Lonnie Wong

PLACER COUNTY-

Placer County’s new $93 million jail just outside Roseville is finished, but won’t see it’s first inmate for another year.

That’s because the county still has to come up with $6.5 million in yearly operation costs despite the …

SACRAMENTO-

Several local school districts are reporting high numbers of absentees due to the flu.

This can affect how much money they collect from the state which is based on how many students attend class each day.  In the Sacramento …

OAKDALE-

Oakdale’s only hospital says it may eliminate around 20 jobs out of a staff of 500 if it decides to do away with its six-bed maternity unit.

“We are losing three-quarters of a million dollars a year and as …

MODESTO-

A mother of a Fremont School 5th grader says a classmate has threatened to kill a number of her classmates.

Bernita McKinney says her daughter Desiree told her about the a “kill list” created by a 4th grader in …

SACRAMENTO-

The Sacramento City Animal Shelter has receive a grant to provide free spay and neutering procedures for pit bull and pit bull mixes in two zip codes in the central city.

Shelter manager Gina Knepp says that 40 percent …

STOCKTON-

Stockton Police are asking it’s thousands of Facebook friends to give them ideas about what they want to see on the department’s Facebook page.

That’s because the department wants  to keep its fans engaged.

“It’s kind of exploded here …

SACRAMENTO-

Kathryn “Kitty” O’Farrell, 79, was hit and killed by a motorist while attending a vigil for another car accident victim.

Neighbors say O’Farrell several years ago helped get a traffic light installed less than a block away to slow …

SACRAMENTO-

A group of Republican lawmakers is saying a controversial fund used by Cal Fire to fund fire investigation training and equipment is an example of why a fire protection tax is misguided.

The Sacramento Bee reported that a fire …

SACRAMENTO-

The train depot at the Sacramento rail yard is a noisy place as of late.

Finishing touches are being put on a $70 million relocation of tracks used by Amtrak and freight trains.  That includes several bridges designed to …

STOCKTON-

A federal judge in Sacramento has confirmed Stockton’s right to spend $1.9 million to lease four new fire engines, despite owing creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding.

The city’s Fire Chief Jeff Piechura says half his fleet of trucks and …