STAY SAFE FROM WILDFIRES WHEN SECONDS COUNT Watch Duty  is the only wildfire mapping and alert app powered by real people giving you real- time information vetted by trained professionals, not robots. Watch Duty provides up-to-the-minute, life-saving information through a dedicated team of active and retired firefighters, dispatchers, first responders,…

Medication & DUI Awareness Event Recap On June 19th, the Lincoln Police Department Traffic Unit hosted a public education event at Kilaga Springs Lodge in the Sun City Lincoln Hills community. The focus: raising awareness about how prescription and over-the-counter medications can impair driving—especially for our senior population. (see video…

Placer County Sheriff's Office Scam Alert – Sheriff’s Office Impersonation The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is warning the public about a phone scam involving individuals impersonating Sheriff’s Office personnel. Scammers are falsely identifying themselves as deputies, including one claiming to be “Deputy Rivers” from the Courts and Records Division. They…

WARMER WEATHER AND DOOR-TO-DOOR SALES IN LINCOLN: A WORD OF CAUTION With warmer weather comes an increase in door-to-door sales and solicitation. Neighborhood Watch has received incident reports of a young man and woman going door to door offering to wash residents’ windows. The Lincoln Police Department reminds citizens that…

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2025 DMV Warns of Fraudulent Text Scam Asking for Toll Payments Customers should not respond to deceptive text messages What you need to know: Californians report receiving deceptive text messages that appear to come from the DMV warning that the customer has failed to pay…

Originally published by Gold County Media Lincoln rated California's 4th-safest city Nicole Buss Apr 25, 2025 5:00 PM Lincoln is the fourth-safest city in California, according to the 2025 SafeWise Safest Cities report. Lincoln has a rate of 1.7 violent crimes per 1,000 people and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000…