Sutter Roseville Drops Medi-Cal Program - News10.Net
Not a great sign for more government-run health care, when Placer County's biggest hospital says it won't accept Medi-Cal anymore.

Council members work on differences - Colfax Record
Should be who disagree on policy matters be civil to each other, but is it a bad thing that elected officials disagree?  Not in a democracy.

You could even say it glows - Sac Bee
Placer County has dedicated its latest solar- energy project � a photovoltaic system that covers 2 acres and powers the juvenile detention facility in Auburn.

Officials await autopsy report in death of Foresthill woman - Sac Bee and Auburn Journal
Placer County Sheriff's are trying to determine what caused the death of Cora Lee Suehead.

Student busted for bomb blasts - Auburn Journal
A Placer High school student is in custody in connection with making and detonating three incendiary devices Wednesday.

Auburn man to be tried on BB gun charge - Sac Bee and Auburn Journal
A Placer County judge said Wednesday that a 19-year-old Auburn man must stand trial on charges that he took a BB gun onto a high school campus but dismissed a second gun charge and one alleging terrorism by participation in a street gang.

94 acres conserved along North Fork of American River - Sierra Sun
The Placer Land Trust and the American River Conservancy acquired two parcels totaling 94 acres of land within the North Fork�s wild and scenic river corridor for $100,000 from the Siller Brothers Timber Company.

Housing slump affects local industries - Sierra Sun
Local contractors and builders are shifting their work strategies to soften the impact the ongoing slump in the California housing market has had on the region�s building trades.

Big projects thrive even as market slows - Sierra Sun
The gloom hasn�t affected larger developers, who continue to propose large-scale projects in the North Tahoe region as if it were still a boom market.

Police seek thief in loss of bikes for disabled - Sac Bee
Police are seeking help in finding who broke into a Placer County Office of Education storage shed and stole two bicycles designed for physically disabled students.

Kings Beach drug dealer sentenced, deported - Sierra Sun
An undocumented Mexican immigrant residing in Kings Beach has pleaded no contest to two felony counts of possessing cocaine and methamphetamine with intent to sell.