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LOOKING BACK: Penyn didn't want box stores

50 Years Ago June 14, 1963 Services were held for Quhachiro Sameshima, 79, a native of Japan and a 25-year resident of Penryn.  The Third Annual Senior Awards Assembly at De ...

Media Life: Future U.S. president had Del Oro High grad moment

It may be a little low in the valley and a little sparse in terms of rooflines to qualify as Ronald Reagan’s “shining city that sits upon the hill.” But Del Oro ...

LOOKING BACK: Del Oro held its third commencement

50 Years Ago June 7, 19063 Del Oro held its third commencement exercises with the Valedictory given by Linda Kay Wood and the Salutatory by Susan Carol DePree. Principal Ralph Gog ...

Pink pigs on patrol in Rocklin, Loomis

Have you seen people walking around with pink pigs? These citizens are members of the Rotary Club of Rocklin/Loomis Basin and each week they are asked to go about their daily live ...

Rocklin/Loomis Basin Rotary gets crabby at annual feed

On Feb. 23, the Rotary Club of Rocklin/Loomis Basin held its 20th annual Feast for Rotary Crab Feed. The event was a near sellout again this year; and the participants left happy ...

Media Life: Bay Area media mention spurs rush for Auburn “special blend”

  Add the title bird-seed guru to Roger Strahle’s business card. Over the years, the owner of Wild Bird Station in Auburn has worked to develop his own special blend o ...

Placer Community Foundation honors donors for giving back in 2012

The Placer Community Foundation recently honored nearly 125 of its donors at the Blue Goose Fruit Shed in Loomis. Guests had the opportunity to hear the many ways their philanthrop ...

Media Life: Del Oro, Colfax grads boost Placer County’s movie cred

    Former Auburnite Gareth Smith and his wife, Jenny Lee, have co-directed a short film on a girl in Sierra Leone and the challenges she has to get a good education. ...