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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

THE CEDARS, Calif. — Crews are searching for three people who entered a body of water in Placer County on Wednesday and did ...

Placer County is stepping up efforts to prevent roadside fires along the Interstate 80 corridor through the Sierra, as rising ...