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Bill uncovered one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history involving $6 billion in loans

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[PRpond]

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif., Nov. 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellaegis, Inc. dba masterQueue, an innovator in debt collection software, today announced it has named former Ally Executive Vice President over all of their pre-charge off loan servicing, Bill Ploog, to its leadership team as masterQueue's Operational Strategist.

Ploog joins Intellaegis investor, Chief Strategist and former CoreLogix co-founder Steve Schroeder, as well as John and Perla Lewis, co-founders of the masterQueue platform, to round out the team that is tasked with overseeing the company's 2019 expansion plans.

In addition to adding Ploog, masterQueue also announced it was selected as a Top 3 Finalist for the Sacramento Regions Most Innovative Software. Also, their lead software developer, Sean Downey, is being honored this week during Used Car Week 2018, the auto finance industries largest annual conference. Downey is being recognized as one of the Top 40 people in the auto finance industry under 40 years old, and the only software developer receiving this honor.

masterQueue's being named a finalist in the Sacramento Regions Most Innovative Software award competition is another point of recognition for one of the Auto Finance Industries leading FinTech platforms.

"When we launched at Finovate in 2011, we knew if we could automatically gather unstructured skip tracing data and add structure in the form of AI and workflow around the use of the data, we could create a compelling platform to automate the historically manual, time consuming skip tracing process.  Although we're in the early stages of AI in debt collection, we're honored to receive this recognition alongside some amazing local innovators," said John Lewis as he spoke about the 9th startup he and his wife and business partner Perla have founded, all in the Auto Finance space.

This recognition comes on the heels of masterQueue being named by Banking CIO Magazine as a Top-10 FinTech Software in 2017, and in 2016, masterQueue was named by American Banker as one of the Top-20 FinTech software companies to watch. In regard to the recognition Sr. Developer Sean Downey is receiving, masterQueue's CISO Jack Merry had this to say:

"Sean has been with us eight years and he oversaw the difficult transition of our development team seamlessly moving the masterQueue platform from its original lead developer to being under Sean's control, which is no small feat for a platform with well over a million lines of code. His being recognized as one of the top developers in the auto finance industry is well deserved. The timing of this award being presented at Used Car Week, a day prior to the release of the most significant feature to date in masterQueue, the new callQueue, is appropriate."

The callQueue is a feature in the masterQueue SaaS platform that provides data gathering automation and big data organization with State and Federal regulatory calling compliance, eliminating a tedious manual process most debt collection departments struggle with. The callQueue streamlines the ability for lenders who are trying to establish contact with customers who are behind in payments. The callQueue allows the debt collector the ability to seamlessly Gather, Organize and Track data and the calling process in one system. This gives them the ability to offer assistance to the customer before the loan goes too far delinquent. Prior to masterQueue, this was a time-consuming manual process of gathering phone numbers to contact customers that lenders had lost touch with. The callQueue also allows lenders and their 3rd party vendors to meet and track Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rule 804 in regard to regulatory compliance in the gathering and use of 3rd party location information. The first version of the callQueue has been in existence for over a year and it's been extensively used by one of the leading nationwide collateral recovery services, and a long time masterQueue customer; Del Mar Recovery Solutions  (http://www.delmarrecovery.com/) of Carlsbad, CA.

"We've been using the callQueue in late stage skip tracing for various lenders since masterQueue rolled it out to us over a year ago, however, where our clients now see the biggest lift is when they assign the accounts to us earlier in the delinquency lifecycle, as then we're able to help the customer and the lender get in touch to hopefully work out a solution before repossession is the last remaining alternative. We're excited to see and start using the changes coming in the newest version of this product," said Josh Elias, CEO of DelMar.

In another key move that brings Intellaegis additional industry expertise and leadership, Bill Ploog joins the team as masterQueue's Operational Strategist. Bill brings to the table thirty-three years of driving operational improvements, including twenty-two years in executive positions. While at General Motors Acceptance Corporation / Ally, Bill transformed its collections organization to  successfully handle substantial non-prime / sub-prime growth in Ally's $84 billionportfolio, overseeing a staff of 2000. He engineered and built the call center foundation for the award-winning Ally Bank customer experience. Bill also spearheaded the concept and operational expansion of a website (SmartAuction) to remarket vehicles online,  which changed the automotive remarketing industry forever. He also orchestrated the reengineering of GMAC's wholesale lending policies and procedures for its $16 billion book of business after Bill uncovered one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history involving $6 billion in loans. Bill's experiences and knowledge are a significant addition to the masterQueue team.

 

 

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EDSO - Thrive with 10-35 Seeking Donation for Paradise Fire First Responders

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[Janine D'Agostini.  Img: Butte County Patch and Badge. Insert Janine D'Agostini with EDC Sheriff John D'Agostini]
 
Dear Friends,

Please join El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and Thrive with 10-35 in collecting some very specific items for the First Responders in Butte County.

Nearly 90 law enforcement officers and first responders have lost their homes as a result of the Camp Fire. Although no more devastating than any other losses, these first responders and their families have had to go through all the same trauma & loss while continuing to work to protect the community they serve.

These are the items that have been requested at this time.

UNIFORMS.............. 
Sheriff (tan & green) police, fire... if you have any extra uniforms, You can donate to First Responders in Butte County, they need to be clean and please remove patches- Bring to locations listed below.

Additionally, they are needing NEW pillows, pillow cases, cozy blankets, sweat pants & sweat shirts, all sizes, new socks and new coats for these families.

You can send monitory donations and gift cards directly to:

Butte County Sheriffs Mounted Posse- BCSMP P.O. Box 903 Chico, Ca 95927

You can drop items off at the El Dorado County Sheriff’s office Lobby: 
300 Fair Lane, 
Placerville, Ca. 95667

Bombshell Hair & make up Lounge:
1234 Broadway, suite D. (Behind Starbucks)

In Amador County:
D'Agostini Real Estate office (next to Pokerville Market in Plymouth)
9252 Plymouth, CA. 95669

You can drop off until noon next Tuesday; 11-20-19

We are so grateful to everyone for reaching out, in any way! It all helps show love, compassion and unity to those who need it so much at this time.

Thank you!
Have a Blessed Day!
Janine D'Agostini

EDSO & Thrive with 10-35 Family

 

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Sheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 11-22-18

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[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of NOVEMBER 22, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

BRANT    JAMES    ALEXANDER    M
PV    20181122    RELEASED    29    E
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,000.00

CONNOR    JEREMIAH    CAHILL    M
PV    20181122    RELEASED    24    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

PETER        DELL    M
PV    20181122    INCUSTODY    47    E
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00

GRAHM    WILLIAM    JONES    M
LT    20181122    RELEASED    44    S
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $15,000.00
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $26,000.00
14601.2(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DUI:VIO    $2,000.00

ORLEY    SIMCHA    MOSHE    F
PV    20181122    RELEASED    33    P
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $5,000.00
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $5,000.00

RAYMOND    CUTHBERT    NATTRASS    M
PV    20181122    INCUSTODY    28    E
1170(H)(5)    F    MCS VIOLATION    

IAN    DEVON    RAWLIN    M
PV    20181122    INCUSTODY    26    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $10,000.00
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $10,000.00

JORDAN    ENRIGHT    SCHULZ    F
PV    20181122    INCUSTODY    34    P
602(O)    M    TRESPAS:REFUSE LEAVE PROP    $2,000.00

PABLO        SOSA MONTOYA    M
PV    20181122    RELEASED    37    E
273.5    F    INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/COHAB    $50,000.00
422(A)    M    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    $25,000.00

SHANE    BRENT    WALLER    M
PV    20181122    RELEASED    28    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 11/22/2018

@ 0009 647(F) PC DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOH \ COACH LN, CAMERON PARK EG1810454
A MALE SUBJECT WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNABLE TO CARE FOR HIS OWN WELLBEING AND PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR INTOXICATION PURPOSES ONLY. NO FURTHER PROCEEDINGS REQUESTED.
S01 ARRESTED WALLER, SHANE SEX=M AGE=28

@ 0306 INFO IN SNOW TOW \ LAKE TAHOE BL, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1810456
S01 SEX= SUSPECT AGE=0

@ 0714 27491 GC CORONER INVEST \ SOUTH LAKE TAHO EM1810457
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 48

@ 1715 13700 IN VERBAL DISPUTE \ COVELLO CR, CAMERON PARK EG1810461
A REPORT OF A VERBAL DISPUTE

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.
 

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Bail Industry Mobilizes to overturn Senate Bill 10

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It appears likely that voters will have a say over the future of bail in California.

An industry-funded campaign to overturn Senate Bill 10, which would eliminate money bail, has collected more than 600,000 signatures to qualify a referendum for the November 2020 ballot. It needs to submit just 366,000 valid signatures from registered voters by Nov. 26.

Campaign manager Jeff Flint said they are “going through our own internal validation process” right now and plan to submit the signatures in about a week. “We’re very confident,” Flint said.

SB 10, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in August, would replace the traditional bail system with “risk assessments” of individuals and non-monetary conditions of release.

Supporters hailed the law, which is set to take effect next October and goes further than any other state in the country to remove money from pretrial detention, as a landmark step for economic equity in the criminal justice system. But bail bondsmen, facing an existential threat, immediately launched the referendum drive. If it appears on the 2020 ballot, SB 10 will be placed on hold, buying the industry at least one more year, even if voters ultimately uphold the new law.]
 
It appears likely that voters will have a say over the future of bail in California.

An industry-funded campaign to overturn Senate Bill 10, which would eliminate money bail, has collected more than 600,000 signatures to qualify a referendum for the November 2020 ballot. It needs to submit just 366,000 valid signatures from registered voters by Nov. 26.

Campaign manager Jeff Flint said they are “going through our own internal validation process” right now and plan to submit the signatures in about a week. “We’re very confident,” Flint said.

SB 10, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed in August, would replace the traditional bail system with “risk assessments” of individuals and non-monetary conditions of release.

Supporters hailed the law, which is set to take effect next October and goes further than any other state in the country to remove money from pretrial detention, as a landmark step for economic equity in the criminal justice system. But bail bondsmen, facing an existential threat, immediately launched the referendum drive. If it appears on the 2020 ballot, SB 10 will be placed on hold, buying the industry at least one more year, even if voters ultimately uphold the new law.

 

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A Winter Storm Over the Weekend

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[NWS, Issued 0816Z Nov 23, 2018]

.Pacific storm systems continue to produce heavy snow in higher elevations and heavy rain along the West Coast, with flash flooding and debris flows possible over burn scars. 

... Widespread precipitation to impact the western U.S., with flash flooding and debris flows possible over burn scars...

Multiple frontal systems along with upper level disturbances will move across the western U.S. over the next few days. This will bring an increased amount of precipitation in the area--with rain in the lower elevations and snow in the higher elevations of the Pacific Northwest, northern California, and across the Intermountain West. Although this rainfall is beneficial particularly for northern California since it had been so dry, burn scars from the fires could create hazardous weather and lead to flash flooding. In addition, debris flows are also a hazard. This widespread precipitation is expected to last through Saturday morning. Furthermore, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for today across the higher elevations of the Cascades, Sierra Nevada mountain range, and across the Intermountain West as heavy snow will impact these areas. 

Detailed forecast for the

Motherlode

Today - Rain. Highs 48 to 54. Prevailing south winds 5 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph.

Tonight - Heavy rain showers. Lows 43 to 53. Prevailing south winds 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday - Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Not as cool. Highs 53 to 63. Prevailing south winds up to 10 mph in the morning becoming light.

Saturday Night - Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Colder. Lows 36 to 50. Light winds.

Sunday - Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. Highs 55 to 63. Light winds.

Sunday Night - Mostly clear. Lows 37 to 49.

Monday - Mostly sunny. Highs 57 to 65.

Monday Night - Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain. Lows 40 to 52.

Tuesday - Rain likely. Highs 53 to 63.

Tuesday Night - Rain likely. Lows 37 to 51.

Wednesday - Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs 51 to 61.

Wednesday Night - Rain likely. Lows 37 to 51.

Thursday - Rain likely. Highs 47 to 57. 

 

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10 things we learned from the midterms elections

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[REID WILSON]

1 Show up
2 Be available
3 Go globally viral
4 Go locally viral
5 Define your own electorate, and plan ahead
6 Experiment with GOTV
7 Professionalize your campaign
8 Diversify your inputs
9 Close strong
10 Relax

Running a political campaign is like building a Fortune 500 company: hiring or recruiting dozens, hundreds or thousands of people for a sales force that has just one day — or, with the advent of early voting, only a handful of days — to make the sale.
 
Parties and candidates spent more money on this year’s midterm elections than ever before, battling over thousands of contested races and millions of persuadable voters.
 
Some candidates experimented with new ways to reach voters. Others stuck with the basics, pounding the pavement to reach voters who might not otherwise show up to the polls.
 
We asked more than a dozen campaign managers from some of the most hotly contested races around the country what they learned this year that will inform them in the future — what lessons they took away from this year’s election, and how American political campaigns are changing.
 
Here’s what we learned:
 
Show up
 
For years, the political calculus has held that winning a statewide race in Georgia is all about winning the Atlanta suburbs. Highly educated white voters are persuadable, and they show up.
 
But Stacey Abrams, the Democratic nominee for governor, and Brian Kemp, her Republican rival, both threw out that playbook. Their campaigns deployed staffers and opened offices in rural communities across the country, some of which hadn’t seen a political campaign actually show up for years.
 
“We had put more field staff on the ground than had ever been on the ground in Georgia,” said Lauren Groh-Wagner, Abrams’s campaign manager. “People want to overcomplicate things with media and digital and the rest of it. You still have to also put people on the ground.”
 
In Florida, Gov. Rick Scott (R) had the advantage of a day job that allowed him to travel across the state. Scott made a point to visit every Florida county in the first three months after he kicked off his race, and his constant presence in the Panhandle overseeing the response to Hurricane Michael gave him free media in the race’s closing weeks.
 
“You have to show up, every day. He was in sometimes three to four cities a day talking to voters,” said Scott’s manager, Jackie Schutz Zeckman. “You just have to constantly be on the ground and meeting with people and hearing what they need.”
 
Scott beat Sen. Bill Nelson (D) by a hair, and the results could easily have gone the other way had Scott mismanaged the hurricane response.
 
Be available
 
House Republicans avoided town halls in many districts over the last two years, anxious to avoid confrontations like those Democrats faced after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) passed during President Obama’s tenure.
 
But that opened the door for Democrats like Dean Phillips and Angie Craig in Minnesota, Jason Crow in Colorado and Colin Allred in Texas to accuse their Republican incumbents of failing to listen to their constituents.
 
“There is some tendency to shy away from folks and not do town halls, and not make your candidate really open and accessible and transparent, because it’s harder to control the narrative that way,” said Alex Ball, who managed Crow’s race against Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.). “You can’t shy away from exposing yourself to anyone in the district, be they Democrat, Republican or independent.”
 
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) may be a prime example of that. Though she lost this year, she won her reelection bid six years ago, after she endured hours of angry town hall meetings over the ACA.
 
“What we’re seeing right now in politics is a demand for a new level of accessibility to the public,” Ball said.
 
Go globally viral
 
Easier said than done. But for a handful of candidates this year, viral videos or interviews on new media outlets like NowThis led to a rush of small-dollar donations, money they desperately needed to get their message on television.
 
“While call time and those best practices are always important, having a viral video or having NowThis come out to your district and film your candidate raises a lot of money as well, especially online,” said Zack Carroll, who managed Rep.-elect Andy Kim’s (D-N.J.) race against Rep. Tom MacArthur (R).
 
Some Democrats who went viral raised millions more dollars than any of their recent predecessors, in many cases outspending even their Republican opponents.
 
There’s a lesson there for potential Democratic presidential candidates, too: A strong video presence can help break through a crowded field.
 
“You can’t get distracted by the shiny objects of viral videos,” Carroll warned, but he said: “I don’t know, if you’re running in 2020, if you can run a serious race without a kick-ass intro video.”
 
Go locally viral
 
When Anne Caprara managed then-Rep. Betsy Markey’s (D-Colo.) campaign in 2008, the campaign’s best volunteers wrote dozens of letters to the editors of local newspapers.
 
These days, letter writers are replaced by influencers who tweet, blog or Instagram. The volunteers working for Caprara’s candidate this year, Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker (D), spent some of their time sharing organic content online, from local leaders or supporters who blog about parenting or community issues.
 
“You want people to engage with you online,” Caprara said. “You have to start organizing around organic online content the way we organized around other things.”
 
J.P. Twist, who managed Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s (R) reelection bid, said local newspapers hungry for content can offer an avenue when larger outlets are slower to respond.
 
“Need an op-ed placed and the big guys won’t run it or are dragging their feet? Find the best local [news outlet] with an online version and just get the thing up,” Twist said. “In the age of social media, you can boost the post and get decent mileage out of it.”
 
Define your own electorate, and plan ahead
 
2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign hit its turnout targets in big Florida counties in 2016. She lost the state, in part because President Trump’s campaign found a ton of new voters in more rural parts of the state.

In other places like Nevada, Democrats are the ones who benefit from a big turnout operation. The party went into Election Day with a huge advantage of about 75,000 registered voters, and those voters showed up.
 
“You can’t rely on the ability to persuade soft voters alone,” said Kristin Davison, who ran Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s (R) campaign for governor there. “In a blue state like Nevada, you need to run a minimum $10 million campaign focusing on voter registration alone. If not, there won’t be enough voters left by the election year that are open to persuasion.”
 
Laxalt lost to Democrat Steve Sisolak by 39,000 votes — about half the registration advantage Democrats had built up over years of work.
 
Experiment with GOTV
 
Reliably Democratic voters in Georgia may have gotten used to frequent messages from Stacey Abrams’s campaign popping up on their phones. The campaign used text messaging to raise money, build crowds and even to contact newly registered voters.
 
“We really pushed the bounds of what you can do via text messaging,” Groh-Wagner said. “We did a ton of experimentation, and that was a whole new platform.”
 
Virtually every major campaign in the country experimented with new ways to reach voters by text message, either to get those voters to the polls or to persuade them to listen to a new appeal.
 
“We did a lot of get-out-the-vote with texting,” Rick Scott’s manager Schutz Zeckman said. “It was a new way we could reach out to voters.”
 
Professionalize your campaign
 
Campaigns run on shoestring budgets, and they may not always be the most professional of environments. Booze in desk drawers is not rare in campaign offices.
 
But as budgets and staffs grow, larger campaigns have to operate more like a business.
 
“In the past, campaigns have been run as these ad hoc committee things. And nowadays you have to approach this like I’m setting up a very formal business,” Caprara said.
 
Pritzker’s campaign employed a human resources department and labor attorneys who could deal with an employee complaint if one arose. The campaign set guidelines to govern younger staffers who might be used to putting everything in their lives on social media. They held sexual harassment training and sensitivity training.
 
“The culture has changed for the good. This is a job and I should get treated like an employee at any other company,” Caprara said. “The management structure we’ve set up hasn’t always been able to deal with it.”
 
Building a modern campaign also means picking the right staff — people you can trust to do their jobs without too much oversight.
 
“People are the cheapest thing that a campaign buys. The amount that you spend on a salary for someone is minuscule compared with these million-dollar weekly TV buys,” said Peter Hanscom, who managed Sen. Joe Donnelly’s (D-Ind.) reelection bid. “Making sure you surround yourself with people who you are 100 percent confident can do their jobs without your supervision is critical.”
 
Diversify your inputs
 
Pennsylvania Democrats have a rural problem, one that cost them the Keystone State’s electoral votes in 2016. Gov. Tom Wolf (D), the only Democrat up for reelection this year in a red state, wanted to know what rural voters were thinking, and to let them know he heard them.
 
Wolf’s campaign broadened the number of ways they could hear from voters. Beyond the traditional polls, they conducted both in-person and online focus groups, message-tested Facebook posts and spent time talking to voters in areas that favored President Trump in 2016.
 
“We knew we could not confine ourselves to traditional research, rather we diversified how we heard from voters, and this helped inform our communication,” Wolf’s manager, Jeff Sheridan, said in an email. “A key lesson learned as a campaign is to diversify the research you do in order to hear directly from voters and to not be afraid to experiment.”
 
Wolf won by 17 points, and he won six counties that Trump had carried in 2016.
 
Close strong
 
Danny Kazin, who managed Rep. Jacky Rosen’s (D-Nev.) winning bid against Sen. Dean Heller (R), said his team spent money on late focus groups to try to understand how voters viewed the campaign as it unfolded, therefore crafting a message in the final stretch.
 
“Plan to close with your strongest message, especially in your most crowded media markets. Even if you've litigated it earlier in the campaign, late undecided voters should hear the message that penetrates the most right before they vote,” Kazin said in an email.
 
For Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), that strongest message was all about projecting calm, even as her opponent accused her of treason.
 
“It’s hard to sit back and let the other side overreach, but they will and they did,” said Andrew Piatt, Sinema’s manager. “We had spent months laying down a very strong, positive argument about Sinema’s independence that our opponents could not easily uproot.”
 
Relax
 
Did President Trump just tweet about your candidate? Is the local paper about to run a negative story? Did your opponent take some outrageous swipe at you?
 
Chill out. This too shall pass.
 
“Campaigns are a long game,” says Justin Barasky, who managed Sen. Sherrod Brown’s (D-Ohio) reelection bid. “What seems like the end of the world in one hour of one day of one month of a two-year cycle is almost always fixable, and not as big of a deal as it seems.”
 
One good way to put things in perspective, Hanscom said, is to find a stable of friends and relatives who aren’t plugged into the campaign. If they haven’t heard of some minor scandal that’s lighting your hair on fire, it’s probably not a big deal.
 
“It’s so easy to get yourself worked up into a frenzy over something that isn’t even registering with people,” Hanscom said.

BY The Hill

 

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Commentary - The threat of more catastrophic fires is a certainty

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[Ray Nutting]

Over the last 140 years of curtailment of natural fire has built the fuel loads in our forest now causing these catastrophic fires.

Prior to pre-settlement each acre had around 50 huge trees per acre. Today, each acre has more than 1000. Along with these 1000 trees includes hardwoods, brush, and grass. 

When fires came through the pre-settlement forest it cleaned the ground and allowed the trees to flourish. Now a fire can't be stopped! These fires consume everything including our lives and homes. 

There is an answer and it will take a lot of hard work. Learning how to truly live with nature and get our forest back to fire-resiliency will take time. 

Education is the process of learning what to do. And, the work that is needed to accomplish our goal will take decades. We need to get started today. 

Our State and Federal governments needs to fund their forest educational programs and fuels reduction programs quickly. We need to identify work forces and develop forest products that will enhance the forest fire-resiliency. 

Using inmate labor not only to fight fire but to reduce fuel loads is very possible and we can quickly start. We can get the CCC and Amari-core programs up and running working with others to accomplish the same goals. 

Each of us that live in the forest can: get rid of much of our brush; space our trees so each of its tops have space; limb up branch above 12 feet; and truly create a fire safe ring around our homes. 

Finally, the day will come when fires become our friend again and not the enemy.

 

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Christmas lights ON


HArt Lounge Closing Party

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[H.Art Lounge]

Saturday, Nov. 24th
8pm Karaoke

Come enjoy the H.Art Lounge Closing Party.

"We gave it our all. Let me honor you with one final party."

Everything must go sale!
Furnishing, appliances, sound system, etc. 

Beer and Wine... let's drink it all!

We have one more month of rent to pay, let's make it happen."
 
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H.ART Lounge
304 Main St, Placerville, California 95667

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Sheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 11-23-18

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[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of NOVEMBER 23, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

TAMIE    ELIZABETH    FERRALL    F
PV    20181123    RELEASED    56    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

MELISSA    MARIE    GUILMETTE    F
LT    20181123    RELEASED    36    S
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

MATTHEW    RAYMOND    HAMILTON    M
LT    20181123    INCUSTODY    43    S
273.6(A)    M    VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES VIOL    $25,000.00

STEVEN    JOHN    HATHAWAY    M
PV    20181123    INCUSTODY    56    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $100,000.00
484(A)    M    THEFT OF PERSONAL PROP    $100,000.00

KENNETH        JEFFREY    M
PV    20181123    RELEASED    29    E
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $7,500.00

BRANDON    DOUGLAS    JOHNSON    M
PV    20181123    INCUSTODY    37    E
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    

LINDSAY    MICHELLE    JULIEN    F
PV    20181123    RELEASED    31    E
273A(A)    F    CHILD CRUELTY:POS INJ/DTH    $25,000.00
273A(A)    M    CHILD CRUELTY:POS INJ/DTH    $5,000.00

TIMOTHY    EDISON    LONGMAN    M
PV    20181123    INCUSTODY    36    E
314.1    M    INDECENT EXPOSURE    $25,000.00

LUKE    AUSTIN    LONGSTREET    M
PV    20181123    INCUSTODY    34    P
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $6,000.00
4573    F    BRING CNTL SUB/ETC JAIL    $50,000.00

MALLORY    JADE    LONGSTREET    F
PV    20181123    RELEASED    32    P
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $10,000.00

CRAIG    TIM    TEMPLIN    M
PV    20181123    RELEASED    56    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

JOHN    ANDREW    TORRES    M
PV    20181123    RELEASED    25    E
273.6(A)    M    VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES VIOL    $25,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

CHARLES    RYAN    WHEELER    M
PV    20181123    RELEASED    31    E
602.1(A)    M    TRESPASS PUBLIC BUSINESS    $2,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $7,500.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 11/23/2018

@ 0005 4600(A) PC DAMAGE JAIL/PRISON/E \ AL TAHOE BL, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1810464
COUNTY PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED WHILE BEING USED WITHIN THE JAIL.
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=35

@ 0335 459 PC BURGLARY \, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1810465
COMMERICAL BURGLARY

@ 0810 14211 PC MISSING PERSONS \, CAMERON PARK EG1810466
MISSING PERSON WAS LOCATED.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =67

@ 0937 273.6(A) PC VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES \, EL DORADO HILLS EG1810468
MALE AND FEMALE CONTACTED MALE SUBJECT ARRESTED.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 25
S01 ARRESTED TORRES, JOHN SEX=M AGE=25

@ 1224 594(A)(1) PC VANDALISM:DEFACE PRO \ VOLO MINE DR, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1810470
VICTIM REPORTED VANDALISM TO A VEHICLE.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =23

@ 1342 13700 IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE \, CAMERON PARK EG1810471
DOMESTIC DISPUTE REPORT

@ 1400 28 VC REPOSSESSION \ DIAMOND MEADOWS WY, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1810472
REPOSSESSION

@ 1529 14205 PC MISSING PERSON \, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1810474
AN ELDERLY FEMALE WAS REPORTED MISSING AND LOCATED.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 85

@ 1704 647(F) PC DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOH \ MOTHER LODE DR, PLACERVILLE EG1810479
A MALE SUBJECT WAS CONTACTED AND ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION.
S01 ARRESTED TEMPLIN, CRAIG SEX=M AGE=56

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

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Placerville School Board Member Runs for Congress

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[Sean Frame, Crowdpac]
 
MY STORY:

I moved to Placerville 10 years ago because I love the sense of community that exists here.  I wasn’t born here, but I chose this as the place where my sons would grow up, where I would run my business, and where I would grow old.  It was a great decision.

I have served on the Board of Trustees for Placerville Union School District for the last seven years. This responsibility has taught me that most issues cut across political and ideological boundaries and that solutions can be found when we keep our focus on serving the people we represent.  Using the experience I have gained finding solutions for the children of our community, I will build coalitions and find solutions to the great challenges we face as a district and as a nation.

I am running for Congress in California District 4 because the people of our District should have the opportunity to vote for someone who lives here, who will listen to their concerns, work hard to meet their needs, and will clearly address the issues that affect us while offering tangible and fiscally responsible solutions.  Here are some of the issues you can expect to be at the center of my campaign:

-Medicare for All that Includes Keeping and Improving the VA

-Raising the Minimum Wage and Rewarding Hard Work with a Fair Tax Code

-Universal Pre-School

-Free Tuition for College and Career Education

-Increasing the Number of Quality Senior Care and Childcare Providers

-Fixing our Broken Immigration System and Giving Dreamers a Path to Full Citizenship

-Repairing our Crumbling Infrastructure

-Bringing Broadband Internet to our Rural Communities

-Improving Forest Management, Fire Safety, and Emergency Management

My campaign will be completely grassroots, which means my ability to win will hinge upon the support of individual donors. I will not accept ANY corporate PAC money because I believe that would hinder my ability to authentically represent YOU.

My campaign slogan will be the same as my motto when I am elected.   “I work for you.”

Donate: https://www.crowdpac.com/campaigns/389548/sean-frame
 

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2nd Annual Battle of the Badges

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[PR Pond]
 
Join New Morning as we host our 2nd Annual Battle of the Badges - 911 Cook-Off! Watch as 21 First Responders agencies "battle it out" to become the "Best Culinarian in EDC"! Taste test over 21 delectable soups, stews or chili. Enjoy live entertainment from our local talent pool and beer and wine from our local distillerys and vineyards. We will also have many local vendors.

This is a one of a kind event in our county joining Police, Fire, Probation, Retired Marines, CHP...so don't miss it!

Everyone is welcome.

Tickets are $20 online (until noon 2/23/2019) /$25 at the door
Under 12 and under is FREE!

Sponsorships are still available and there is still room for vendors. Space is limited.

This is also the place to register your team.

DATE AND TIME
Sat, February 23, 2019
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST

LOCATION
El Dorado County Fairgrounds (Forni Building)
100 Placerville Drive
Placerville, CA 95667

 

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Sheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 11-24-18

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[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of NOVEMBER 24, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

PATRICIA    DIANN    BEAUCHAMP    F
PV    20181124    RELEASED    67    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $10,000.00

LAUREN    MICHELLE    BOND    F
PV    20181124    INCUSTODY    28    E
11350(A)    M    POSSESS NARCOTIC CNTL SUB    
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    
1320(A)        M    FTA:MISDEMEANOR CHARGE    
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA

WILLIAM    RAY    COULTER    M
PV    20181124    RELEASED    46    E
273.5    F    INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/COHAB    $50,000.00

COLTON    LEE    CURRAN    M
PV    20181124    RELEASED    22    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

VAN    LONG    DINH    M
LP    20181124    INCUSTODY    28    E
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    

DONAJEAN    DUSTIN    FARLEY    F
PV    20181124    RELEASED    49    P
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DRUG    $25,000.00

DAVID    CHARLES    GRAND    M
LT    20181124    INCUSTODY    27    S
211    F    ROBBERY    $50,000.00
594(B)(1)    F    VANDALISM $400 OR MORE    $10,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT:FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $50,000.00

DELANO    WESLEY    GRUBBS    M
LT    20181124    INCUSTODY    27    S
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $7,500.00

ERIC    JEAN    GUILLOT    M
LT    20181124    RELEASED    57    E
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    
273A(B)    M    WILLFUL CRUELTY TO CHILD    

ERIC    GEAN    GUILLOT    M
LT    20181124    RELEASED    57    E

ASHLEY    ELAINE    KAISER    F
PV    20181124    RELEASED    24    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

STEFANI    MARIE    KERN    F
LT    20181124    INCUSTODY    29    S
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $15,000.00

JAMES    ANTHONY    LACEY III    M
PV    20181124    RELEASED    36    E
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $15,000.00

ANTHONY        ROSS    M
PV    20181124    INCUSTODY    34    P
3056    F    VIOLATION OF PAROLE:FEL    
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

SHEER    MOHAMMAD    SADAQI    M
PV    20181124    RELEASED    52    E
273.6(A)    M    VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES VIOL    

AZREALE    MARIE    SISCO    F
PV    20181124    INCUSTODY    23    E
10851(A)    F    VEHICLE THEFT    $25,000.00
496D(A)    F    POSS STOLEN VEH/VES/ETC    $7,500.00
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $15,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $20,000.00

JOHN    EDWARD    TYLER    M
PV    20181124    INCUSTODY    49    E
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    
30305(A)(1)    F    PROHIB OWN/ETC AMMO/ETC    $20,000.00
21710    M    POSS/ETC COMP/WOOD KNKLES    $2,000.00
148(A)(1)    M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC    $3,000.00

JOURDEN    CAROL    ZEMA    F
PV    20181124    RELEASED    28    E
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $7,500.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 11/24/2018

@ 0651 487(A) PC GRDTHFT:MONEY/LABOR/ \, TAHOE PARADISE EG1810491
DEPUTIES RESPONDED FOR THE REPORT OF A SCAM
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 55
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=0

@ 0715 4000(A)(1 VC NO REG:VEH/TRAILER/E \ COACH LN, CAMERON PARK EG1810490
A SUBJECT WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WITH EXPIRED REGISTRATION
S01 ARRESTED JOHNS, ANGELA SEX=F AGE=42

@ 0804 FOUND IN FOUND PROPERTY \, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1810494
A LICENSE PLATE WAS FOUND.

@ 1116 459.5 PC SHOPLIFTING \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1810498
SUSPECT WAS CAUGHT SHOPLIFTING BY LOSS PREVENTION.
S01 ARRESTED CASTANEDA-HERNDON, LAUREN SEX=F AGE= 23

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@ 1300 13700 IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE \, KELSEY EG1810503
A FEMALE SUBJECT REPORTED A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH HER HUSBAND.

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@ 1550 14601.1(A VC DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ \ HIGHWAY 50 HY, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1810506
AN ADULT MALE WAS CITED AND RELEASED FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE UPON A PUBLIC ROADWAY WITH A SUSPENDED DRIVER'S LICENSE.
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=68

@ 1604 13700 PC VERBAL DISPUTE \ , BASS LAKE EG1810507
VERBAL DISPUTE

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.
 

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The very 1st Snow Shoe Thompson Marathon on Monday Oct. 14, 2019

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[PR Pond]
 
This is a Monday Marathon and is named after the famous mail man who skied the mail over the sierras in the 1800's  from Placerville to Genoa , and is the 4th marathon of the Tahoe Quadzilla. The Hank Monk Marathon starts in Hope Valley surounded by Aspen in full fall color, at the Blue Lakes junction in  CA at 7am and finishes north of  Walley's Hot Springs and close to Genoa, NV. Read about Snow Show Thompson here: http://www.genoanevada.org/snowshoethompson.htm

The is going to be a very fast all downhill marathon and should be a great Boston qualifier. 7382' down to a finish line of 4724'. That is a 2658' elevation drop.

Shuttle buses leave from the South Lake Tahoe Transportation Center (STTC) which is next door to the Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel, and drops off at the Marathon start line. See the shuttle bus schedule printed on the back of your race number for details. Park your car in the free casino parking area at any of the casinos.

Or stay at Walley's Hot Springs or in Gardenerville, NV. 

You will receive:​

- All finishers get a beautiful finishers medal
- All finishers get a license plate holder.
- All registered runners get a beautiful long sleeve technical t-shirt at the expo or finish line, which will be great for you winter training runs. 
- The first man and women will receive an overall award
- Medical attention and aid on the course and finish line
- Shuttle bus service to the start area
- Ultima Replenisher for on-course and finish line drinks
- Roving aid stations

 

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Sheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 11-25-18

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The following people are on the arrest log of NOVEMBER 25, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

GAYLE    LYNN    CAPOZZIELLO    F
PV    20181125    RELEASED    61    E
496(A)    M    REC KNWN STOLN PROP    $2,000.00

NICHOLAS    CHARLES    FIORANE    M
LT    20181125    RELEASED    30    E
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL W/REFUSAL    $15,000.00

ZACHARY    JAMES    FITZPATRICK    M
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    22    E
530.5(A)    F    GET CREDIT/ETC OTHER'S ID    $20,000.00
496(A)    M    REC KNWN STOLN PROP    $2,000.00
25850(A)    F    CRRY LOAD F/ARM:PUB:S/CIR    $50,000.00

DYLAN    RUSSELL    FOOTE    M
LT    20181125    INCUSTODY    34    S
602    M    TRESPASSING    $2,000.00
594(B)(1)    M    VANDALISM $400 OR MORE    $2,000.00
3455    F    POST RELEASE REVOCATION    

DELEE    RENAE    FOSTER    F
PV    20181125    RELEASED    46    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,500.00
22610(A)    M    FELON POSS/ETC STUN GUN    $2,000.00
HANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $2,500.00

SHANNONDOAH        GRAHAM    M
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    40    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $30,500.00
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,500.00

NATALIE    ANN    HUGHES    F
LT    20181125    INCUSTODY    34    S
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00

JOSHUA    MAREN    LYANNAS    M
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    40    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $7,500.00

REED        MCQUILLAN    M
LT    20181125    RELEASED    22    E
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $10,000.00

DUSTIN    THOMAS    MYERS    M
LT    20181125    INCUSTODY    35    S
69    F    OBSTRUCT/RESIST EXEC OFF    $25,000.00
245(C)    F    ADW NOT F/ARM:PO/FIRE:GBI    $100,000.00
211    F    ROBBERY    $50,000.00
243(B)    M    BATT PO/EMERG PRSNL/ETC    $7,500.00
HANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT/ BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $15,000.00

REBECCA    HOPE-DYER    PAGE    F
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    20    E
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00

JACOB    DANIEL    RODGERS    M
LT    20181125    RELEASED    28    E
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00

OCEAN    LEOTA    RUSSO    F
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    32    E
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $20,000.00
4573    F    BRING CNTL SUB/ETC JAIL    $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

BRYAN    ALAN    RYLAND    M
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    43    E
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    $25,000.00
422(A)    F    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    $50,000.00
242    M    BATTERY ON PERSON    $5,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $15,000.00
HANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $10,000.00

SHEER    MOHAMMAD    SADAQI    M
PV    20181125    RELEASED    52    E
273.6(A)    M    VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES VIOL    

DONALD    ROBERT    SOWERS    M
PV    20181125    INCUSTODY    50    I
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC MORE THAN 3 PRIORS    $2,500.00
25850(A)    F    CRRY LOAD F/ARM:PUB:S/CIR    $50,000.00
21310    F    CARRY CON/DIRK OR DAGGER    $10,000.00
550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    

PATRICIA    NMN    SPRIGGS    F
PV    20181125    RELEASED    61    E
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $7,500.00

SHONDA    RAE    TRACY    F
LT    20181125    INCUSTODY    47    E
14601(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:RECKLES    $2,500.00

JOHN    ANTONIO    WHITE    M
PV    20181125    RELEASED    54    E
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 11/25/2018

# 0110 23152(A) VC DUI ALCOHOL \ PIONEER TL, MEYERS EG1810513
KNOWN SUSPECT ARRESTED FOR DUI
S01 ARRESTED FIORANE, NICHOLAS SEX=M AGE=30

# 0202 23152(A) VC DUI ALCOHOL \ LAKE TAHOE BL, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1810514
AN ADULT MALE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
S01 ARRESTED MCQUILLAN, REED SEX=M AGE=22

# 0946 243(E)(1) PC BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DAT, CAMERON PARK EG1810518
A FEMALE WAS ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC BATTERY.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =63
S01 ARRESTED SPRIGGS, PATRICIA SEX=F AGE=61

# 1239 273.5(A) PC CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB \, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1810524
AN ADULT MALE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST FOR FELONY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 24
S01 ARRESTED RODGERS, JACOB SEX=M AGE=28

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# 1530 11377(A) HS POSSESS CNTL SUB \, SHINGLE SPRINGS EG1810526
THE SUSPECT WAS CONTACTED BY SECURITY AND FOUND TO HAVE METHAMPHETAMINE AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
S01 ARRESTED FEDEWA, BRANDI SEX=F AGE=24

# 1537 496(A) PC REC KNWN STOLN PROP \ WETSEL OVIATT RD, EL DORADO HILLS EG1810528
SUBJECT FOUND IN POSSESSION OF STOLEN PROPERTY. SUBJECT ARRESTED.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =66
S01 ARRESTED CAPOZZIELLO, GAYLE SEX=F AGE=61

# 2007 14601(A) VC DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:RE \ HIGHWAY 50 HY, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1810531
A FEMALE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WITH A SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE.
S01 ARRESTED TRACY, SHONDA SEX=F AGE=47 

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.
 

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Vice Mayor of Paradise, Greg Bolin gets 67,000 dollars from Placerville Rotary Club Fundraiser

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[Wendy Thomas]
 
You came out in force, El Dorado County, for the Camp Fire Fundraiser put on by the Placerville Rotary Club. It was wonderful to gather as a community in support of our neighboring community of Paradise. We had the pleasure of meeting the Vice Mayor of Paradise, Greg Bolin, who talked about the immense devastation in Paradise. Here are a few things we learned:

1) 67% of the revenue to run the town of Paradise came from property taxes. That revenue is now greatly diminished.

2) Paradise has no sewer system. Everything was on septic. That is a tremendous challenge, with no money to pay for it. The Town Council is asking for assistance from the Federal and State government.

3) Many of Paradise's residents were renters with no renter's insurance. They have nothing.

4) Paradise had an evacuation plan that worked well. However, it was not equal to the intensity of the fire.

5) A large majority of residents in Paradise were seniors with very few options.

6) Two days before the fire, Paradise passed a half cent sales tax to pay for needed police and city resources. Now, there is no sales tax revenue.

7) The most important thing in rebuilding a community is to open schools and rebuild churches where people gather and find support. Paradise will be figuring out how to do just that.

Greg expressed how your generosity is felt and appreciated.

There are a lot of wonderful local efforts to support Paradise, which is wonderful as the need is SO GREAT.

The proceeds from (Last Nights's) Rotary fundraiser will be channeled to the Paradise Rotary. Well done Placerville Rotary Club. You continue to bless and serve, not only our community, but our neighbors.

See Video Here https://www.facebook.com/wendy.mattson.3/videos/2064145966978681/

 

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Sheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 11-26-18

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[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of NOVEMBER 26, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

ANISH    SEN    ARJUN    M
PV    20181126    INCUSTODY    28    E
470(D)    M    FALSE CHECKS/REC/CERT/ETC    
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    $10,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    

JORDAN    DOMINIC    ASCENCIO    M
PV    20181126    INCUSTODY    21    E
69    F    OBSTRUCT/RESIST EXEC OFF    $25,000.00
11550    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

BELLOTTO    CLAUDIO    M    20181126    INCUSTODY    23152(B)    M - DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT

JAMES    ADAM    CUMMINS    M
PV    20181126    INCUSTODY    30    E
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION

KYLAH    NICOLE    HESLIN NEMES    F
LT    20181126    INCUSTODY    26    E
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $15,000.00

LAWLER    MITCHELL    M    20181126    INCUSTODY    23152(B)    M - DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT
    
ALEX    MICHAEL    MARTINEZ    M
LT    20181126    RELEASED    21    S
22010    F    MFG/SALE/POSSESS NUNCHAKU    $25,000.00

GEMA    ANGELICA    MARTINEZ CASTRO    F
LT    20181126    RELEASED    22    T
14604(A)    M    OWN LET UNLICENSD OPR VEH    $2,000.00
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00

MORGAN    ANDREW    MERRITT    M
LT    20181126    RELEASED    37    S
602    M    TRESPASSING    $2,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

DANIEL    HERRERA    OLIVARES    M
PV    20181126    RELEASED    22    I
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    $5,000.00

EDGAR    EFRAIN    PALOMINOS    M
LT    20181126    RELEASED    24    T
11350(A)    M    POSSESS NARCOTIC CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $10,000.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,500.00

PAUL    DAVID    PRUITT    M
LT    20181126    RELEASED    54    S
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $15,000.00

JOHN    CASTELLON    RAMOS    M
PV    20181126    RELEASED    53    P
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    

JORGE        ROLANDO    M
PV    20181126    INCUSTODY    34    E
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $50,000.00

CHRISTOPHER    JOHN    SAUVAGEAU    M
PV    20181126    INCUSTODY    37    E
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB

GEORGE    PHILLIP    VASQUEZ    M
PV    20181126    INCUSTODY    32    E
29800(A)(1)    F    FELON/ETC POSS/ETC F/ARM    
475(A)    F    POS/ETC BAD/ETC CHEKS/ETC    
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    

ANDREW    ALEXANDER    WEBER    M
PV    20181126    RELEASED    46    E
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    $25,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 11/26/2018

@ 0746 422(A) PC THRTN CRIME:INT:TERR \ EL DORADO HILLS EG1810536
AN INFORMATION REPORT REGARDING THREATS MADE ONLINE

@ 0823 594(A) PC VANDALISM \ WIND WY, EL DORADO EG1810537
INFORMATION REPORT
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =29

@ 1000 13700(A) IN DOMESTIC DISPUTE \ GRIZZLY FLATS EG1810539
ARGUMENT WITH HIS WIFE REGARDING HER TAKING THEIR VEHICLE TO THE STORE.

@ 1021 530 PC PERSONATE GET MONEY/ \ RACOON TL, POLLOCK PINES EG1810538
SUSPECT(S) STOLE THE VICTIM'S CHECK. THE SUSPECT(S) USED THE VICTIM'S ACCOUNT NUMBER TO MAKE A NEW CHECK AND CASHED IT. THE VICTIM SUSTAINED A FINANCIAL LOSS.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 64

@ 1210 69 PC OBSTRUCT/RESIST EXEC \ CAMERON PARK DR, CAMERON PARK EG1810548
A MALE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AND MAKING THREATS TO A PEACE OFFICER.
S01 ARRESTED ASCENCIO, JORDAN SEX=M AGE=21

@ 1304 488 PC PETTY THEFT \ GARDEN CR, CAMERON PARK EG1810546
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED PETTY THEFT.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =40

@ 1325 488 PC PETTY THEFT \ INDUSTRIAL DR, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1810545
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED PETTY THEFT.

@ 1348 488 PC PETTY THEFT \ CAMERON RD, SHINGLE SPRINGS EG1810543
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED PETTY THEFT.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =53

@ 1400 488 PC PETTY THEFT \ RIESLING WY, CAMERON PARK EG1810544
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM VICTIM REPORTED PETTY THEFT.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =44

@ 1409 459 PC BURGLARY \ PATTERSON WY, EL DORADO HILLS EG1810542
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED BURGLARY.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =36

@ 1421 245(A)(1) PC ADW NOT FIREARM \ NEWTOWN RD, PLACERVILLE EG1810553
THE VICTIM WAS IN AN ARGUMENT WITH THE SUSPECT WHEN THE SUSPECT POINTED A B.B. GUN TOWARDS HIS FACE AND DISCHARGED TWO ROUNDS.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =56
S01 ARRESTED WEBER, ANDREW SEX=M AGE=46

@ 1455 FOUND IN FOUND PROPERTY \ CAMERON PARK DR, CAMERON PARK EG1810557
A RESTAURANT EMPLOYEE LOCATED A BAG OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESTAURANT THAT CONTAINED DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. THE ITEMS WERE COLLECTED AND BOOKED INTO PROPERTY.

@ 1526 10.12.210 CO VEHICLE ABATEMENT \ BLACK BART CT, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE EG1810551
VEHCILE ABATEMENT.

@ 2100 28 VC REPOSSESSION \ PERRY CREEK RD, SOMERSET EG1810564
REPOSSESSION

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@ 2235 23152(A)/ VC DUI ALCOHOL \ JAMES AV, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE EG1810567
AN ADULT FEMALE WAS ARRESTED FOR DUI
S01 ARRESTED HESLIN NEMES, KYLAH SEX=F AGE=26 

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

 

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Another Round of Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow

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[PR Pond - NWS]
 
Heavy precipitation is expected in California over the next few days with very heavy snowfall in the Sierra-Nevada.  A very wet pattern is in store for much of the West over the next few days, including the Pacific Northwest, California.

Colder temperatures continues to cross the West Coast and well inland across the Intermountain region. Very heavy snowfall is expected across the Sierra-Nevada with multi-day totals of as much as 2 to 4 feet with isolated heavier amounts over the highest peaks. 

The Weather Prediction Center has highlighted a Marginal Risk of excessive rainfall for portions of northwest California through tonight. Rainfall amounts locally of as much as 2 to 4 inches will be possible.

Detailed forecast for Motherlode

Today

Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain in the morning, then rain in the afternoon. Highs 51 to 63. Prevailing south winds up to 10 mph.

Tonight

Rain showers. Lows 43 to 53. Prevailing southeast winds up to 10 mph.

Wednesday

Rain showers likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs 50 to 60. Prevailing south winds up to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night

Rain likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then heavy rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Lows 40 to 52. Prevailing southeast winds up to 15 mph.

Thursday

Rain showers. Highs 47 to 57. Prevailing south winds 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Colder. Lows 35 to 47.

Friday

Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs 44 to 56.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain. Lows 33 to 43.

Saturday

Rain likely. Highs 40 to 52.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers. Colder. Lows 28 to 42.

Sunday And Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers. Highs 41 to 52. Lows 26 to 41.

Monday

Partly cloudy. Highs 45 to 55. 

 

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Shattered By The Darkness - Powerful book by a humble man on a mission

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[CAREY S. SIPP (ACES CONNECTION STAFF)]

Gregory Williams, PhD, will help change the world by taking this book into medical schools and teaching physicians and nurses about the root cause of most adult illness: childhood trauma.

I just read this book in one sitting, save one hot tea refill. I could not stop reading it. Even though there were some passages that evoked anxiety, I couldn’t stop reading it, as I so wanted to learn more about this remarkable man and how he earned a PhD, had a normal family life, and earned the respect and confidence of physicians and other healthcare professionals.

This book is an amazing read. Greg’s writing is vivid. That he self-published the book is testament to his willingness to do whatever it takes to help himself and others heal. I wondered about his dad. What prompted this man to abuse a small child daily? Sometimes twice a day? To try to destroy an adolescent? To try to control and bend a young man to the breaking point? I wonder what pain his father had, or what from his past would compel such behavior?

Greg’s compassion toward his dying father gives insight into his ability to heal, to somehow stay in the moment and heal. In the book, he relates a long, healing talk with his father that ended with a statement of forgiveness, about which Greg says, "Immediately when I said those words, something happened inside my mind and body. There was a sense of letting a huge weight off my back." 

Though I have heard them again and again, I remain stunned by the statistics of the number of children who are sexually abused: one in six boys; one in four girls. And we wonder why there is so much depression, suicide, violence, domestic abuse.

I hope getting this book into the light, and Greg using his leadership position at Baylor College of Medicine, where he is an administrator, will raise awareness among doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers, and teachers of the need to learn and teach all professions about the devastating consequences of childhood trauma. That Greg is still alive with an adverse childhood experiences score of 8, is remarkable. Childhood trauma kills and makes people want to die. Greg helps get this point across by sharing about his heart surgery and challenges with suicidality, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, sleeplessness, and perfectionism.

This is a powerful book by a humble man willing to be of service to prevent what happened to him from being repeated. I hope his audience is wide, loyal, accepting, and encouraging. He will change the world by taking this book into medical schools and teaching physicians and nurses about the root cause of most adult illness: childhood trauma. He understands and makes clear that while the sexual abuse was the most dramatic part of the trauma, that the secrecy, isolation, neglect, verbal, and other physical abuse was deadly as well. I deeply admire and respect this work, and wish Greg and his family success and peace on their healing journey. Greg truly is helping to prevent and heal childhood trauma, and to build resilience.

Note: A blog about Gregory Williams' sharing his story with physicians was posted on ACEs Connections in September, and is accessible here.

 

 

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PG&E May Not Survive Latest Wildfire Without More State Help

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[Chris Reed, Public CEO] Originally posted at Cal Watchdog.

How much of wildfire costs not covered by insurance should be paid by California’s giant investor-owner utilities has been a significant issue since at least 2007. That’s when wildfires ravagednorthern and eastern San Diego County, killing two people and destroying more than 1,300 homes.

San Diego Gas & Electric argued that it should be allowed to pass on $379 million in related costs. But the California Public Utilities Commission and state courts – noting the evidence that poorly maintained equipment had been blamed for much of the damage in two state investigations – have rebuffed SDG&E. The utility’s most recent setback came just last week when the state 4th District Court of Appeal in San Diego rejected a call to overturn previous rulings.

But during SDG&E’s long fight for a utility-favorable interpretation of liability laws, the debate has become far more high-profile. With six of California’s all-time 10 worst wildfires occurring since September 2015 in areas served by Pacific Gas & Electric and Southern California Edison, the question of what to do to keep the state’s two largest investor-owned utilities in business has emerged as one of the thorniest, most contentious issues in Sacramento.

Now, with Northern California reeling from its deadliest fire ever in Butte County, and with a large area of Ventura County and northwest Los Angeles County ravaged in the past two weeks, PG&E and Edison are confronted with a perverse twist on their successful efforts to get the Legislature to give them relief from huge wildfire costs.

Law protecting utilities doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1

Senate Bill 901 – the main measure passed in late summer to insulate utilities from the extreme costs of fires – doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1. That means its provisions to limit utilities’ liabilities if it could be shown they properly maintained their equipment in fire-prone wilderness areas won’t help PG&E or Edison with this fall’s blazes.

Instead, the old standard that led to negative rulings against SDG&E will be used in assessing damages. Given that utilities’ equipment is blamed for helping start the latest round of wildfires, that could be apocalyptic for the finances of PG&E. As of Monday afternoon, the Camp Fire had killed 77, with nearly 1,000 people unaccounted for, and torched 151,000 acres and nearly 13,000 structures.

In the Woolsey fire northeast of Los Angeles, three people have died, while more than 96,000 acres and 1,400-plus structures have burned.

In coming days, the focus is likely to be on how many of the missing in the Camp Fire are dead. It could end up as one of the five deadliest natural disasters in the United States in this century – nearly as lethal as Hurricane Katrina.

But eventually the focus will return to whether PG&E can survive the latest conflagrations even as it deals with potential losses in the billions from previous fires – and how much more state lawmakers and Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom should do to help the utility survive in its present condition.

Its company valuation plunged by more than one-third after the severity of the Camp fire became evident, only to jump somewhat late last week after the president of the state Public Utilities Commission offered supportive comments.

“It’s not good policy to have utilities unable to finance the services and infrastructure the state of California needs,” Michael Picker told Bloomberg News. “They have to have stability and economic support to get the dollars they need right now.”

PG&E has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy before, in April 2001, when the utility was squeezed by sky-high energy costs after the blackouts of winter 2000-2001. It emergedfrom bankruptcy three years later.

Lawmakers have little goodwill for ‘criminal’ PG&E

But a huge scandal since then has left Northern California lawmakers with less goodwill toward the 113-year-old utility, whatever Picker’s views and whatever their willingness to pass SB901.

In 2010, a PG&E transmission line exploded in the San Francisco suburb of San Bruno, leaving eight dead and destroying 38 homes. In 2017, a federal judge found the utility guilty of five felonies for its failings to safely maintain the gas line, and a sixth felony for obstructing the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into the disaster.

Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, routinely refers to PG&E as a “criminal” institution. Last week, he renewed his call to break up the utility, saying it could no longer be trusted to act in the interest of public safety.

PG&E shares closed at $23.26 in Monday trading. That was down 58 percent from its 52-week high of $55.66.

 

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