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California overdose deaths fall as telehealth treatment grows
U.S. drug overdose deaths fell 14% in 2025, hitting a pre-pandemic low, as a permanent federal rule now lets patients get buprenorphine prescriptions through telehealth without an in-person visit.
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California overdose deaths fall as telehealth treatment grows
U.S. drug overdose deaths fell 14% in 2025, hitting a pre-pandemic low, as a permanent federal rule now lets patients get buprenorphine prescriptions through telehealth without an in-person visit.
Local Government
Newsom vetoes $300M Delta levee bill with bipartisan backing
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California overdose deaths fall as telehealth treatment grows
U.S. drug overdose deaths fell 14% in 2025, hitting a pre-pandemic low, as a permanent federal rule now lets patients get buprenorphine prescriptions through telehealth without an in-person visit.
Local Government
Newsom vetoes $300M Delta levee bill with bipartisan backing
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Angela Yamamoto
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Angela Yamamoto is an editor with a broadcast journalism background, and is passionate about stories that inform and connect. She started as a TV producer, anchor, and reporter at NBC16 in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon, covering breaking news and community features. A stint producing national news in New York City made her realize she missed community-focused storytelling, bringing her back to her roots.
Angela Yamamoto
Editor
Angela Yamamoto is an editor with a broadcast journalism background, and is passionate about stories that inform and connect. She started as a TV producer, anchor, and reporter at NBC16 in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon, covering breaking news and community features. A stint producing national news in New York City made her realize she missed community-focused storytelling, bringing her back to her roots.
Angela Yamamoto
Editor
Angela Yamamoto is an editor with a broadcast journalism background, and is passionate about stories that inform and connect. She started as a TV producer, anchor, and reporter at NBC16 in her hometown of Eugene, Oregon, covering breaking news and community features. A stint producing national news in New York City made her realize she missed community-focused storytelling, bringing her back to her roots.
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Newsom vetoes $300M Delta levee bill with bipartisan backing
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed SB 872, a unanimously passed bill that would have created a $300 million-per-year fund for Delta levee and canal subsidence repairs, calling existing budget allocations sufficient; supporters say those are one-time fixes for a problem that costs billions.
Local Government
New California AI law requires human review before firing workers
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 947, the No Robo Bosses Act, on Sept. 30, barring California employers from using AI alone to fire or discipline workers starting July 1, 2027. The law requires human review, written worker notification and data transparency, with a $500 penalty per violation.
Education
Education
Education
Education
Vista del Lago teacher lets students run the music program
Vista del Lago High School music instructor Vince Martini created the Contemporary Music Ensemble when the Folsom campus opened, giving students the freedom to choose, arrange and perform their own music in a band-style setting.
Education
Folsom Education Academy takes top two spots at SMUD wind contest
Two teams from Folsom Education Academy claimed first and second place at SMUD's KidWind Challenge Jr. on Sept. 11, outperforming more than 130 middle schoolers from across the Sacramento region in a wind-turbine design competition at the Aerospace Museum of California.
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
Public Safety
California overdose deaths fall as telehealth treatment grows
U.S. drug overdose deaths fell 14% in 2025, hitting a pre-pandemic low, as a permanent federal rule now lets patients get buprenorphine prescriptions through telehealth without an in-person visit.
Public Safety
California warns families to discard recalled raw cheese
The California Department of Public Health is urging residents to throw away Sierra Nevada Graziers raw milk cheese after an E. coli outbreak sickened 13 people across nine states, with most cases in children under 5.
Community
Community
Community
Community
Zittel Farms marks 50th season in Folsom
Zittel Farms, which bills itself as Folsom's last working agricultural farm, opened its 50th anniversary season on Saturday, Oct. 3, a half-century after Roger and Gail Zittel bought the Oak Avenue property and promised to keep it a farm.
Community
Folsom neighbors raise $4,775 for woman after Parkstone Way fire
A week after fire heavily damaged Janeen Silliman Goebel's mobile home on Parkstone Way in Folsom, a GoFundMe organized by friend Diana Rich has raised $4,775 toward an $8,000 goal, while arson investigators continue to probe the Sept. 26 blaze.
Business
Business
Business
Business
Folsom's Relove Consignment wins eighth straight Style Magazine award
Relove Consignment on East Bidwell Street in Folsom has been named Best Consignment Store in the Style Magazine Readers Choice Awards for the eighth consecutive year.
Sports
Sports
Sports
Sports
Folsom Lake College women's soccer enters Big 8 play at 9-0
Folsom Lake College women's soccer enters Big 8 Conference play at 9-0 with a 31-0 scoring margin in eight on-field games, led by freshman Jada Ardoin's eight goals and a goalkeeper rotation that has not allowed a goal all season.
Sports
Folsom Lake College volleyball falls to 0-4 in Big 8 play
Folsom Lake College volleyball opened Big 8 Conference play 0-4 despite competitive showings, with freshman Aubrey Ballew leading the Falcons in kills in three of four matches and sophomore libero Madi Hyer recording double-figure digs in every contest.
Elections
Elections
Elections
Elections
Folsom voters face Props 41 and 43 restricting new taxes
California Propositions 41 and 43 on the Tuesday, Nov. 3 ballot would restrict new state and local taxes by reinforcing the Gann Limit spending cap, which applies to most local governments statewide including those in Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park.
Elections
Democrat Slavensky challenges Hoover in Assembly District 7 race
Democrat Amy Slavensky, a retired school superintendent from Fair Oaks, is challenging Republican Assemblymember Josh Hoover for the District 7 seat covering Folsom, Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova, running on education funding, affordability and homelessness response.
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