A four-year-old bike park plan near Bass Lake Road hit a wall of hidden costs, from bedrock to sewer lines. Staff now want to start over.

Three trained HeroRATs debut this week in Land Park, with the first 500 guests getting commemorative stickers.

Thousands turned out at the DoubleTree for pinned beetles, live tarantulas, and one vector control scientist dressed as a fire ant.

Security video shows the bear grabbing ribeyes, brioche buns and a croissant before dining on the deck. Wildlife officials say it's part of a bigger Tahoe pattern.

Soil Born Farms' new earth-sheltered Animal Barn lets Cordova High FFA students raise livestock on-site, saving families hundreds in backyard costs.

Mary E. Grogan Community Park now spans 43 acres, with a cricket pitch and Real-Time Crime Center cameras among the new additions.

Placer County has begun environmental review of a proposed Blue Canyon destination with 50 cabins, treehouses, lake recreation and trails linking toward Tahoe National Forest.

A 9-year-old boxer named Cole is recovering after what vets say was likely a mountain lion attack; surgeons repaired his leg and he faces weeks of healing. Neighbors and wildlife officials urge caution.

A federal judge in Sacramento paused BLM’s plan to remove about 850 wild horses from three Northern California herd areas, saying the agency relied on flawed population assumptions. The injunction stops September gathers while the case proceeds.

A long-shuttered West Sacramento park reopens with a splash pad, skatepark and accessible upgrades after a $7.8 million renovation.

A Sacramento man says a black bear charged at him outside his Lake Tahoe vacation home; bear spray stopped the animal but temporarily blinded him with overspray. Local experts warn visitors to secure food and trash.

California State Parks warns of elevated E. coli at Willow Creek, Nimbus Flats and Black Miners Bar at Folsom Lake. Agencies say more testing will run through the summer.

State Parks' new rules limit refunds, charge late cancellations and can bar repeat no‑shows from ReserveCalifornia for a year.