Families Flock To American River On Third Year Of Holiday Alcohol Ban
A holiday alcohol ban along the American River appears to be working, as the booze-filled floating Memorial Day parties have become a thing of the past.
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A holiday alcohol ban along the American River appears to be working, as the booze-filled floating Memorial Day parties have become a thing of the past.
All this rain likely won't have an impact on fishing in local rivers. A Russian River fishing ban is still expected to begin later this month.
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The Bureau of Reclamation is drastically cutting back on water releases from the Folsom Dam into the American River from 800 cubic feet per second to just 500 cfs by Friday.
Sacramento Fire Department's DART divers searched the American River near Highway 160 near an overturned boat.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife says we're in store for an above-normal salmon season. So many are already coming upstream from the ocean, you can see them slapping up against the weir at the Nimbus Hatchery.
Sacramento investigators pulled the body of a missing Citrus Heights man out of the American River Friday morning.
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Firefighters are calling Friday's 40-acre grassfire along the American River suspicious, and investigators have several suspect descriptions from witnesses who saw people leaving the area where the fire started.
Sacramento's "Rafters Gone Wild" weekend may not be as wild as it used to be thanks to this year's booze ban.
An alcohol ban is planned this weekend on the American River because of an event called Rafting Gone Wild.
Searchers will resume their work on the American River, looking for the body of a swimmer last seen on Sunday.
Rescue crews have suspended the search for a missing swimmer last seen in the American River Sunday.
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Millions of Chinook salmon were released into the American River, representing a critical part of the state's economy.
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The annual Great American River Cleanup in Rancho Cordova had thousands of volunteers on land and water Saturday.
Hundreds headed to local waterways on this Labor Day holiday, but it was a lot quieter than many weekends. River patrol crews say the alcohol ban has limited crowds and trouble.
A group of senior citizen thrill-seekers embarked on the American River near Placerville on Tuesday for their first rafting trip together.
The sheriff's department and half a dozen other rescue agencies tasked with watching over the river party event are worried that this year could be much of the same, if not worse.
The coroner has been called out to the American River where rescuers found a person floating in the water.
Sacramento police were on patrol for one of their busiest boating days of the year.
A 53-year-old man who died Tuesday afternoon after being pulled out of the American River in Sacramento has been identified.
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