Granite Bay News

One of Jed Hammon's biggest buffalo weighs in at over 2,000 pounds, and stands close to 6 feet in height.

An elderly Sacramento couple moved into their home remodeled by volunteers nearly a year and a half after police arrested the unlicensed contractor who allegedly left the house in shambles and emptied the couple's bank account.

How do you think Granite Bay should develop? Perhaps only health-care reform engenders more debate these days among those in the upscale unincorporated community.

Cyber savvy parents realize that that ultimately Internet security rests in being well informed and exercising discretion when accepting new connections into your cyber world.

Find out on the second annual Loomis Basin Holiday Home Tour on Saturday, December 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Five unique homes stretching across the Loomis Basin will be on display for you to visit.

Clay Thompson with Ryan Bros. Chimney Sweeping uses a wire brush to knock away creosote buildup and other debris from the inside of a chimney.

Don't you just love a Tudor-style home? Well this European Manor will open its doors to visitors during the second annual Loomis Basin Holiday Home Tour on Saturday, December 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This lovely abode will be one of five on the tour.

All reports from the hospital regarding the condition of referee Joel Miller are positive.

Sacramento's Historic City Cemetery is full of lively autumn color. Next Saturday, docent Anita Clevenger will put the annual display into perspective during a special free tour, "Fall Color in the Cemetery." Starting at 10 a.m. at the main gate on Broadway at 10th Street, the tour celebrates the change of seasons as the cemetery's antique roses ...

Quarry Ponds opened in Granite Bay in 2007 as one of the most ambitious projects in the area.

Sacramento has always been - and will always be - a baseball town. The city is rich in baseball history and talent.

Husband and wife Michael Fagnoni and Molly Hawks, owners of Hawks restaurant in Granite Bay, serve this hearty meatloaf monthly as part of their Sunday Supper prix fixe dinners.

Deborah Kirkpatrick and her husband of five years, John Kirkpatrick, both have felt the pain of losing a spouse.

St. Francis and Granite Bay will defend their respective Sac-Joaquin Section girls tennis titles when the 2009 championships begin Monday at various sites.

What wine goes with ... meatloaf? OK, that's not a pairing we think about much. After all, we're talking meatloaf, as in the TV dinner and cafeteria staple, not dry-aged Wagyu beef.

Trail detour sign explains the route to get from Beals Point to Dike 4. Jeff Barker Folsom Lake trail users in the Granite Bay area should be aware that a trail detour is in effect between Dike 4 and Dike 6 , as part of the Folsom Dam Safety Project .

This bear and its two cubs are being blamed for a rash of chicken killings in the rural Penryn area over the past three weeks.

Del Oro Higha TMs girls cross country team slipped past regular-season champion Woodcreek to win the Sierra Foothill League finals on Friday, with Granite Bay third and Oakmont fourth.

Bears like this one are regular visitors to the Auburn area but rarer in lower foothills communities like Penryn and Loomis.

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