Truckee Travel News

Donner Pass Road between Spring Street and the downtown roundabout was closed from about 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. to accommodate firefighting equipment from local fire departments, said Paul Spencer, fire prevention officer for the Truckee Fire Protection District.

Troopers spokeswoman Megan Peters said the 26-year-old snowboarder Nick Dodov of Truckee was flown to Seattle for treatment and died there Wednesday. About Comments Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee.

Bill Strange / Gilroy Garlic Festival A Garlic Festival pyro chef displays a skillet of scampi on Gourmet Alley. Images The Gilroy Garlic Festival, one of the country's biggest food celebrations, didn't get there by standing still. Even the most...

Federal investigators are trying to determine the cause of a small plane crash that killed a pilot near the Sierra town of Truckee. The Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot was flying alone when the twin-engine Cessna 421 crashed Thursday...