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After 49 years, Ampla Health employee celebrates retirement
Ampla Health's longest-serving employee, Teresa Thornton, celebrated her retirement in April after a 49-year tenure. Ampla Health offers healthcare services in Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba counties. The company’s talent acquisition coordinator, Michela Franklin, said Thornton is like a Mary Poppins figure.
IT employees at ski resort help Nevada County deputy track down stolen snowboards
(FOX40.COM) — With the help of Boreal Mountain’s information technology employees, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office was able to return a stolen snowboard to a Soda Springs man and recover another stolen snowboard, according to the sheriff’s office. In January, the man had his board stolen from the ski resort, which the sheriff’s office said […]
Graham Parker wraps up U.S. tour at Miners Foundry
NEVADA CITY — Graham Parker, one of the most celebrated singer/songwriters to emerge from England's pub rock scene of the early 1970s, will wrap up his solo U.S. tour at Miners Foundry in Nevada City on Saturday, May 11. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show begins at...
Top-seeded Bear River stunned by Argonaut in Division 6 quarterfinals
Being the top seed doesn’t guarantee a victory in the first round of the playoffs. The Bear River Bruins have been one of the most impressive small schools in the area, boasting a regular-season record of 18-6 and securing the top seed in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division VI playoffs one year after missing the postseason entirely. The Bruins faced a tough draw in round one in No. 8 Argonaut, which made a run to the D-VI championship game last season.
Tahoe murder case involving former MLB player will go to trial
A Placer County judge determined there is enough evidence for Dan Serafini, 50, and Samantha Scott, 33, to stand trial on murder charges. On Thursday, the judge ordered that the pair would remain behind bars until the trial. Serafini and Scott are accused of shooting Serafini's in-laws at their Lake...
Placer County law enforcement warns residents of a distraction scam
(FOX40.COM) — Law enforcement in Placer County recently issued a public service announcement that advised residents to “beware of distraction theft.” “Once again we’d like to warn our community about distraction theft,” the Rocklin Police Department said. “It usually involves a stranger approaching a victim and making conversation or asking for help with something, and […]
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