History

Old news is good news for Roseville Rotary

As part of its 75th birthday celebration, members of the Rotary Club of Roseville and Sacramento Rotary visited the Downtown Roseville Library to look at newspaper articles about t ...

Rocklin musician to play famed Horowitz piano

The legendary Steinway & Sons Model D Horowitz Piano continues its tour of North America with an upcoming stop in Roseville. Pianist and Steinway artist Jim Martinez will prese ...

Media Life: Family treasure trove of Placer’s Olympic artifacts on display

    AUBURN CA - Trekking up Interstate 80 and then making a right-hand turn into the Tahoe area will have the added benefit starting next week of not just some of the m ...

Funeral home sees 100 years of helping residents to their final destination

Morticians have been with Roseville since the first steel rail lines were laid along its avenues, and one of the oldest centers for this profession is now celebrating 100 years of ...

Now 100, the Carnegie began as a mission to change Roseville

From a civilizing force against “Whiskey Row” to a looking-glass for the city’s hardships and triumphs, the building known as the Carnegie Museum has served many ...

Bronze statue honors “Go For Broke” veterans

A $150,000 fundraising effort for a permanent monument to honor the Japanese-American soldiers of World War II culminated this past week with the placement in Roseville of a larger ...

Clock installed at Carnegie Museum commemorates Roseville Electric’s 100 years

It didn't take long before some of Roseville's original citizens got upset over their electric service. In 1909, 37 residents signed a petition criticizing the poor service provide ...

Tower Theatre looms large in local memories

Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series on the histories of the Roseville and Tower theaters. During one of the most trying times in Roseville's history, ...

Roseville Theatre began, endured through untold stories

Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series on the histories of the Roseville and Tower theaters. For more than eight decades an elegant icon of lights has si ...