Newcastle News

Jordan Joiner, 3, of Colfax expressed appreciation for the Jello. The pots have been washed and the folding tables put away.

Tom Aguilar inspects the crop at Mandarin Hill Orchards in Penryn shortly before last yeara s Mandarin Festival in Auburn.

It was elbow to elbow Saturday afternoon at the Gold Country Fairgrounds for the Mountain Mandarin Festival.

The air carries an extra crispness and a whiff of citrus here, 700 feet above the Valley.

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.

Those darling Jack Be Little mini pumpkins used for fall table decorations are actually really delicious baked and stuffed.

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.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of owners Dave and Patty Wegner of Newcastle's Pescatore Winery and the support of the nearly 100 people who purchased dinner and raffle tickets for the Nov.

Friday night Placer County emergency responders will have to respond to a fatal accident.

That well-worn phrase "as easy as riding a bike"? Don't even think of applying it to mountain biking.

Pilz Produce at Hillcrest, Penryn puts out some colorful pumpkins and winter squash.

Members of Placer High Interact Club left to right, CJ Stadtmiller, Jenna Harlacher and Michelle Deleon rehearse their deathly skit on junior Caleb Mitchell in a dressing room at the Placer Auditorium where they will have their haunted house 6-10 p.m. Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday for children and again 6-10 p.m. Saturday for adults.

Lynn Lewis, co-owner of the Newcastle Mandarin Ranch, inspects ripening mandarins that she says will be harvested a week before the Mountain Mandarin Festival in November.

Jan Thompson, owner of Newcastle Produce, and chef Chelsea Federwitz prepare mushrooms for quiche and burritos in the deli section of the store.

Twister, a 6-year-old Arabian and Quarter Horse, was spooked by last weeka s storm and was missing for four days before he was found Sunday morning.

The District Attorneya TMs Office has declined to prosecute a domestic violence case against an Auburn public official.

In our garden, little by little, every tomato plant but one has been cut off right at soil level.

Ghost hunter Jeff Dwyer's new ghost-hunting guide zeroes in on haunting happenings along Highway 49, including the Auburn area.

Placer Sheriffa s detectives arrested three men Thursday in connection with a a oehugea burglary ring.

Town of Loomis public works staff are kept busy cleaning up during the first storm of the season on Tuesday.