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Car crash reported on Ridge Road in Placer County
DUTCH FLAT, Calif. — A car crash was reported Thursday morning in the Dutch Flat area of Placer County, California Highway Patrol logs show. CHP was dispatched around 6:09 a.m. to Ridge and Frost Hill roads. It was unclear what caused the crash or how many vehicles were involved,...
Random stabbing at Sacramento-area gas station leads to Highway 50 standoff
WEST SACRAMENTO – Traffic is flowing again through West Sacramento on Highway 50 after an early morning standoff on the freeway involving a stabbing suspect. The incident started overnight, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office says, when deputies responded to a report about a man allegedly assaulting his girlfriend. The woman was taken to the hospital, deputies say. Then, a little after midnight, deputies got a report about a stabbing at the 76 gas station at the corner of Fair Oaks Boulevard and Watt Avenue. Deputies say the suspect allegedly rammed someone's vehicle in the parking lot -- then stabbed the other...
Motorcyclist airlifted from Mammoth Bar
(FOX40.COM) — A motorcyclist was airlifted from the Auburn State Recreation Area on Wednesday after sustaining a serious injury, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorcyclist fell off of their motorcycle in the Mammoth Bar OHV area and received a significant hip injury. H-20 from the CHP Valley Division Air Operations assisted in air-lifting […]
Base Camp Pizza Co. raises $17,000 for the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Base Camp Pizza Co., located in the Heavenly Village, recently awarded a check for $17,000 to the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. The fundraising efforts throughout the year culminated in a spring fundraising party at the restaurant in May. The evening featured a pizza, pasta, and salad buffet, drink specials, live music, as well as raffle prizes donated from local businesses. The total donation was largely in part from a $1 donation by Base Camp for every garlic chip appetizer sold throughout the year, in addition to the end of the year fundraiser held in mid-May.
Waymo to double down on winter testing its robotaxis
This year, Waymo will hit multiple wintry locales, including Truckee, California; Upstate New York; and Michigan, from the Upper Peninsula to the metro Detroit area. Waymo didn’t say whether it would take its Zeekr vehicles up north for testing, but the company will be putting both its fifth- and sixth-generation Driver through its paces. The hardware for the sixth-generation Driver is designed for winter environments, with sensors that can melt snow off them.
Six years later, Truckee High alum Marcus Bellon becomes a member of the Wolf Pack
Truckee High has been a Northern Nevada high school powerhouse football program over the last quarter century, winning nine state championships since2001 and 14 in its history. But one thing the Wolverines had not done during the last multiple decades of success was place a player on the Nevada Wolf Pack's roster. That changed this summer when Marcus Bellon made his home-region school his fourth college.
Truckee Town Council approves historical redesignation for 10012 Jibboom Street
After a month of recess, the Truckee Town Council met on Tuesday, Aug. 13, to discuss the redesignation of the historic resource inventory for the property at 10012 Jibboom Street. Due to a potential conflict of interest, Mayor Dave Polivy recused himself from the discussion because he owns a business...
Local elections are less partisan because voters will cross party lines when issues hit close to home
4 in 10 voters would back a candidate from the opposing party for local office if that politician shared their views on homelessness and housing, according to survey data from California.
Median home price in South Bay exceeds $2M, marking the first ever for U.S. metro area
SAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Jose metropolitan area has received the dubious distinction of becoming the first U.S. market, where the median home price has exceeded $2 million, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). In addition to San Jose, the metropolitan area included the Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area,...
Improving predictions of plant species survival with the California poppy
The incandescent orange flowers of the California poppy light up meadows across the Golden State. The fact that this one species is found from hot, dry San Diego all the way to the cool, rainy Klamath Mountains points to a special power: the capacity to adapt to a phenomenally broad range of conditions.
California Has 6M Urban Trees. What Happens When They Die?
To stop California’s 6 million urban trees from knocking out power lines, crashing through houses, or lying across streets when they die, humans have to intervene. A handful of arborists and Conservation Corps of Long Beach members gathered recently at a scrappy plot of land in the corner of a city park to do just that.
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