WEDNESDAY 7-8-22 LOCAL NEWS

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By Jerry Henry on June 9, 2022.

Election Status: Placer County Clerk Ryan Ronco 78%: Placer County Sheriff: Wayne Woo, 68%: Placer County Supervisor, Shanti Lanon,45%, Placer County Clerk, recorder, register of voters Ryan Roncon 78%, TRISTAN BUTCHER Treasurer tax collector 99.9%.   Ca Sen Brian Dahle placed 2nd in race for Governor over 25 other candidates and will against Gov. Newsom in November.

Californians can expect to see triple-digit temperatures toward the end of the week, with the hottest day being Friday. Temperatures will heat up quickly on Thursday, with most areas pushing 100 degrees. Peak heat will hit us hard on Friday, with highs ranging from 100 to 106 degrees.  We could see some records tied or broken. Overnight lows will be quite warm as well, in the upper 60s to low 70s. Temperatures will begin to drop on Saturday but still expect a hot day.

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Children inside a San Jose public library fled for cover as two men pursued a third man inside and shot him, California police reported. The shooting took place at 3:30 p.m. Monday, June 6, at Hillview Branch Library on Hopkins Drive. At least 20 people, including children, were inside when a man ran into the library pursued by two other men, KTVU reported. One of the men shot the third man inside the library and ran away, police said. Police said the incident appears to be gang-related and are seeking the two assailants, according to the station. The injured man was taken to a hospital.

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The Placer County Deputy Sheriffsa Association (DSA) has filed a second-amended writ of mandate in its lawsuit against Placer County. Both parties have been in negotiations since March 2018. The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved Ordinance 6104-B on Sept. 14, 2021, to impose the countyas proposal of salary increases, amending incentive pay from percentage to flat amount and providing Tahoe Branch Assignment Pay for deputies who live within 50 driving miles of the Burton Creek Substation to offset housing costs in the Lake Tahoe area. The issue is not settled, and the legal process will continue through the court system.

A vegetation fire in rural, southeastern Sacramento County burned more than two dozen acres and destroyed some outbuildings before being halted Monday afternoon. The fire ignited around 2 p.m. in a eucalyptus grove along Nelda Lane, east of Herald, in the Herald Fire Protection.

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This past week the Greater Sacramento Economic Council held a tour of the region for a group of entrepreneurs interested in investing in the area. Sacramento has long been considered a city on the rise, and local leaders say the conditions are right to bring new money into the capital. A group of entrepreneurs was in town last week to see if the capital region would be the right place to be headquartered. One of the councilas selling points in competing with other California cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles is relative affordability. It can be up to 30 percent cheaper to live in Sacramento than in the Bay Area.

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Sacramento is one of three places nationwide that several groups are targeting over its bad air. The problems are outlined in a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. Environmental and public health groups say the EPA is not doing enough about it and they filed a lawsuit to amake them do their job.a They say Sacramento, Los Angeles and New Hampshire do not have a smog cleanup plan in place for smog standards that the EPA established in 2008. Discuss the air pollution of Sacramento and why!