Placer County voters to decide on sales tax increase for transportation improvements
PLACER COUNTY – Placer County voters are looking at a sales tax to raise more than $1 billion for transportation and infrastructure improvements. "At the end of the day, Sacramento and the state are not going to take care of us here in Placer County," District 2 Supervisor Shanti Landon said.Landon is in support of Measure B, which calls for a half-cent sales tax that would raise $1.58 billion over the next 30 years for transportation projects approved by municipalities and the county. One in $4 would be returned to Roseville, Rocklin and Lincoln."Highway 65 and the bottleneck is a huge...
Elderly man seriously injured after wrong-way crash in Placer County
PLACER COUNTY, Calif. — An elderly man was injured after crashing into the center median of Interstate 80 in Placer County. The California Highway Patrol said a Toyota RAV4 was reportedly going the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of I-80, near Taylor Road, and hit the center median near Eureka/Atlantic Road just before 9:30 p.m.