Placer County Local News: History

The fifth annual Placer County History Award went to Phil Sexton, who has worked for the California State Railroad Museum and studied the history of Chinese workers who worked on the transcontinental railroad.

At Donner Pass, the era of modern skiing started in the 1920s when two brothers, Lincoln and James Hutchinson of Berkeley, introduced their friends to the sport.

Updated data for 2022 and 2023 shows that California’s homeless population is only getting larger.

On Dec. 8, Annie Holmes will present a history of the Auburn Library, and Kari Samson, a library employee for 34 years, will be honored posthumously with the Placer County History Foundation Award.

“Rocklin’s Ranches,” an exhibit highlighting the stories of the first ranchers and farmers, will be open through January at the Rocklin History Museum.

In 2018, California voted to ditch the twice-annual time shift. But the state still has it. Here’s why.

California has banned affirmative action for three decades, but SCOTUS ruling also affects private universities

How a series of mass shootings has made California the toughest gun control state in the nation.

Desperate to win elections, state’s GOP embraces voting practices decried by former president as fraudulent.

Have you visited the local museums in Truckee? Most specifically have you visited the newest museum, the Museum of Truckee History? Ideally local museums provide the history of the area and put the stories into...

On-site asbestos abatement at the Auburn State Theatre, meeting all California OSHA and EPA standards, has been completed.

The longest-serving California senator had a legendary political career spanning seven decades.

Like many small railroad towns in the 19th Century, Truckee’s businesses were strung along a main thoroughfare known as Front Street or Commercial Row. Behind these storefronts was an alleyway identified on the map as Second Street but what locals eventually called Jibboom Street. Jibboom Street was the heart of the hamlet’s Red Light District [...].