THURSDAY 4-21-22 LOCAL NEWS

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By Jerry Henry on April 21, 2022.

Shortly after midnight, Wednesday, Placer County Sheriffas deputies responded to a 911 call at a residence on Livoti Avenue, in Roseville. When deputies entered the home, they found a deceased 41-year-old female. The incident is actively being investigated and detectives have determined this to be a homicide. The suspect has not yet been located but the Sheriffas Office said they believe there to be only one suspect. No weapons were found at the scene. Notification to relatives is in progress and when complete more details will be released.

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MEDDLERS Tuesday included an update by Auburn Mayor Sandy Amara reporting that Auburn city has started accepting proposals to expand the Auburn Airport with approval of 5.5 million dollars in investment on the East end of the airport, with 6 hangars to be constructed for new tenants at the airport. The current spaces are full and the new income from this expansion will bring the city an additional 52 thousand dollars to the city in yearly rental income.

Placer County Supervisor Cindy Gustafson reported Placer county would appoint a new member to the county planning commission and she recommend Bridget Powers, former city council member and Mayor of Auburn twice, as the next commissioner.  Supervisor Jim Holms said the Supervisors approved the appointment Tuesday at the regular scheduled meeting at the Domes in Auburn.  She also reported the county has increased their purchasing of CHP personnel to monitor and hopefully cut speeding on back and country back roads in Placer County. Placer County also renewed a contract with Gathering INN for management of the homeless shelter at Dewitt Center, for another 5 years.

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While 4/20, which was yesterday, is a notable day for marijuana businesses, industry leaders continue to warn Californiaas legal market is possibly going to collapse from dwindling sales and increased costs.

Marijuana growers and sellers said while 4/20 was expected to be good for businesses, legal growers are at a tipping point with the stateas taxes and regulations on legal marijuana products.

Legal growers say an oversupply of cannabis in the market has caused the price of triple-a flower to drop to $300 dollars a pound. He said $161 dollars of that gets cut by taxes, which is on top of other regulations they must follow that also costs money. Shops are in a similar situation.

Experts said state-wide anywhere between 30% to nearly half of the price customers pay for legal products is going to state and local taxes. Because of those higher prices, theyare losing customers, supposedly to illegal and on street vendors who do not account for sales or pay any license fees or taxes.

State leaders have said theyare working on it. Several bills are circulating through the State Capitol to ease taxes and make cannabis more accessible across the state, whatever that means. 

Some advocates said theyare hopeful Governor Gavin Newsom will provide relief for them in his revised version of the state budget due in May. 

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Authorities Wednesday released the name of a Sacramento County man shot and killed Monday in Citrus Heights after he reportedly gunned down another man in a crowded park in Fair Oaks. According to the Sacramento County Coroneras Office, Jerzain Trenado Orozco (O-roz-co), 41, of Citrus Heights was shot to death along Madison Avenue, just east of Ventana Place in Citrus Heights. The Coroneras Office has not yet released the name of the man killed moments earlier as he gathered with a group of at least 20 men at nearby Fair Oaks Park. Despite having so many witnesses at the scene, investigators have not released any suspect description for the gunman in the Citrus Heights shooting. Since then, the Police Department has not announced any arrests or released any new information related to the double death shooting.

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Southwest Airlines begins direct flights from the Sacramento to Santa Barbara beginning June 5. The flights will be daily, Southwest said earlier this month, and are part of an expanded summer schedule that includes increased service between Sacramento and San Diego. The flight from Sacramento to Santa Barbara is just over an hour, a welcomed alternative to the nearly six hours it takes to drive to the city that sits between wineries and the coast. Traffic out of Sacramento International Airport has largely rebounded since the pandemic hit. The number of passengers who have boarded flights from SMF has gone up 78% this year compared to the first three months of 2021, according to airport data. Southwest accounts for more than half the passenger traffic leaving Sacramento International Airport daily.