Placer County Statewide Articles

At least two people die in separate freeway accidents in L.A. — one a wrong-way crash on the 10 Freeway near downtown and the other an accident on the 405 near North Hills.

THE SAN FRANCISCO Flower Market held a grand opening party recently at its new location after the beloved marketplace had to move out of its previous home of nearly 70 years.Dozens of attendees including city leaders, the market’s developer, architects, …

Bay Area officials are asking for the public’s help in their search for a missing man.

A Bay Area community is reeling after the deaths of four classmates.

Bass, who releases her budget for 2025-26 on Monday, has been weighing whether or not to lay off more than 1,500 workers.

What do penguins, the Chinese government and sewing machines have in common? Tariff jokes.

As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time between before and after.

Almost 8,800 property owners have asked the Army Corps of Engineers to direct the cleanup of burned homes. With more than 100 parcels a day being cleared, the job is almost halfway done, with June a likely date for completion, …

The mayor of Lancaster, Rex Parris, has ignited a controversy after musing during a council meeting that one approach to homelessness would be to "give them free fentanyl … all the fentanyl they want."

An unused “legacy” BART train car that was once supposed to go to the former Oakland Athletics baseball team is now in the hands of the city’s newest baseball squad — the Oakland Ballers.The Ballers, an independent league team that …

The kayaker has been missing on the Willamette River since April 12.

The kayaker has been missing on the Willamette River since April 12.

Kevin de León was paid thousands of dollars by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and USC — and then within a year voted on issues that benefited the two organizations.

A new lawsuit alleges that California's major insurers worked together to push higher premiums and lower coverage caps onto property owners.

TO BOOST STUDENTS ATTENDANCE, the West Contra Costa Unified School District has launched a comprehensive plan to increase attendance by 2 percentage points this school year.The plan was reviewed by the school board at its meeting this past Wednesday.The challenge …

THE SAN FRANCISCO Department of Public Health is aiming to treat the underlying cause of drug addiction in order to mitigate the city’s overdose deaths, which averaged at least two people dying every day in the first three months of …

Altadena residents, who would see the worst damage from the Eaton fire, also experienced the most issues with evacuation alerts. Was the community at a disadvantage during the L.A. firestorm because of its government structure?

Easter is supposed to be a happy time, but all I can think of is the people who persecuted Jesus. At a time when Christians are called upon to embrace Jesus' message of love and charity, our president continues to …

Many older Californins believe 'democracy is in peril.' But can outrage over Trump spark a winning strategy for the opposition?

A new director and CEO has taken the helm at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.Soyoung Lee, a specialist in Korean ceramics, was named to the position in January. The formal title is the “Barbara Bass Bakar Director and …