Placer County supervisors have approved a plan to clean up a former law enforcement gun range in Lincoln, located across from the Sun City Lincoln Hills 55+ community.The $5.1 million project will ...

What to know about new fire hazard maps in Placer County. Posted: February 13, 2025 | Last updated: June 15, 2025. Here's a look at how new California fire hazard zone maps impact Placer County.

A section of westbound Interstate 80 was closed Friday afternoon in Colfax after two big rigs crashed, the California Highway Patrol said. The lanes have been reopened as of 2:55 p.m.CHP was ...

The Placer County Sheriff's Office identified the man arrested after deputies found his mother and brother dead inside a Granite Bay home. Josef Meinzer, 36, is believed to have been behind the ...

Placer County can't find place for sexually violent predator to live, search expands to Sacramento 03:53. SACRAMENTO — A sexually violent predator (SVP) could be released in Sacramento.

Natural disasters have affected nearly 90% of U.S. counties since 2013, and while many households know about preparing emergency kits, a recent FEMA survey found a large drop in how many people are ...

On June 20, 2024, the New York Post published an article titled "Map shows Chinese-owned farmland next to 19 US military bases in 'alarming' threat to national security: experts." The article ...

Crews making progress against Iowa Fire in Placer County 00:19. IOWA HILL — Evacuation warnings were issued due to multiple fires burning east of Colfax in Placer County on Tuesday night.

The county is also committed to building 406 affordable housing units, a need identified by Placer. Overall, Breckenridge said at the board meeting, housing at the site is intended to be mixed-income.

As an amendment to its state-required Housing Element, Placer County supervisors are tentatively set to vote April 25 on rezoning 19 properties for development of at least 20 units per acre.