Placer County Statewide Articles

A 25-year sheriff's deputy was arrested in Long Beach on suspicion of driving drunk and injuring a passenger in his vehicle.

A free ferry that provides a critical link in state Highway 84 across the Sacramento River between Rio Vista and Ryer Island is out of commission again, this time because of unexpected engine problems.Caltrans, which is responsible for the ferry’s …

A Malibu man fired toward sheriff's deputies, "narrowly missing one deputy," according to the Sheriff's Department. He was taken into custody Friday afternoon.

No evidence of explosives was found after report of a bomb threat at the former governor's Brentwood home.

DOZENS OF PEOPLE crowd around hundreds of trees wearing Santa hats and reindeer antlers, hanging ornaments and laughing. San Jose’s beloved Christmas in the Park is about to enchant Plaza de Cesar Chavez.This year, the nonprofit that brings the holiday …

A wildfire near Canyon Crest Drive in Riverside County has now spanned 254 acres as of Friday afternoon.

Two Canadian men are accused of stabbing two people in Salinas in a murder plot.

The teacher died a month after encountering a bat in her classroom.

Officers from the Brea Police Department shot and killed a man after they responded to calls of a possible drunk driver on Thanksgiving Day.

A Bay Area man has been sentenced to over 200 years for a deadly series of crimes.

PIEDMONT’S NORMALLY JOYFUL annual Turkey Trot began Thursday morning as a memorial for three young people who died in a car crash Wednesday.“A longstanding and beloved tradition benefitting local youth athletics, this year’s Turkey Trot will take on new meaning …

As contradictory and confusing bird flu test results come back from various county and state agencies, the state's agriculture department has instructed raw milk producer Raw Farm to withhold sales.

Since 2021, the local theater troupe Panto in the Presidio has made it a holiday tradition to take beloved characters—Aladdin once, Sleeping Beauty twice—and drop them into wacky shows set in modern-day San Francisco. Panto in the Presidio Productions founder …

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to reinstate California’s rebate program for zero-emission vehicles, or ZEVs, if a federal tax credit for them is eliminated by the incoming Trump Administration.As part of Trump’s “Agenda 47” and the 2024 Republican Party platform, …

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked a judge's order to build temporary housing on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' West Los Angeles campus by early next year, and set an accelerated schedule to hear the government's …

Ablaze with red and green lights, Christmas trees and all manner of decorations, a procession of rather unconventional vehicles will circle the city of Sonoma’s downtown plaza Saturday.It’s the Second Annual Lighted Tractor Parade, also including grape harvesters and vintage …

Three young people who died in a Cybertruck crash were recent Piedmont High grads.

"Joshua Tree? Keep on going."

A growing list of medical associations are pushing for battery manufacturers to make a button or "coin cell" battery that will not lead to devastating injuries when swallowed.

Nearly $20 million will go to electrify UCLA's bus fleet and install underground charging for buses along a route that stretches for less than a mile in Westwood.