TUESDAY 4-19-22 LOCAL NEWS

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By Jerry Henry on April 20, 2022.

Several thousand nurses and other union personnel walked the entrances of three major Sutter hospitals in Sacramento and 13 other Sutter Health Care facilities throughout the state yesterday in a one-day strike aimed at getting senior management at Sutter to include them in planning and executing policy of the Health Care organization during a pandemic. They also want Sutter to hire more help and provide more emergency personal protection equipment and have an ample amount in storage to be prepared for another incident requiring Personal protection. The local Sutter Auburn Faith hospital in North Auburn had union members carrying signs on the sidewalks along highway 49 and waving to motorists through out the day. Senior officials at Sutter Auburn Faith told KAHI they had sufficient staff of contract labor to operate the hospital as normal today and business was nearly normal. Since contract labor is hired at a minimum of a weekas  employment the union strikers will lose the weeks salary they would have received from Sutter Health due to the walkout.

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A woman, just released from the Placer County Jail in Roseville along highway 65, identified as 23-year-old Claudia Wing, was rearrested after being observed by a Placer County deputy on his way to an assigned shift at the jail at 6:30 a.m. on April 12^th. The deputy observed her in a field across the main highway near the jail setting a field on fire. This arrest of Wing is for arson and remains in custody at Placer County Jail. Roseville police were called to make the arrest plus Roseville fire responded and controlled the set fire.

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Another killing in Sacramento on Easter. Police report that a man was shot and killed in his home on Sandcastle Way in South Natomas sometime near 9:20 p.m. The man had been shot multiple time and was transported to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead from the gun shot injuries. No identity has been released or motive cause of the shooting has been released. Investigation continues by officials. Two people were found shot dead yesterday near Fair Oaks Park and on a nearby street in Citrus Heights. Sac county sheriffs are investigating the Fair Oaks shooting and Citrus Heights police are looking into the other. No other information has been released yet on these two shootings.

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A Big rig caught fire yesterday afternoon about 2:45 p.m. while traveling westbound on I-80 east of Colfax. Fire units responded and reported the 18-wheeler 4was transporting liquor and responded when the vehicle fire started to climb up the I-80 embankment along the highway. Officials said they believe the cause was from overheated breaks on the truck. Driver was not injured.

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An Auburn resident identified as Christopher Lee was sentenced yesterday to 30 years in prison for production of child pornography and shown on a webcam with an individual in England in 2017. He was arrested and a federal grand jury returned a 3-count indictment to which Lee pleaded guilty to one count in 2019. According to the Department of Justice, the case is the product of an investigation by the Placer County Sheriffas Office and Homeland Security Investigations. The crime was discovered by Hertfordshire Constabulary in the United Kingdom.

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The CAL FIRE Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit now requires burn permits for Placer, Nevada, and Yuba counties effective at 8 a.m. yesterday, Monday, April 18. Residents wishing to burn must verify it is a permissive burn day before burning. For burn day information, contact your local Air Pollution Control District (APCD) or Air Quality Management District (AQMD).

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