Auburn CA

Auburn, California is located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills in the (gold) motherload. Check out these links:

Area websites:

Area Guides

AREA INFO
Old Town Auburn California
Yahoo! Get Local: Auburn, CA
Auburn, CA Climate Survey
MetroList® - Real Estate Listings

LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
Auburn Journal Online
TheUnion.com
The Sacramento Bee
KMAX Channel 31 - Sacramento
News10
FOX40 KTXL
KCRA 3 Channel.com
KVIE 6
Capital Public Radio- Sac.

GENERAL AREA EVENTS
Auburn Community Calendar
Placer County's Upcoming Events
Nevada County Gold- Events

AUBURN AREA EVENTS BY MONTH
February- Placer Hills Wine Tour
April- Auburn Rodeo
May- Auburn Home Show
Cain's Crossing Renaissance Faire
May-Sept.- Cruise Night
June- Western States Indurance Run
American River Confluence Festival
July- Auburn Family Fourth
Tevis Cup Ride
July/Aug- Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
August- Thunder in the Sky (Air Show)
Black & White Ball
September- Gold Country Fair
October- Auburn Home Show
Auburn Community Festival
Auburn Wine & Food Festival
Fall Antiques and Collective Street Fair
November- Auburn Craft & Music Fest.
Mandarin Festival
Nov/Dec- Grass Valley Cornish Christmas &
Nevada City Victorian Christmas

December- Festival of Lights Parade
Churches
Auburn First Assembly of God
Auburn Foursquare Church
Auburn Grace Community Church
Auburn Seventh-Day Adventist
Auburn Sovereign Grace Fellowship
Bell Road Baptist Church
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Calvary Chapel of Auburn
Catholic Community-Auburn
Church of Christ
Church of Jesus Christ of LDS
Combie Bible Church
Congregation B'Nai Harim
Cornerstone Community Church
First Baptist Church
First Congregational Church
Foothill Comm. Church of Religious Sci.
Mercy Center Retreat
Mountain Stream Meditation Center
New Faith Community Church
Parkside Nazarene
Pioneer United Methodist Church
Salvation Army- Auburn
Sierra Grace Fellowship
Sierra Foothills Unitarians
Sierra Reach Ministries
Skyline Church of Christ
Sonrise Church
Spiritualist Chapel of the Pines
St. Joseph Parish
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Peter's Anglican Church
St. Teresa of Avila Parish
Unity of Auburn
Education
K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Auburn Elementary School
Rock Creek Elem.
Skyridge School
Chana High School
EV Cain Middle School
Maidu High School
Placer High School Hillpage
ADULT SCHOOLS
Placer School for Adults

EDUCATION OFFICES
Auburn Union School District
Placer Union High School District
Placer County Office of Education
Placer Co. Office of Educ- Home Study

Entertainment
AREA FAIRS
Nevada County Fair
Placer County Fair- Roseville

RECREATION
Auburn Recreation District
Auburn State Recreation Area
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Hidden Falls Regional Park
Mountain Biking - Auburn State Recr. Area
Placer Pacers Page
Whitewater Rafting California
Top Ten Trails - Auburn State Rec. Area

MUSIC & ARTS
Auburn Placer Performing Arts Center
Auburn Concert Band
Auburn Youth Symphony
Auburn Symphony
Music in the Mountains
Placer Arts
Placer Community Theater

GENERAL
California: Events Calendar
Fast Fridays Speedway- Northern Calif
Gold Country Museum
kid a.r.t.s Front Page
Regal Auburn 10 Theatres

Government +
LOCAL & STATE GOVERNMENT
CA State Government Agency Index
Libraries -- Placer Co., Calif.
Placer County, California
Placer County Fair-Roseville
Placer County Library

AGENCIES
Placer Co. Flood Control & Water Cons. Dist.
Placer County Farm Bureau

TRANSPORTATION
Auburn Amtrak Station
Auburn, CA - Auburn Transit
Auburn Municipal Airport
Foothill's FlyerGold Country Stage
Placer County Transit (PCT)
California Road Conditions
Sacramento International Airport
American Assoc. University Women- Auburn
American River Watershed Group
Apple Hill Growers Associations
Arts Council of Placer County
Auburn Area Chamber of Commerce
Auburn Optimist Clubs
Certified Farmers Market, Auburn, CA
Folsom-Auburn Trail Riders Action Coalition
Foothill Bird Fanciers - Bird Club
Foothills Habitat For Humanity
Gold Country Endurance Riders
La Leche League - Auburn, CALeague of Placer County Taxpayers
North Auburn Artists
Old Town Auburn
Placer County Bar Association
Placer County Genealogical Society
Placer County Wine and Grape Association
Placer Land Trust and Placer Nature Center
Placer Grown
PARC-Protect American River Canyons
Wild About Cats
USCG- Deepwater Horizon oil platform 2010

Gulf Coast Oil Spill- the oil comes ashore

On June 26, 2010 join Hands Across the Sands to protest off-shore oil drilling, at a beach near you!

USCG- Deepwater Horizon oil platform 2010

The Gulf Coast  is just now heading into what will be months and years responding to the April BP drilling platform explosion and oil leak. At his point scientists are worried that the oil will spread at least as far as the Florida [...]

Climate change- tree growth, higher seas & green scum

Interesting recent reports about climate change effects-

About an hour east of Washington, D.C., there's a forest where trees are suddenly growing much faster than ever before — some of them even twice as fast:  Curiosity Rises With Trees' Strange Growth Spurt- NPR, 3-28-10. Just the fact that this researcher has seen a 12% rise in carbon dioxide in the 23 years he's taken [...]

Placer County Corruption...

Placer County Corruption...

Added Note: I am a long-term area resident, putting all of these links concerning Placer County corruption together in one place for other residents. (After people I know kept talking generally about these articles, and how little impact they seem to have made.) I have also placed this info on my old somewhat static Auburn links page.

Enjoy!

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Bloggers/Groups

Placer County Scam group on [...]

Moringa oleifera (Forest & Kim Starr -http://www.hear.org/starr/)

Moringa Oleifera tree & water treatment

Moringa oleifera (Forest & Kim Starr -http://www.hear.org/starr/)

The Moringa oleifera tree is native to India, and is cultivated widely throughout many countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.  (It is not tolerant to frost- so would only grow in some climates.) Many parts of this tree are edible and highly nutritious.  (It's called the 'drumstick' tree for it's edible immature green pods.) Organizations like Trees [...]

Urban gardening

Urban gardening

Urban life can seem awfully sterile with little greenery and/or abandoned lots. Often residents have no opportunity to connect with plants by actually growing them.  (A must have experience for all children, in my opinion.) It looks like some city dwellers are tired of having just house plants or a few potted plants at windows; urban gardening, including edible foods farming, is becoming a movement. Here's a [...]

These Auburn, CA resource links are from my past community webpage, written by a resident for residents. Auburn CA area guides, churches, education, entertainment, government, and organizations are featured. While I'm not planning on expanding on these links, they are re-posted for those who find them useful. There will be occasional current posts also.

PLACER COUNTY CORRUPTION…

  • Placer County Scam group on Facebook (a civil rights group devoted to uncovering the corruption going on in Placer County California)- mostly focuses on the local court system
  • One blogger's take on development issues
  • CA-04 It was Friday. Doolittle Donators in Big Local Trouble (by American River Canyon- blogger at Daily Kos, 6-9-07)
  • Corruption In Placer County Government (Auburn Buzz, 2007?)*
  • Andy Lukkonen Auburn Journal political cartoons: