Placer County News

A man driving on Interstate 580 near Livermore was killed Wednesday when a metal pipe crashed through his windshield and hit him in the jaw, the California Highway Patrol said.

Olympus, trailhead vehicle burglary: Between 12:50 and 2:50 p.m. May 18, someone broke the window of a car parked at the Miner's Ravine trailhead on Sierra College, and took a purse that had been hidden behind the front seat.

Taxpayers are footing the bill for sexually violent predator Tibor Karsai's living expenses after he was released as a transient in northern Santa Barbara County.

Two people in a single- engine airplane died early Sunday when their aircraft crashed near Auburn Municipal Airport, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Department.

The road work is the last phase in the construction of the Lincoln Bypass that diverts through traffic around the town of Lincoln.

Placer County deputies in California say they need help finding three persons of interest in connection with a series of car burglaries.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office received a call shortly after midnight from the California Office of Emergency Services to help search for a single-engine plane that had reportedly gone down near the airport.

The Placer County Sheriff's Department confirms two people were killed near the Auburn Airport when their single-engine plane went down at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday.

Detectives are looking for a three-man organized alleged burglary crew that has targeted several health clubs and businesses throughout Northern California for more than three years.

The Placer County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying three persons of interest in a series of auto burglaries.

A Colfax man who shot his girlfriend and her unborn child two years ago has reached a plea deal, and will be sentenced for murder.

Nicholas Schagerer, 21, suffered major injuries, police said. South Placer Fire crews took the El Dorado Hills man to the Sutter Roseville Medical Center, a news release says.

Officers were first dispatched to a 11:45 p.m. Monday merchandise theft report at the 7-11 store on Sacramento street.

In Rocklin, there have been two such break-ins and two attempts. Three of the four were along the Sierra College Boulevard corridor and one in the Clover Valley Road/Rawhide Road area.

Placer County's economy is forecast to sure 21 percent by 2022, according to a new report.

According to Sgt. Aaron Delao, the arrests occurred after a Placer County man told them he was robbed while trying to sell a tablet computer.

The Placer County Board of Supervisors last week denied an appeal from Arizona-based Center for Biological Diversity regarding the proposed Lake Tahoe biomass project, while also voting in several provisions to hold the facility more accountable from an environmental standpoint.

In April, 252 new homes sold in the greater Sacramento region, up by about 20 from a month earlier.

Doug Huffman, a retired defense contractor, has made a life out of preparing for the end of civilization as we know it.

Placer County supervisors have rejected an effort to derail a planned biomass facility near Truckee, but they added new conditions to the project.