Arts & Entertainment

Media Life: U.S. News rankings show another positive side of Placer

Here’s another reason to be proud of living in the county you live in - if it’s Placer. U.S. News & World Report, famous for its rankings of colleges, hospitals an ...

Kids are moving, grooving to Musical Robot

What kid doesn’t like R2-D2 and Wall-E?  Let’s face it. Robots will never go out of style. From Robby the Robot in “Forbidden Planet” to the Transfor ...

‘The Train’ rolls into town; Rogar brings it back home

Jenn Rogar once played a show where the amplifiers were bicycle powered. “It was the Shrimp Fest in Nevada City,” she said. “I sang on a flat rock on Papa&rsquo ...

Fire, art heat up the streets for two-day festival

Colfax will be the site of a two-day art extravaganza when the Colfax Art Walk joins forces with the Fire & Steel Festival and the Sierra Vista Art Center in hosting artists an ...

Media Life: Book highlights Placer grad’s small-town smarts

  Investment expert Kimberly Foss is a frequent face on TV, providing expertise to Fox Business, CNBC and Fox News. She’s appeared on NBC’s “Today” a ...

Music has always been close to his soul

Maybe Larry Diehl didn’t set out to follow in his father’s footsteps. And maybe the fact that his dad pushed him out onto stage at the age of 4 with a ukulele in his ha ...

Fairy wings will be fluttering in Auburn park

Quest Theatre Works is performing The Faery Hunt through the woods of Auburn Regional Park Saturday. Families can join the quarter mile trek in the park, interacting and helping fa ...

Media Life: Auburn photo album sparks history mystery

    Auburn’s Tori Connolly has a soft spot for old photo albums, the kind that you find at a swap meet or antiques fair that have been separated by time and circu ...

Loomis artist Matt Konar takes Best of Show in open juried competition

Matt Konar, of Loomis, won Best of Show for his work entitled "Jesus in Blue Jeans." “I want to extend my thanks to the many folks behind the scenes who make the ...

From Colfax to cowboy country, he sings from the heart

Doug Balmain’s first full-length CD has all the familiar elements of a good country album: Whiskey, Mama, pickup trucks, dogs … and that’s just in one song. The ...