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

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

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

It's fair season in Placer County, from food to rides to livestock shows. Organizers told FOX40 that they are expecting more ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...