Briefs Pair Arrested After Highway Dispute
Two Galt residents were arrested after a gun was brandished during a highway dispute on I-80 near the Highway 20 interchange. CHP stopped the westbound vehicle with a high risk maneuver. the 43-year-old driver faced a weapon in a motor vehicle charge, and his 21-year-old female passenger faced brandishing a loaded handgun.
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Galt
California Highway Patrol
Gold Run
Highway 20
Jon Dietrich
Auburn Area
9-1-1
CHP
Truck Destroyed in Colfax Rail Yard Fire
Firefighters from California Department of Forestry Station 30 Colfax responded to a Union Pacific rail yard fire on Saturday at 4 p.m. A locked maintenance area housed a truck that suffered major damage after leaking fuel and flames. Foam retardant helped smother the fire with no injuries and investigators probing the cause.
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California Department of Forestry
Colfax
Union Pacific Rail Yard
CDF
Jeff Brand
Union Pacific
Seat belt enforcement heightened in Placer County drive period
Placer County Sheriff's Department Colfax Sub Station alerts motorists of intensified seat belt enforcement from November 17 to 30 as part of the National Buckle Up America mobilization and California seat belt compliance campaign. A grant from the Office of Traffic Safety funds overtime. last year 1,268 unbelted occupants died in California crashes.
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Placer County
Colfax
Buckle Up America
California
PCSO
Dave Wells
Ulcy Duckscu
Office of Traffic Safety
California Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
Firefighters battle multiple blazes in Colfax and along I-80
CDF crews fought a truck fire in the Union Pacific yard at Colfax on Saturday. On Tuesday, several fires burned along Interstate 80 near Weimar Cross Roads, drawing response from CDF and Placer Hills Consolidated. A Placer Hills firefighter is shown knocking down one of several blaze spots along the freeway.
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A. Thomas Homer
Colfax
CDF
Union Pacific
Weimar Cross Roads
Placer Hills Consolidated
Placer Hills
Colfax approves urgency ordinance on wastewater hookups
Colfax City Council passed an urgency ordinance by a 3 0 margin amid fines from the Regional Water Quality Control Board. The plan limits sewer hookups to five on a first come basis and four via the Economic Development Committee while staff review the economic impact on the city budget.
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Colfax
Sherrie Blackmun
Sandra Kellams
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Bob Perrault
Planning Commission
Questneeps City
Planning Commisson
Browne
Perrault
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