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 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 […]
Developers of Roseville Junction, a future entertainment and eats “destination,” are looking for artists to paint murals under the theme of “the Vibrancy of Northern California.” Open walls for murals will be on the sides of shipping containers that surround a beer garden and venue for food and beverage vendors, developers said in a news […]
Prosecutors in a Placer County murder case allege that a Roseville mother sat on her adopted 9-year-old son and beat him continuously for about 40 minutes as the boy’s father did nothing to stop it. Cory Albert Blakley, 38, and Kimberly Rachel Blakley, 37, were the adoptive parents of the boy who has been identified […]
A man found shot to death in St. Paul’s Payne Phalen neighborhood last week has been identified. The St. Paul Police Department said Saw Da Por, a 21-year-old from Roseville, was the man found with multiple bullet wounds on June 12 on the 800 block of Maryland Avenue East. Officers responded to the scene at […]
A man killed in a shooting last week in St. Paul was a 21-year-old from Roseville, police said Monday. Police as of Monday afternoon had not arrested anyone in Saw Da Por’s killing. Investigators asked anyone with information to call them at 651-266-5650. Officers responded to the 800 block of East Maryland Avenue in the […]
Roseville parents accused of murder in the death of their adopted 9-year-old son have been ordered to stand trial, but the child’s father is challenging that ruling in court. Cory Albert Blakley, 38, and Kimberly Rachel Blakley, 37, appeared Friday morning for a brief hearing in Placer Superior Court. Along with the murder charge, the […]
A Sacramento County man suspected of kidnapping his girlfriend was arrested Sunday at the Westfield Galleria mall in Roseville. Roseville officers responded to a report of a woman screaming for help around Main Street near downtown Roseville as she was being pulled into a black BMW, the Roseville Police Department said Tuesday. Others nearby tried […]
Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District is alerting Roseville residents that an invasive mosquito species was identified in Placer County for the first time this year. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes were identified by by district officials on May 31 in the Foothills Junction neighborhood in Roseville. The species is known to carry and transmit diseases including […]
Construction crews will close portions of Industrial Avenue in Roseville overnight starting next month as the city continues a multi-million dollar roadway project. Drivers will be told to detour around the closure under the Roseville Parkway Extension Project from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. the week of June 3, according to the city. This embedded […]
A wreck Tuesday on Interstate 80 near Roseville had traffic backed up after at least two vehicles crashed and left behind debris blocking three eastbound lanes, the California Highway Patrol reported. The crash was initially reported about 11:15 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-80 near the Riverside Avenue on-ramp, according to CHP online dispatch […]
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 […]