A new wildfire was reported today at 9:29 p.m. in Placer County, California. Cook Fire has been burning on private land.

A man, David Hitchman, was arrested in Placer County for scamming residents with a fraudulent landscaping business, tracked via his GPS ankle monitor.

Hitchman, who was on probation and wearing a GPS ankle monitor, was tracked to the victim’s residence at the time he falsely ...

A new prescribed burn, named Fiddyment, was initiated 8:34 a.m. June 23 in Placer County, California. The prescribed fire has ...

According to the Placer County Sheriff's Office, the fire burned near Bell Road and Orr Creek Lane. Residents in six homes ...

Placer County's board of supervisors approved a $1.3 billion budget for the upcoming year, and much of that is going towards ...

Brady Halbleib was in Placer County for the first day of action.

Thomas Smith and his daughter, Stella, were on vacation when they learned their neighbor, 71-year-old Pete Bayes of Lincoln, ...

Three bodies were recovered by the Placer County Sheriff's Office after a hiking accident at Rattlesnake Falls.

The men vanished after jumping into the icy water near Soda Springs on June 18, officials said. Stockton diver Juan Heredia ...

Deputies were called to Heath Falls in Soda Springs around 3 p.m. for a report of three men who entered the water and did not ...

NEWCASTLE, Calif. — A Rocklin-based nonprofit aimed at helping at-risk youth needs the community's help after a fire ripped ...