Placer County News

The arts are alive and well in Placer County as evidenced by the 16th annual Autumn Arts Studios Tour.

An Army reservist who jumped into the path of a big rig near the Zampa Bridge in July committed suicide, a jury ruled Wednesday while his family contended he wasn't suicidal.

A Placer County Superior Court judge has ordered the killing of four pit bulls which mauled a teen, according to the Auburn Police Department.

The Placer County District Attorneya s Officea s Suzanne Gazzaniga and David Tellman, foreground, are this yeara s co-recipients of the prestigious Prosecutor of the Year Award.

Higher-priced brand-name office supplies like 3M Post-It Notes are out as Placer County moves ahead with a more frugal spending paradigm forced by dropping revenues.

A feud with neighbors has landed a Placer County man in jail for almost a year. A 53-year-old Olympic Valley man has been sentenced to 360 days in the Placer County Jail and given a suspended state prison term of four years after being found guilty by a jury of stalking and of continually violating restraining orders in a simmering feud with a ...

Deputies uncovered a six-person counterfeit currency scam based in a Loomis house.

Chris Hind, a nurse volunteering with Placer County, gives Auburn Elementary second-grader Micah Yokum a nasal-spray version of the H1N1 vaccine at the school Tuesday morning.

In an effort to encourage responsible pet parenting, a Placer animal shelter is offering free birth control.

A 91-year-old Roseville man faces charges in the beating of a 78-year-old woman, according to Roseville Police Department and the Placer County District Attorney's Office Claude Francis Montgomery is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on 10 felony charges, including attempted murder, cruelty to a dependent adult, assault with a deadly weapon and ...

The Fair Political Practices Commission has found no wrongdoing after a review of 2004 allegations filed against former President Kevin Ramirez by Trustee Aaron Klein.

A Northern California man and a Nevada man are facing possible life sentences after being convicted in a Placer County case involving drugs and torture.

Help is on the way for the growing problem of homelessness in Placer County. Eight nonprofits serving the region will share $1.2 million in federal stimulus funds over the next two years.

Two men were convicted this week in the 2006 Placer County slaying and torture of Guy Edward Farmer.

By entering no-contest pleas, four men accused of $80,000 in graffiti vandalism in Roseville and Sacramento will avoid prison time.

Five years of preparation and planning culminated this week when Tahoe City's new fire station got its land deal in place, a move that also re-energized the community's snow removal issues.

Arborist Anthony Dinatele, owner of Anthony's Tree Service, saws into a limb Wednesday on part of a century-old oak on High Street left standing after another limb crashed to the ground Tuesday.

A jury declared Tuesday that a Penryn man is guilty of torturing and murdering his cousin.

Placer County was initially expecting its first big delivery in mid-October of 36,000 doses.

Last month two men and their teenage sons tackled one of the world's most unforgiving summertime hikes: the Grand Canyon's parched and searing Royal Arch Loop.