History

World War II soldiers honored

It was a day 67 years in the making. On Wednesday Placer County officials and members of the Japanese American Citizens League unveiled the first phase of a monument to honor the ...

They’ve been working on the railroad

If you sat outside all day for four years, you’d need a bath too. Luckily for Locomotive No. 2252, the historic steam engine on Atlantic Street in Roseville it was Boy Scout T ...

Tales of early Chinesae recaptured in storytelling event

By Gloria Beverage Gold Country News Service In the children’s party game, “Telephone,” the first player whispers a phrase or sentence to the player seated next to her. Eac ...

A new, old look for Sutter Street

With construction barely completed on the city’s newest bridge, Folsom Lake Crossing, dirt will soon begin to fly once again as Sutter Street will undergo the initial phase of a ...

Kaiser boomed big to become largest employer

Editor's note: This is one in a series of articles celebrating the first 100 years of the city of Roseville. In a little more than 10 years, Kaiser Permanente has turned a modest ...

Roseville since 1960: a real boom-town

The population boom of the 1960s continued throughout the 1970s, forcing Roseville to expand. By 1973, all of Southern Pacific’s 21,000-car fleet was self-refrigerating. The nee ...

Roseville Hospital grew with community

Editor's note: This is one in a series of stories celebrating Roseville's first hundred years. Today, the city of Roseville is known for its substantial health care facilities – ...

Roseville residents record their stories

When Kathleen Schance walked into the Downtown Library one day last week, she had a date with history. The longtime Roseville resident entered a small room near the back of the bui ...