SF News Formerly SF-Based Artist Found Dead In Placerville After Being Reported Missing In December A Laotian-born artist who previously lived in San Francisco, Somboun Sayasane, was reported missing the day after Christmas from his South Sacramento home, and now his roommate has been arrested in connection with his death.
SF News NorCal City Once Known as 'Hangtown' Votes to Remove Noose From Its Logo The town of Placerville in El Dorado County, a spot in the Sierra foothills that was at the center of Gold Rush madness (and crime) 170 years ago, is going to remove a conspicuous noose from its official logo.
SF News Man Delivers Own Obit, Then Hangs Self Dark news here, folks. A sick Placerville man, according to Associated Press, "delivered his own obituary to a newspaper then hanged himself from a nearby bridge." The body of Allan Leo Peters II,
