The family of Patricia Ann Rose spent over four decades not knowing where she had gone after she vanished from Sacramento — until a genetic genealogy research company extracted enough DNA from a Jane Doe’s bone sample to identify her this year. Texas-based company Othram Inc., which works on cold cases, announced in February that […]
The Foresthill Bridge will undergo ultrasonic testing to ensure its 282 welds are secure, Placer County officials announced this week. “It’s iconic,” said Matt Randall, deputy director of the Placer County Department of Public Works, “so we want to make sure we do a good job with this.” Randall said it’s customary for bridges throughout […]
A Placer County grand jury report on the escape of a high-profile murder suspect revealed a sheriff’s deputy tasked with watching the inmate left the Roseville hospital room 14 times, leaving him unattended for a total of 27 minutes before the man accused of killing a hostage and wounding two others slipped away. On Thursday, […]
A bicyclist was killed early Thursday morning in a head-on collision with a pickup truck north of Colfax on Highway 174, California Highway Patrol officials said. The bicyclist, in his mid-30s, was struck while either stopped or riding slowly in the middle of the road, between Hill Road and the Red Frog Bar, just before […]
A fast-moving wildfire near Roseville sent up a large column of smoke Monday afternoon in Placer County and burned vegetation at a dangerous, “critical” rate of speed before its progress was halted, Cal Fire officials said. The vegetation fire started as a series of roadside spot fires that were driven by wind and burned rapidly […]
Six people aboard a motorboat in Lake Tahoe were rescued Sunday by the U.S. Coast Guard after the vessel caught fire and sank. Placer County deputies were alerted to the fire about 1:50 p.m. near Cedar Flat, an unincorporated community on Lake Tahoe’s northwest shore. Deputies arrived to the boat — traditionally used for wakeboarding […]
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office took three children into protective custody after authorities found them in an apartment with fentanyl, leading to the arrest two Roseville men in connection to endangering the children. David Elliott, 36, has pleaded not guilty to child abuse, buying narcotics and being under the influence of a controlled substance at […]
(FOX40.COM) — Law enforcement in Placer County recently issued a public service announcement that advised residents to “beware of distraction theft.” “Once again we’d like to warn our community about distraction theft,” the Rocklin Police Department said. “It usually involves a stranger approaching a victim and making conversation or asking for help with something, and […]
(FOX40.COM) — The Placer County deputy who was critically injured after a shootout in Colfax is expected to be released from the hospital on Monday. At around 11 p.m. on Friday, PCSO said it was investigating a van parked in McDonald’s parking lot that was suspected of being involved in burglary. A man who was […]
A Placer County sheriff’s deputy who was shot during a gunfight with a burglary suspect in Colfax is recovering in the hospital and may be discharged soon. The Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post Sunday morning that the deputy — who was only identified by his last name, Porter — was “eating well” and […]
A 26-year-old Sacramento County man on Thursday was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for selling the synthetic opioid fentanyl to an Auburn woman who died in an overdose, Placer County prosecutors said. On Dec. 6, Aaron Kurtis Dare II, of Fair Oaks, was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of the […]
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man last week in connection to five burglaries totaling in $50,000 worth of property loss from a landmark Granite Bay church. The Citrus Heights suspect was arrested near Bayside Church on the 8100 block of Sierra College Boulevard when sheriff’s deputies were responding to an alarm ringing at […]