleen, a bruised pancreas, a large wound on his left elbow, a dislocated knee, severe road rash all over his body and his teeth went through his gums. Jones had had several emergency operations in Rocklinas Sutter Trauma Emergency Center, and the family said he may not be able to return to school this year and go through rehab and long-term healing. Police are searching for the hit and run driver as investigation continues.

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Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, Thursday announced heas putting Senate Bill 871 on hold because COVID-19 vaccine rates, especially among children, are ainsufficienta and athe state needs to focus its effort on increasing access to COVID vaccinations for children through physicians and other health providers who care for children.a Pan also said that California needs to expand aeducation efforts to give families accurate information about the COVID vaccine.a Vaccination rates among children lag behind that of the stateas adult population, according to the state Department of Public Health a 33.9% of children 5 to 11 years old are vaccinated; the rate is double (66.4%) for older children ages 12-17. The rate for adults 49 and younger was 77.7% as of Tuesday. Gov. Gavin Newsom in October 2021 required all students to receive COVID-19 vaccines starting during the school term after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gives full approval to shots for their age range. Newsomas order allows students to opt-out of the COVID-19 vaccine requirement with a personal belief exemption. SB 871 would have prevented students from using that exemption to get out of the requirement.

Roseville police said Thursday, A Marysville man was arrested last week after police found a privately manufactured aghost gun,a ammunition, fentanyl, meth, other drugs and more than a pound of marijuana during a traffic stop. The man was identified as Troy Sherman, 35, of Marysville. The woman in the vehicle, a 27-year-old Roseville resident, was not identified. Sherman, who was on probation, was arrested on multiple felony charges, including being a felon in possession of a firearm along with several drug-related charges. The woman was not arrested. Sherman was booked into the South Placer jail, where his bail is set at $515,000, booking records show.