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Sheriff describes Deloro school scare; fire district unveils new engine and a proposed unified tax
Summary
Lt. Matt Hardcastle told the council a multi-hour security response cleared Deloro School after a threatening 911 call; investigators are reviewing whether the incident links to other hoax calls. South Placer Fire District officials also reported a new Pierce engine purchase and a proposal to consolidate fire taxes into a single $375 annual levy on the November ballot to stabilize district finances.
The Placer County Sheriff's lieutenant briefing at the Lumis Town Council meeting on May 12 described a multi-hour response to a Deloro School phone threat, and a separate presentation from the South Placer Fire District summarized equipment updates and a proposed unified tax measure.
Lieutenant Matt Hardcastle said the Deloro incident began with a phone call to the school that prompted an hours-long campus evacuation and command-post operations. "After four or five hours, we finally cleared the campus," he told the council, and added that investigators believe the call may be linked to a cluster of…
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