Many of Auburn's neighborhoods are hidden behind hills and cloaked in canyons, like the informal tracts on the northeast side of town.
Tucked into deep ravines and perched on knobby knolls, clusters...
Long before modern byways linked foothills communities, the course of Highway 174 connected Placer and Nevada county Gold Rush settlements.
Looping from the outskirts of Colfax to the fringes of Grass...
Highway 49 is more than just a bustling thoroughfare connecting Placer to neighboring El Dorado and Nevada counties: It is a historic byway marking the impact gold miners had on the development of California.
From...
There are several byways linking Interstate 80 to Highway 49 in Auburn, but one of the most interesting is Dry Creek Road.
Flanking the slim ribbon of pavement are country homes cloaked by stands of...
Zipping along Interstate 80 east of Colfax, it seems there is nothing between the old train town and the crest of the Sierra Nevada. But venture off the highway, and you'll find clusters of mountain...
Although most foothills municipalities matured from gold mining settlements, Newcastle ripened as a train town, with fruits and vegetables on the side.
Cradled in the swollen hills between Auburn and...
It's the time of year for spectral visions but, in the foothills, the ghosts of the past can be found all year through.
Booming into life with the first discoveries of gold in the winter of 1848, most...
It may not be incorporated, but North Auburn is one of Placer County's most diverse territories.
Beyond Auburn's city limits, the north area's informal borders run from Luther Road at Highway 49 to...
The discovery of gold at Coloma in the winter of 1848 was the first cut that opened the territory to development. But long before prospectors filled the foothills, pioneer settlers found the end of...
There are no formal boundaries, landmarks or borders dividing Auburn, but its oldest environs come together in a place called midtown.
A designation used to identify one district within the city, midtown...
Community Profile September 28, 2007 By Janis Dice
If there was any doubt about the agreeable amenities in Granite Bay, being named one of the top 100 places to live in the U.S. should erase it.
Tucked into Placer County's southeast sector, Granite...
Community Profile September 21, 2007 By Janis Dice
Auburn is known for its medley of residential styles and architectural eras, and nowhere do they harmonize better than on the east side of the city.
Comprised of the Aeolia Heights, Olive Orchard Estates...
Community Profile September 14, 2007 By Janis Dice
Some roads alter course or change names over time. Placer County's Taylor Road has done both.
Now linking Ophir, Newcastle, Penryn, Loomis, Rocklin and Roseville north of Interstate 80, Taylor Road...
Looking at the blur of traffic racing along Interstate 80 - and seeing the lines of people waiting to guzzle gas, food and beverages along the frontage roads - it's hard to believe that Auburn's Bowman...
Waves of new commercial and residential development are washing over the little city of Lincoln, leaving fresh precincts behind.
But that's the way this community always has grown.
Prior to the Gold...
