Foresthill News

Professional cycling racer Yuri Hauswald, of Team Marin, center, discusses an Amgen Tour of California route between Nevada City and Sacramento with Carlos Perez of Bike Monkey magazine and cycling journalist Greg Fisher.

Hawkeye Sharpe has been Santa Claus, a gold miner, a mountain man and a reverend.

If a deal can be reached with Placer County, a Roseville affordable-housing developer could soon be building on a controversy-prone parcel off Silver Bend Way in Bowman.

Deputy Kenneth Skogen is joined by his wife, Bobi, and daughter Kalli, as he accepts a commemorative medal Tuesday from Supervisor Jim Holmes to honor his heroism during the 49 Fire on Aug.

Nancy and Steve March kick off a 367-mile trek today along Highway 101 beginning at the California/Oregon border and ending at the Oregon/Washington border two weeks later.

Cara Jean Pagano and Ryan Daniel Lake were married July 12 at an afternoon garden wedding at Monte Verde Inn in Foresthill among 100 of their close friends and family that included aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins from Southern California and Virginia.

After five years at the helm of the Los Altos School District and 38 years in education, Superintendent Tim Justus announced at Monday's school board meeting that he will retire at the end of the school year.

The woman who took her life by jumping off the Foresthill Bridge Tuesday was the same woman who authorities persuaded off the edge just last month.

Foresthill High School's football game with Vacaville Christian has been postponed because of H1N1 precautions.

We may not be big, but the Friday Night Football experience under the lights is amazing at Sebastian Stadium in Foresthill.

Foresthill High could not hold off the defending Sac-Joaquin Section Division VII champions Friday night.

3 Del Oro 27, No. 2 Granite Bay 21 * Bradshaw Christian 55, Foresthill 0 * Burbank 52, Kennedy 26 * Antelope 38, Center 16 * Franklin 30, Elk Grove 15 * Galt 19, Union Mine 11 * Laguna Creek 41, Davis 23 * Lindhurst 16, Golden Sierra 8 * Colfax 24, Mesa Verde 13 * Natomas 26, Pioneer 13 * Foothill 55, River City 12 * Vista del Lago 35, Ponderosa 13 ...

James Poderino, center, used to feed the deer outside his home near Foresthill until state Fish and Game warden Robert Pelzman, background, told him to stop after responding to a neighbor's complaint and finding a veritable herd on the property.

Grass Valley Police Department Wednesday 10:37 a.m. - A caller from a business in the 200 block of North Auburn Street reported a possible break-in attempt of a vehicle.

An alert has been issued for a 7-year-old El Dorado County boy authorities think could be with his mother, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.

A bruising year for the Placer County bottom line is being reflected in a new $784 million spending package that's 9.4 percent smaller than last year's. The Board of Supervisors OK'd the county budget for 2009-10 on Tuesday with little fanfare - " ending several months of sometimes-rancorous discussions on how to deal with dropping revenues during ...

The towering Foresthill Bridge is due for a $70-million facelift this spring that will not only toughen its support structure but renew some of the span's sparkle.

Linda Schlegel of Auburn was one of the 70 volunteers who picked up trash along the American River in the area near the Foresthill Bridge on Saturday.

Benefit in the Park When: noon to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 Where: Applebee's restaurant will hold their Flapjack Fundraiser for 49 Fire Ingrid Koenig hits a shot during a pickleball match in Meadow Vista earlier this week.

As fellow residents of the Sierra Nevada foothills, the employees of the Sierra Nevada Conservancy in Auburn are feeling the pain of those who lost their homes in the recent 49 Fire.