Granite Bay

Art Studio Trek Saturday, April 27, 2013 – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013 – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Event Details: The seventh annual Art Studio Trek will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 27 and 28 at various studios in Rocklin, Roseville and Granite Bay. This year, the trek announces the return of Helen Gruelle...

We’ve been longtime fans of Hawks Restaurant in Granite Bay, and have written about it in our Sierra FoodWineArt magazine for several years. Hawks has won widespread praise in Food & Wine magazine, Bon Appetit magazine, Zagat and others. It has been a pioneer in the Sacramento area “foodie” scene. The Bee just wrote: “Hawks...

I caught the final 10 minutes of the state championship football game between Granite Bay High School and Long Beach Poly on television Friday night. What a thriller as the Grizzlies, down by a touchdown, stormed back to tie the … Continue reading →

The process of making hoshigaki begins with peeling and stringing the persimmons.  Ideally they dry outside first for a while, but this process is very dependent on the weather.  Only one stand of newly peeled persimmons was outside when I vi...

Otow Orchard produces and sells a lot more than just persimmons and hoshigaki over the course of the year including seasonal vegetables, although they seem to primarily be a fruit producing orchard.  I got a chance to walk around the orchard and o...

I'm very excited about this series of photos from Otow Orchard ("Oh Toe") in Granite Bay.  I've dried persimmons at my house using a food dehydrator, but it's nothing like the process used here.  Hoshigaki literally means dried persimmon, and...

Elk Grove 35, Del Oro 32 The Herd will take on undefeated Folsom next weekend for the Sac-Joaquin Section's Division II championship. Read the game story here. Granite Bay 37, Franklin 7 The Franklin High School football team had 2,4...

November 9, 2012 - Placer County Sheriff's detectives arrested a 15-year-old Granite Bay boy Thursday on four counts of attempted homicide following a firebombing late Wednesday night. He is being held at the Placer County Juvenile Hall in Auburn. The...