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Tesla semi-truck fire on Northern California freeway leaves people stranded for hours
PLACER COUNTY — Crews have fully reopened Interstate 80 in Northern California following a Tesla semi-truck fire near Emigrant Gap.It started when a big rig went off the road and crashed into the trees around 3 a.m. Monday. This caused major delays for people traveling in both directions."So far, we're doing just fine, we drove to Colfax no problem. Here we are. We're going to get a sandwich. We don't know what's going to happen from here on in," Richard Bernstein, traveling to Tahoe, said.Some people were trying to make it to a camping trip."We were really looking forward to...
Several Northern California DUI checkpoints coming ahead of Labor Day holiday
(FOX40.COM) — Law enforcement agencies all over Northern California are working together to ‘keep summer fun not fatal’ by hosting a series of operations to catch drunk drivers. • Video Above: Why DUI checkpoints are announced by California law enforcement In 2018, there were 3,804 victims killed in crashes statewide, according to California law enforcement. […]
‘A massive enterprise’: California’s offshore wind farms are on a fast track
EUREKA — If the American West represents the “geography of hope,” as author Wallace Stegner wrote, then what better place than California’s far north to illustrate the eternal tension between the limitless potential of big ideas and the brutal disappointment of broken dreams? The Golden State’s verdant North Coast, a great empire of trees and […]
California car insurance rates could jump 50% this year: study
A combination of multiple factors, including climate-driven natural disasters, inflation and the soaring prices of new cars is projected to send premiums rocketing in 2024, according to a study by online insurance marketplace Insurify.
Shasta's top planner leaving after 6 years to take job in another California county
Shasta County’s top planner is leaving to take a similar position with another county in California. Paul Hellman became Shasta’s resource management director in August 2018, about a month after the catastrophic Carr Fire started, the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the county’s history. ...
California’s reform era led to lower crime, despite what the news media reports
Crime rates in California dropped dramatically after the state implemented reforms aimed at reducing incarceration, a new report shows. The report from the Center for Juvenile and Criminal Justice shows that the impacts of three critical reforms between 2011 and 2016 are associated with lower crime across almost every category.
Warm Today in Sacramento, with Cooler Temperatures, Potential Showers, and Gusty Winds Ahead
The National Weather Service in Sacramento has issued a forecast discussing the weather conditions expected in Northern California over the next several days. Enthusiasts for seasonable weather can take heart for only a little while longer. According to the NWS forecast, the Sacramento region should enjoy relatively stable conditions with high temperatures ranging from the 80s to low 90s across the Valley and foothills today and tomorrow, before things take a turn later in the week.
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