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G'Evenin' Your Community Daily Briefing for January 15, 2026

Flashing Yellow Arrows Debut on Natoma Street – Folsom will trial its first-ever flashing-yellow left-turn signals at four corners of Natoma & Prison Road, a $58K contract the council hopes keeps wallets—and fenders—intact. (Gold Country Media)

Gold Line Thieves Copper, Riders Walk – Vandals stripped signal wire between Sunrise and Historic Folsom, forcing a bus bridge for the second time in weeks and proving scrap metal still pays better than a light-rail ticket. (Sacramento Bee)

City Writes $275K Check to Third Ex-Cop Citing Racism – Council approved another settlement, bringing the tab for bias lawsuits to nearly $1M in two months—apparently diversity training was line-itemed under “miscellaneous.” (Sacramento Bee)

Judge Kills 603 Sutter Mixed-Use Dream – A court ruling reversed approvals for the three-story historic-district project, sending developers back to the drawing board and leaving downtown’s skyline safely mediocre. (Gold Country Media)

Silver Alert: 73-Year-Old Norman Frewin Missing – Last seen in his gray Toyota pickup, the Folsom grandfather vanished Tuesday; CHP pleads for public eyes because Find My iPhone doesn’t work on grandpa. (MSN (no space after “Folsom (MSN)

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