Placer County Local News: Families & Children

As some right-wing groups use school board meetings to fight their culture wars, the state government is weighing what to do.

With Barbie getting a big Hollywood movie, here’s how the doll helped build the California toy industry.

The Loomis Basin Chamber of Commerce announced the highly anticipated return of the 2023 Eggplant Festival, which was previously canceled last month.

The Western Placer Unified School District’s investigation into Pastor Casey Tinnin has cleared the Landing Spot leader of any wrongdoing.

Earlier effort to ban underage marriage was thwarted by civil liberties advocates

Western Placer Unified School District board members decided to uphold a committee’s decision to keep the controversial book, “The Hate U Give,” as part of the ninth-grade required reading curriculum.

Congress wants to beef up work requirements for people on assistance programs, but not this state.

Jason Lezak, who holds the fastest 100-meter freestyle split of all time in the 2008 Olympic games, gave a swimming clinic and motivational talk at Johnson Ranch Sports Club in Roseville.