Placer County Local News


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04/30/2024
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The Placer County Planning Commission is recommending 14 sites for rezoning to meet housing element goals for the county.

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04/30/2024
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The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit has announced effective at 8 a.m., Wednesday, May 1, 2024, all hazard reduction burning will require a permit in Nevada, Yuba, Placer and Sierra Counties.

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04/29/2024
During the much-ballyhooed “California exodus” amid the pandemic, remote workers moved to other states where they could live for a fraction of the cost compared to cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco.

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04/28/2024
The Placer SPCA announced development of a new 8,000 square foot facility adjacent to its existing Adoption and Education Center at 200 Tahoe Avenue in Roseville.

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04/27/2024
Indigenous Californians want President Biden to establish a national monument in a stretch of desert that is both an ecological wonder and a window into their cultures.

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04/26/2024
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Placer residents gathered outside the Domes building in Auburn on April 23 for a peaceful rally to protect their communities against the county’s rezone project.

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04/26/2024
Image for display with article titled Auburn Council Approves PCTPA Sales Tax Expenditure Plan in Split Vote

A potential half-cent sales tax is closer to reaching the November ballot in Placer County, as the City of Auburn was last to approve an expenditure plan for Placer County Transportation Planning Agency’s potential sales tax measure in their April 22 meeting.

California Local Pin Marker From CalMatters...

04/26/2024
A bill to rein in a proposed monthly fee on California electric bills would let California’s largest for-profit utility companies charge customers $24 per month — with fees as low as $6 for lower-income customers — as a kind of membership fee for the power grid.
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