Placer County News

The pilot of a small plane has been hospitalized in Reno after he crashed in the Sierra near the Truckee Tahoe Airport.

The unseasonably dry winter and recent warm weather has also brought an increase in the number of rattlesnake encounters in Nevada and Placer counties.

The North Tahoe Public Utility District Board of Directors has decided the district has no obligation to maintain sewer lines and pumps within the private property of the Chinquapin subdivision near Dollar Hill.

Today, the Placer County Planning Commission will see a proposal for what's being called a "Forest Flyer" toboggan-style alpine coaster to the resort, for operation in all kinds of weather.

More than two dozen Placer County officials and supporters gathered Wednesday to celebrate the opening of the expanded Hidden Falls Regional Park.

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.