Placer County deputies fatally shot murder suspect Derek Spencer after an overnight standoff in Iowa Hill involving gunfire, drone surveillance and two fires he set.

Caltrans warns of multiple lane and ramp closures on I-80 through Placer and Nevada counties this week, delays up to 2 hours for drivers.

Nevada County's Armando Salud-Ambriz became one of two U.S. representatives chosen to observe Sweden's election.

AUBURN, Calif. (Sept. 18, 2026) — To keep water infrastructure funding aligned with the cost of serving new development, the Placer County Water Agency Board of Directors approved an update to the ...

LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. — September 17, 2026 — Earlier this month, Keep Tahoe Blue and its partners installed four new mobile, solar-powered watercraft cleaning stations with onboard tools to make it ...

GRASS VALLEY, Calif. – September 18, 2026 After a several-month-long search for a City Manager, the City of Grass Valley’s posted public agenda for Tuesday’s upcoming meeting reveals that the City ...

I believe what Martin Luther King said about the arc of the moral universe; it bends toward justice. But the path in America has been anything but straight forward. Formerly enslaved people were ...

Cowan Rose shares budget-friendly cooking tips for making the most of fresh produce at Nevada City's Farmers Market.

GRASS VALLEY, Calif., September 17, 2026 – Today through Sunday, the Nevada County Fairgrounds hosts the 2026 Draft Horse Classic and Harvest Fair. We caught up this morning with Andrew and Katie to ...

The global water cycle is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Extreme droughts and floods are the result. This is shown in this year’s report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the state ...