Placer County Business, Economy & Jobs Articles

Climate change caused by human use of fossil fuels is the major reason California wildfires have burned 172 percent more land than they would have over the last five decades, according to new research.

The Auburn City Council adopted a new Fiscal Management Policy last week, updating the city’s reserve levels to set guidelines for future General Fund balance and reserves, establishing fund balance classifications that indicate which specific fund categories can be spent …

Placer County officials are asking business owners and entrepreneurs to fill out an economic impact survey stemming from the 2022 Mosquito Fire.

A new ban on flavored tobacco products is accelerating a decline in nicotine tax revenue that funds California’s early childhood services. Some programs are already making cuts.

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to rethink how California spends its millionaires tax by directing more money toward housing. Some county-run mental health programs could lose out.

The small hamlet of Tahoma, located on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore, is a must-visit. The sweet area with a small burgeoning food scene is a deliciously happening place. I cruised over to Tahoma with Katherine Hill, publisher of Tahoe Weekly, …

Los Angeles’ new homelessness solution is meant to quickly get people out of encampments and into housing—as the city grapples with the state’s largest population of unhoused residents. But the program is struggling to house people and connect them with …

Housing First policy works to reduce homelessness, evidence shows. But in California the policy has proven ineffective. What is the state doing wrong?

Supporters say a series of bills before the Legislature would improve work-life balance by expanding sick days and family leave. But opponents say the proposals would hurt struggling small businesses.

A yearlong investigation shows that a $100 million-a-year rehabilitation program for former California prisoners grew with little oversight from the state corrections agency. It's unclear how many parolees wind up back in prison.

A Bay Area woman sued her husband's employer after she became infected with COVID-19. The California Supreme Court found that giving her workers' comp could set a precedent that would imperil the system.

The Supreme Court has terminated Pres. Biden's student debt relief program. Here's the reasoning the justices used to do it, how their decision affects Californians, and what's next for borrowers who must start paying again in October.

The California Coastal Commission has broad authority to protect the state's shoreline. Now, some want to curtail its power over affordable housing proposals.

Two proposals that would usher in single-payer health care have divided former allies in the fight for reform.

According to the budget, the fiscal year 2023-24 has a projected budget of $27 million in revenue and $28.8 million in expenditures. Fiscal year 2024-25 has a projected budget of $27.9 million in revenue and $28.4 in expenditures.

A new grocery option is just around the corner for Auburn shoppers, as the long-awaited BriarPatch Food Co-op announced its opening date of Aug. 10.

The Colfax City Council reviewed a drafted outline of proposed regulations for short-term rentals.

The $1,276,837,090 budget is $55.6 million - or 4.6% - higher than in fiscal year 2022-23.

The Supreme Court has now overturned decades of precedent in a new ruling that bans affirmative action, the consideration of race in college admissions as a way to create campus diversity.

The first-in-the-nation state-appointed task force report contains hundreds of recommendations for reparation, including a proposal that the state apologize and make financial amends for slavery and decades of racist policies.