Placer County Fair Opens Amid Scorching Heat With Free Admission
Triple-digit temperatures are forcing fair officials to get creative to keep not only the guests cool, but the animals alive.
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Triple-digit temperatures are forcing fair officials to get creative to keep not only the guests cool, but the animals alive.
The county has been working to regain access for these residents, and soon a new Morton Road bridge will be revealed.
The Placer County Fair will go on as planned despite facing oppressive, record-setting heat.
Officers were able to pull out a suspected drunk driver before the car he crashed was engulfed in flames.
Authorities are investigating a deadly head-on crash north of Auburn Friday morning.
A burglary suspect has been caught on video - and police are hoping someone recognizes his face.
A car crash sparks a small grass fire along Highway 65 in Rocklin early Wednesday morning.
Authorities have arrested a man suspected in the killing of a 77-year-old in Auburn.
A body found in the American River has been identified as a teenager who went missing last month.
Three members of the Placer Sheriff's Office have been arrested after an investigation into alleged excessive force at the county jail.
A brother and sister pair of foxes are now in the care of a Placer County wildlife rescue after their mother died.
Detectives are investigating a homicide in a rural area near Roseville.
Two local organizations are celebrating veterans by offering free dental, vision care and other services.
Deputies say a retired officer helped catch a suspected porch pirate in Granite Bay.
Placer County law enforcement is offering a stern warning about what you share on social media.
Authorities say a woman who fell 60 feet while taking a selfie on a Placer County bridge will not be charged for trespassing.
Authorities are have arrested a suspect they say shot at law enforcement helicopters in the Foresthill area.
Deputies say a selfie-taker is lucky to be alive after she fell 60 feet off the Foresthill Bridge.
With 300 stitches, a mauled face, and skinned legs, making it past the first 24-hour mark was a major relief.
A man's 40 minutes of freedom after walking away from a jail work crew will be costly, deputies say.
As evacuation orders are eased, authorities are asking the community for just one more thing so that Oroville Dam evacuees can head home.
Authorities say one of the suspects in a scary home invasion robbery has been arrested.
Deputies say a man used a bouquet of flowers to get a woman to open her door and then robbed her in front of children.
Mike Barkhurst has lived in Placer County since 1976. He calls himself very conservative; he says the pocket of conservatives in neighborhoods in Rocklin and Roseville didn't vote the way most Californian's did.
One person is dead following a five-car crash Monday night in Placer County.
