Granite Bay News

If you're a homebuilder getting ready to gear up again, several builders in the Sacramento region said you should consider what the market is like this time compared to the last big surge.

New-homes sales are about 10 percent ahead of last year at this time in the Sacramento region, according to new figures released Tuesday by the North State Building Industry Association.

MVP Gabe Meza of Granite Bay's walk-off base hit in the bottom of the ninth gave the North a 10-9 win over the South in the large school Optimist All-Star baseball game Saturday night at McAuliffe Field near Sacramento State.

Trent Brendel got a head start Sunday on what it will be like to run on Cal's Edwards Stadium track surface.

The show will go on, again. After the graduation ceremony for the seniors at Del Oro High School was cut short due to severe heat, school administrators said they will be holding a second commencement ceremony.

"It's kind of a bummer that I wasn't able to graduate in the ceremony, but I'll be able to tell my kids that at my graduation ceremony I didn't get handed my diploma and I got to do something cool like this," graduate Josh Morton said.

Del Oro High School students will get a second chance to walk the stage for their graduation today at a Granite Bay church.

The Colorado Rockies have selected Elk Grove High's Dom Nunez in the sixth round of today's Major League Baseball draft.

A Placer County-based church is both looking to share a building with William Jessup University and find some land of its own for a new church in Roseville.

A Dr. Pepper parody of manly 1970s nature-inspired beer commercials was filmed in El Dorado County in March and has been running in strong rotation ever since.

One of Sacramento's grand old residences is for sale for the third time in its 100-year history, but would-be buyers had better come with a lot of money and the right frame of mind.

The Fred Leland Unlimited team, from Kirkland, Washington, prepares their H1 Unlimited boat to race in one of the Big Wake Weekend's qualifying heats on Sunday at Folsom Lake.

Last Thursday, the Coalition for Placer Youth hosted a special training for healthcare providers, educators and counselors on Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment at The Fellowship Church in Granite Bay.

Law enforcement officers will be on the lookout for impaired drivers near the Granite Bay access to Folsom Lake this weekend.

What: See 10 of the world's fastest boats race in Folsom Lake during "Big Wake Weekend Powered by Toyota." Turbine-powered boats capable of speeds to 200 mph will race on Saturday and Sunday.

It's a fascinating thing to watch. Rebecka Woodsford is in the pastry crew's sunny corner of Enotria Restaurant Wine Bar's kitchen, carefully painting what looks like a mini ice-cube tray with a tiny artist's brush.

A 20-year-old Placer County man accused of slaughtering four relatives in the Czech Republic and fleeing to the United States last week is scheduled to appear in federal court today in Alexandria, Va.

A man previously accused of defrauding a Granite Bay woman of more than $7 million has been indicted in connection with a second scheme, this one involving a Pennsylvania financial manager.