Placer County Crisis & Personal Support Articles

A conversation with Stacy Caldwell, CEO of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation

California Gov. Gavin Newson has signed Assembly Bill 1071, authored by Assemblyman Joshua Hoover and sponsored by the Placer County District Attorney’s Office, into law. The bill will develop a statewide teen dating violence prevention resource portal to support participating …

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

The Placer County District Attorney’s Office joined CBS13 CBS Sacramento/Julie Watts TV in its request to the California Legislature and State Auditor to pursue an audit of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

Loomis Union School District released a 17-page demographic study on expected student enrollment all the way to the year 2044. The influx of new students is expected to strain classrooms to a "probable breakpoint" between the years 2025 and 2028.

A popular program doubles CalFresh benefits to buy fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets. It is among the California food benefit programs on the table in the budget negotiations between legislative leaders and Gov. Newsom.

As extra pandemic benefits end, food banks say that they're becoming long-term supermarkets for Californians facing food insecurity. Several bills to boost CalFresh are before the Legislature, but the state budget deficit may get in the way.

Feeling stressed? Confused? Or just a little blue? Help is just a phone call away for residents of Placer County.

Thinking about making a change in your relationship to drugs and alcohol? Here are some things to consider.

Sam Quinones, whose last book dealt with the opioid epidemic, talks to the LA Times about his new work on the twin perils of fentanyl and meth.

California will soon add a new emergency hotline service with the number 988. Here’s the story behind that new service, and the original 911 number.