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Our View: Last-minute approach to shelter issue leaves no winners

We’ve all procrastinated doing something in our lives — going to the see the dentist, getting a school project done, or finally cleaning the house. It’s all wel ...

New Placer homeless count hints at economic recovery

Placer County’s homeless numbers are down as economic numbers show a promising upturn. The count - used to help establish Placer County’s share of federal Housing and ...

Our View: There can be no greater gift than that of health

Access to affordable health care in this country can be a challenge – even for those us of with means. That’s why we’re glad to see that there’s an option c ...

Commission OKs limiting year-round homeless shelters to industrial areas

  The Auburn Planning Commission has recommended allowing permanent homeless shelters in the city’s industrial district as the only place where they would be permitted ...

Reader Input: Thank you, Gathering Inn

As the coffee pot brewed on Sept. 17, 2012 in The Welcome Center at Dewitt Center news reached the homeless community with a big cheer The Gathering Inn was once again to re-open a ...

Freezing temperatures spur emergency shelter for Placer’s homeless

  AUBURN CA - Restrictions have been loosened to allow virtually all of Auburn’s homeless population to find shelter from the cold in Auburn. Suzi de Fosset, Gathering ...

Placer County’s $730-million spending plan closer to reality

AUBURN CA - Placer County supervisors moved a step closer Tuesday to adopting a budget for the 2012-13 fiscal year. The Board of Supervisors also made one of its smaller expenditur ...