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Placer has room for single-room-occupancy housing projects

Placer County supervisors moved ahead with plans Tuesday intended to provide more opportunities to develop single-room-occupancy housing for the homeless. The board approved amend ...

Reader Input: A warning to business owners

The business-friendly State of California, effective Jan. 1, 2013, has imposed a $1 tax on every business license issued by counties and cities in the state. Along with the fire ...

Judge raises bail to $500,000 in Penryn care-home rape case

  AUBURN CA - A Placer County judge increased bail Friday for care-home rape suspect Marquise Montgomery from $150,000 to $500,000. Montgomery, 22, was arrested Wednesday in ...

Man arrested for rape of severely disabled woman in Penryn

Thanks to a relative’s DNA sample and more than a month of searching, Placer County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a suspect Wednesday night in the alleged rape o ...

Noon Hour Update: Auburn City Council roundup; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Orchard apartment development hearing and high school basketball

  Welcome to the Auburn Journal’s “Noon Hour Update,” where we’ll present you with stories and updates on what’s going on in the news and what w ...

Placer supes to resume discussions on 150-unit Penryn apartment project

  AUBURN CA - Debate over a 150-unit apartment project in Penryn will resume Dec. 11 at the Placer County Board of Supervisors. The Dec. 11 meeting will be the third before ...

One dead in crash between Lincoln and Penryn

One person is dead in a crash Wednesday morning on Sierra College Boulevard near 12 Bridges Drive. The two-vehicle crash took place at about 6:20 a.m. and a stretch of  the r ...

Placer supes put off decision on 150-unit Penryn apartment project

AUBURN CA - A 150-unit apartment project in Penryn will remain in limbo for at least another three weeks after the Placer County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to continue disc ...

Placer supes will finally voice views Tuesday on Orchards at Penryn wrangle

AUBURN CA - Red-shirted opponents and symbolic red “stop” signs should be out in full force again Tuesday as a San Diego developer’s 150-unit apartment plans for ...

Reader Input: Penryn folks fund rural life

Pro-development often uses “the developer has already spent X amount of money” to justify moving forward. The Orchard in Penryn fits this criterion. But what about the ...