Placer County CEO Given 30-Day Termination Notice, Unrelated To Accident That Killed 18-year-old Pedestrian
The Board designated Assistant County Executive Officer Jane Christenson to serve as Acting CEO.
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The Board designated Assistant County Executive Officer Jane Christenson to serve as Acting CEO.
The Placer County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting Friday on county CEO Todd Leopold, who was placed on administrative leave after acknowledging he was the driver who struck and killed a Natomas high school student in Rocklin.
The Placer County CEO who was behind the wheel in a collision that killed a Natomas high school student in Rocklin has been put on paid leave.
The chase ended when the suspect crashed their vehicle in front of city hall .
The owner of a purported Auburn dog training business has been arrested after an investigation found that the animals were allegedly being abused.
Two people have now been arrested in connection to a fight at a temporary housing site for the homeless that resulted in Roseville's first homicide of the year, authorities announced Tuesday.
Deputies say they chased a suspect from Penryn to Citrus Heights last week, eventually finding suspected cocaine and an open beer can in his vehicle.
The housing is on a three-acre property, and options range from apartments to townhomes.
On May 6, the Placer County Elections Office will distribute voter information guides in preparation for the statewide direct primary election on June 7, said the County of Placer in a news release.
A butane honey oil lab was raided in Placer County late last month – with deputies also discovering several grams of fentanyl in the operation.
Officials in Placer County are considering using $23.5 million from Project Homekey to turn a hotel into housing for people experiencing homelessness.
Firefighters responded to two vegetation fires near Lincoln on Friday, said Cal Fire Neu.
Two men have pleaded guilty for their role in an organized retail theft ring that stole about $1 million from stores across nine California counties, including Sacramento and Placer, officials said Friday.
For police, they say they are just trying to stay ahead of the crooks.
Correctional officers rescued a duckling that fell through a metal grate in the Auburn Jail parking lot, and it was all caught on video.
A program in placer county is teaching landowners how to fight fire with fire.
An identity theft suspect was arrested near Roseville last week - with deputies finding that he had allegedly started a business under the victim's name.
Candidates for U.S. Congress squared off at William Jessup University on Friday, but this race comes with a twist: it's a newly-designed district with at least one familiar face in the mix and one who was notably absent.
A vegetation fire that burned at Vista Del Oro Court and Rippey Road in Placer County was knocked down, said Cal Fire Neu.
A traffic collision on westbound Interstate 80 just west of State Route 65 is blocking multiple lanes, said Caltrans District 3.
A jackknifed big rig and diesel fuel leak briefly shut down westbound Interstate 80 in Placer County.
A couple's crusade continues after losing their 17-year-old son to fentanyl poisoning.
The woman found dead in a Roseville-area home in the early hours of Wednesday morning has been identified as 41-year-old Erica Marie Wright.
A driver had to be pulled out using the Jaws of Life after a crash off Interstate 80 in the Sierra on Thursday morning.
Officers arrested two people accused of trying to steal gasoline from a parked vehicle in Lincoln on Wednesday.
