Roseville/Placer County News

Roseville-based SPI Solar reported sizable losses for its fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31.

Camblin Steel Service Inc., a Sacramento company specializing in rebar and dating back to 1954, has closed on a $4 million building in Rocklin and will eventually move there.

Water and wastewater bills will increase for Roseville residents under a proposal before the City Council tonight.

Run Rocklin will hold its 10th annual event on Sunday. For the last seven years the run has supported the Matt Redding Foundation.

Rocklin-based Purple Communications Inc., a provider of text/video relay and on-site interpreting services, has introduced a video phone combining high-definition and smart technologies.

The state Department of Finance has released $11 million in bond proceeds to Placer County, which plans to use them for highway improvements.

Sherman Clay will end its 100-year history of selling pianos in the Sacramento region at the end of May, closing its Roseville store at 771 Pleasant Grove Blvd.

Over a long, emotionally taxing night in January, three foreign students told Roseville police how they had been abused by a man who brought them to this country to play at his fledgling basketball academy. At 2 a.m., they were done, and the question arose: Where do they go now?

The Granite Bay post office will be dedicated next week in honor of a fallen Marine who grew up in the area.

Lincoln - especially downtown - has a little bit of Mayberry in it.

A nonprofit Placer County organization dedicated to providing independent living services to people with developmental disabilities violated the law when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations to one of its own employees who is deaf, regulators charged Monday in Sacramento federal court.

Bailey Snow isn't like other kids. His Twitter feed says otherwise: He started his spring break at Disneyland, just got his driver's permit and thinks his family is annoying.

An Irvine man has been arrested in a mortgage fraud case involving properties in Rocklin and Roseville.

A Loomis man driving a noncommercial limousine without passengers lost control of the vehicle Saturday morning, hitting a pedestrian, striking a minivan, then crashing the limo.

The California Department of Public Health on Friday issued its strongest citation and imposed a $100,000 fine against a Lincoln nursing home after an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 2011 death of an 82-year-old stroke patient who had been in the facility's care.

Two Rocklin brothers are joining the quest for a renowned collector's hidden treasure of gold and gems.

As Josiah Humphreys' loved ones struggle to make sense of his brutal death, they wonder, too, how it is that his attackers remain free.

Leaning on crutches and balancing on his right leg, Chris Cvitanov fought back tears Thursday morning as he faced the men who pulled his mangled body from the searing wreckage of a car nearly eight years ago.

Roseville contractor Steve Putnam, 48, says he's just a guy who likes to date escorts, one of whom slipped back into prostitution.

A Placer County committee charged with distributing funds aimed at mitigating the effects of Indian gambling has been allocated $66,694 to distribute to local government agencies.

A pedestrian walking on a Placer County road near Lincoln was struck and killed by a car.

A pedestrian walking on a Placer County road near Lincoln Thursday night was struck and killed by a car.

More Roseville schools will have police officers on their campuses.

Supporters of a World War II memorial in Roseville are looking for help completing the monument celebrating the contributions of Japanese Americans during the war.

Distracted shopping has resulted in two women being relieved of their wallets at Roseville grocery stores.

Two more Roseville schools will have police officers on their campuses.

Auburn police arrested a man they suspect has a penchant for burglarizing bicycle businesses.

Rocklin's police and fire departments will hold an orientation meeting for people interested in assisting the public safety agencies as volunteers.

Continuing its push to add secular degrees to its theological offerings, Rocklin's William Jessup University will make its first foray into the sciences by offering a biology degree this spring.

A chili cook-off in Roseville is stewing in controversy.

A boisterous crowd of 250 gay rights activists descended Saturday on the Westfield Galleria in Roseville, after a gay couple were reportedly ejected from the mall for kissing.

A Placer County judge, determining there was insufficient evidence, has ordered the release of the man suspected of starting the 2012 Robbers Fire, the Placer County District Attorney's Office confirmed Friday.

The Chevrolet Tahoe sport utility vehicle is the new sheriff's patrol vehicle in Placer County, replacing the Crown Victoria sedan, which has been phased out by Ford.

Wednesday was an unusually deadly day at the Foresthill Bridge near Auburn. Within minutes of each other, two people committed suicide by jumping off the span.

On the last day of their honeymoon, they wanted one more adventure.