July 4th is a very big day in Downieville, with the whole town chipping in to make sure it goes off without a hitch. (Credit: Liz Fisher) In Downieville, everyone knows you, your family, your friends, ...

Founded in the late 1840s, the historic mining town of Downieville has survived floods and fires to become one of Northern California’s most picturesque Gold Rush communities. Despite numerous floods ...

2002-09-01 04:00:00 PDT Downieville, Sierra County-- Christina Probert finished the Downieville Classic women's-pro mountain- bike competition last year in only "58 minutes, with mechanicals." It took ...

Downieville Elementary is a public school located in Downieville, CA, which is in a remote rural setting. The student population of Downieville Elementary is 29 and the school serves K-6. At ...

Registration is now open for the 27th annual Downieville Classic Cross Country Race and All Mountain World Championships, presented by Santa Cruz Bicycles. This legendary MTB race will take place on ...

Get the inside scoop on how colleges assess your high school and its course rigor. Featuring a former Admissions Officer, you'll gain crucial insights and actionable strategies during this 60-min ...

Rocks. Roots. Butterflies. Face plant. It all happens in slow motion as I fly over my handlebars for the third time while riding over 17 miles of fire roads and rocky, single-track trails that drop ...

Jake Sainsbury and Jesse Folsom had planned to spend this coming weekend gripping the handlebars of their mountain bikes, race numbers pinned to their jerseys, with an eye on the finish line on Main ...

We’ve just gotten word that there’s a new race series for the gravel and dirt loving crowd that combines three well-known events. The Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) is combining their Lost and ...

DOWNIEVILLE – An autopsy has found that a California woman who was found dead in her Sierra County home back in 2023 was killed by a black bear -- the first-ever recorded case of such a deadly attack.

Cecilio Padilla is a digital producer for CBS Sacramento and a Sacramento-area native who has been covering Northern California for more than a decade. DOWNIEVILLE – Deputies doing a welfare check on ...