Granite Bay Mirror

09/06/2026

Free air purifiers are being distributed to low-income seniors and families in the Placer County area of the Lake Tahoe Basin.

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📷: Designed by Magnific

09/05/2026

The Truckee River Watershed Council (TRWC) is breaking ground on three restoration projects in and along Donner Creek that will repair 3,200 feet of the creek, restore 1.3 acres of habitat and better protect the community from major storm events.

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📷: Truckee River Watershed Council

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

The Placer County Board of Supervisors recently updated guidelines and amended policy governing the Workforce Housing Preservation Program to expand eligibility opportunities.

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📷: Workplace Housing Preservation Program

09/02/2026

Your farmers market run just got a little more bookish!

We’ll be at the Tahoe City Farmers Market on Thursday September 3rd from 8:00am-1:00pm for Library Card Sign-Up Month! Stop by the Placer County Library booth to say hello, learn more about everything your library card can unlock, and celebrate your local library with us.

Explore, read, and grow with your library! 📖🪴

09/02/2026

Four of the Lake Tahoe region’s most iconic restaurants offer their guests a way to give back to the local environment, and it’s added up in a major way.

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📷: The Tahoe Fund

09/01/2026

📚🐾 Join us at the Granite Bay Library this Saturday, September 5th, from 10:30-11:30am for a paws-itively delightful reading session with our friendly therapy dogs! 🐶 Perfect for kids ages 5+, it's a fun & relaxed way to practice reading without any judgment. No registration needed; just grab a book and let the tail-wagging adventures begin!
Capital Therapy Dogs

08/28/2026

The PCWA Board of Directors last week approved a Joint Powers Agreement with the cities of Sacramento and Roseville, formalizing a regional water supply partnership that has been years in the making.

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📷: Placer County Water Agency

08/27/2026

Delusion and misperception drive the stories shared by Placer Repertory Theater's 2026-27 theatrical season, “Unmasking the Shadow."

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📷: Placer Repertory Theater

08/24/2026

The Heritage Trail is back up the hill this Saturday in the Truckee area!

Museum of Truckee History 10 AM to 4 PM
10065 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee

This is a people's favorite. Nine exhibits on Truckee's history, each with a touchscreen monitor to delve deeper into each of the subjects. You'll explore the Train Master's Office, the Chinese and Building of the Transcontinental Railroad, Logging and Lumber, our Indigenous Peoples, the Ice Harvest, Boca Brewery: the first cold l***r on the west coast in 1875, Icicle to Olympics, the birth of Winter Sports, Truckee Then & Now, including the 1960 Winter Olympics, and Railroads of Yesterday to Today, with a little splash of Aerospace history thrown in. Tell us you’re visiting from the Heritage Trail for free souvenirs.

Truckee Railroad Museum 10 AM to 4 PM
10075 Donner Pass Rd., Truckee

Located Inside a Caboose, this museum shares stories, pictures, recreations, and railroad artifacts depicting the impact of railroads in the formation and development of Truckee. The First Transcontinental Railroad, Logging Railroads, and Tourism by Rail all played an important part in Truckee’s history. You’ll also learn how the railroad keeps the tracks clear of snow, and about a passenger train that was stranded for three days in a blizzard!

Truckee Old Jail Museum 10 AM to 4 PM
10142 Jibboom St., Truckee

530-582-0983

See a super collection of local artifacts in the longest continuously running jail in California, built in 1875, and used until 1964. Just the building is fun to look at. Care to be locked up? Other exhibits pay tribute to the film industry, which thrived in Truckee during the 1920's along with gambling and bootlegging. Also exhibited are artifacts from the Truckee's early winter sports era.