Steam train display could come to Colfax downtown
Colfax may host a steam locomotive display after Jim Payne offered to buy a engine caboose box car and possible passenger car through San Francisco associates. The Placer Sierra Railroad Heritage Society seeks a site downtown with City Manager Perrault to coordinate space with Union Pacific.
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Life without parole for Bean's killer
The murder of Sacramento Police officer Bill Bean Jr. on February 9, 1999, led to the arrest and trial of Dundell Wright in Del Paso Heights. Superior Court Judge Lloyd Connelly sentenced Wright to life without parole, with a strong recommendation for Pelican Bay Prison. Bill Bean Sr. attended every court appearance. the defense portrayed Wright as a self defense victim, while the jury delivered a second degree murder verdict to avoid the death penalty.
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Public safety tops Kranz's agenda for Placer race
Weimar resident Bruce Kranz campaigns in the March election for Fifth District supervisor against incumbent Rex Bloomfield. Kranz, a former field representative for Assemblyman Tim Leslie and senior consultant to State Senator Sam Aanestad, cites competitive pay for officers and keeping public safety as a top priority to stop officers from leaving for Roseville.
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From farmer to rocket engineer in wartime aviation tale
The article profiles Colfax resident Roland Harper, a farm boy turned aero nautical engineer who joined the Army Air Corps as a teenager, worked on B series aircraft and C 47s, served after D Day, and later contributed to the Apollo program, illustrating the path from plows to rockets in aviation history.
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