Colfax News

On Tuesday May 15, 2012, after a five month investigation into allegations of unlicensed practice of law by a local woman, search warrants were served on the residences of Sarah Ellen O'Neal.A The residences searched were located in Placer and Sierra Counties.A Investigators from the Nevada County District Attorney's Office and detectives from ... (more)

A Dutch Flat man was arrested for allegedly stealing copper wire early Saturday morning after a "tip" to the Placer County Sheriff's Office from a remote video surveillance camera system.

Assemblyman Dan Logue isn't going to win many beauty contests - politically speaking of course.

Under the Recology-Auburn Placer contract, the Board of Supervisors were in a position to increase fees by as much as 3.42 percent - or 43 cents a month on a standard 90-gallon toter.

On April 17 a victim reported to the Auburn Police Department that she found at least 10 fraudulent accounts on her credit report.

The man, described as being in his early 60s, was shot to death near the Bear River Bridge in Nevada County on Thursday.

The Weimar Institute was originally opened in 1919 by the U.S. government as a tuberculosis sanitarium.

The Colfax area, and especially Mt. Howell, has an abundant amount of open space covered in brush and grass where fires can get out of control.

A group of local residents say they have reason to believe the social security card and birth certificate of President Barack Obama are forgeries.

In Placer County's reshaped 5th District, conventional wisdom says Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery will eventually go up against either Mark Wright or a guy named Johnson in a November runoff.

CPR was performed on the rafter after being pulled out of the river around 12:30 p.m., Grass Valley Cal Fire said.

It's a common refrain in the cycling community as the spring rains subside and the warm weather beckons bicycle riders onto Auburn-area roads to enjoy Placer County's scenic beauty and get some exercise.

A Candlelight Vigil will be held tomorrow evening in Grass Valley to honor the memory of Sarah Donaldson-Burr, who was killed last year in Colfax.