Category: Around Town
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There’s Gold in Those Hills
Placer County is part of the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area. It is known as Gold Country. The entire county spans about 65 miles from the suburbs of Sacramento at the border of Roseville to the Nevada border and the shore of North Lake Tahoe. From Roseville, Lincoln, and Rocklin to the foothills of Auburn, historic Gold County are well known for having […]
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Happy Trails
Photos and article By Mary Charlebois – Short Weeks-Long Weekends Trails are for more than hiking or biking in Tri-Valley California. This trail happy San Francisco Bay region has a wine trail, beer trail, ice cream trail, caffeine trail, parks trail, hiking trail, and biking trail. There are also escorted Tri-Valley tours that cover many of the trails […]
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Amazon Grabs Land in East Pleasanton Quarry Zones
By GEORGE AVALOS | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 22, 2021 PLEASANTON — Amazon has bought big chunks of land in an eastern Pleasanton district of lakes and quarries, a deal that creates potential expansion sites for the e-commerce behemoth. The acreage that Amazon has grabbed is in a section of Pleasanton that city officials began to scrutinize […]
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Big Dublin apartment complex is bought, all units to become affordable housing
By GEORGE AVALOS Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: August 16, 2021 at 12:24 p.m. | UPDATED: August 16, 2021 at 3:51 p.m. DUBLIN — A big apartment complex in Dublin has been bought in a $200 million-plus deal that was crafted with the goal of keeping the apartments affordable on a long-term basis. The Fountains at Park Emerald have been bought through […]
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