Camino Man Charged with Sexually Abusing Girls
<Rodney Brown, Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office>CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. — An El Dorado County man has been charged with sexually abusing three underage girls, authorities...
View ArticlePrescribed Fire on Private Lands Workshops Oct. 8 and Oct. 10
<UC Cooperative Extension>Placerville, CA, October 1, 2019 – University of California Cooperative Extension will be hosting two one-day workshops in October 2019 designed for landowners and land...
View ArticleOpinion: Capital SouthEast Connector Expressway may be the key to regional...
<George Booth> Recalling back to December 1996, there was a heavy snow over the hills and up to the top of the Cosumnes River watershed.Just before New Year’s Day it began to rain — it was...
View ArticleAppellate Court Ruled Aganst County Employee Workers’ Compensation Claim
<PRpond>3rd DCA Rejects Workers’ Compensation claim by Employee Assaulted by Mental Health PatientA California appellate court ruled that a county employee failed to assert a viable claim for...
View ArticleSheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 10-2-19
Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.[PR Pond]ELIJAH BOHR JN1904331 ELIJAH DAVID BOHR M...
View ArticleWatercraft Inspection Stations Closing for the Season
<Chris Larson>Stateline, NV – This week marks the last full week of operations for watercraft inspection stations as we transition into Fall. As of Oct. 1, watercraft inspection operations will...
View Article‘Bijou Bash’ coming back to Tahoe this October 19th
<PR Pond>South Lake Tahoe, CA- The City of South Lake Tahoe is bringing back the Bijou Bash this year. The family-friendly event will be held in Bijou Park and is intended to be a fun community...
View ArticleEl Dorado County Fair & Event Center
ROCK & GEMS | CRAB FEED | SPEEDWAY | HANGTOWN MUSIC | CONTACT USFall at the FairgroundsIt is a busy time here at the Fairgrounds. We have something going on every weekend from now...
View ArticleHistoric Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Stocking Event at Lake Tahoe - October 5, 2019
<Chris Larson> Good afternoon, I want to share this information from our partners at the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. USFWS will conduct a historic stocking of Lahontan Cutthroat...
View ArticleSheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 10-3-19
Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.[PR Pond]HECTOR ARIAS-ZAAVEDRA JN1904347 HECTOR...
View ArticleCommunity Advisory Teams Wanted in 3 Local Areas
<Carla B. Hass> El Dorado County is now accepting applications from residents, business owners and others who are interested in being part of one of three Community Advisory Teams that will...
View ArticleSheriff's Arrest and Activity Log for 10-4-19
Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.[PR Pond]CRAIG ATKINSON JN1904363 CRAIG MATTHEW...
View ArticleOpinion - Taxing the Life Out of Us with Cemetery Tax
<Sandy Rebol> Hey there, neighbors..... I received this notice in the mail yesterday. It states that our illustrious Board of Supervisors think we have more than enough money in this county and...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty To Bank Robbery Spree Including Pollock Pines and South...
<CBS San Francisco>... Federal prosecutors announced that Duane Kurt Makela, 50, pleaded guilty Thursday to ten armed bank robberies, seven unarmed bank robberies, and two attempted bank...
View ArticleCannabis businesses not allowed under Meyers Area Plan, for now
<Paula Peterson, South Tahoe Now>MEYERS, Calif. - El Dorado County has opened the online availability of pre-applications and applications for commercial cannabis use permits and annual operating...
View ArticlePoetry Events in October
<Arts and Culture El Dorado>Poetry Off-the-Shelves in PlacervilleWednesday, October 9, 5-7 pmEl Dorado County Library345 Fair Lane, PlacervillePoetry open read-around in which you can bring your...
View ArticleShields and Sjostrom join BLM’s Mother Lode Field Office
<BLM>EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – Elizabeth Meyer-Shields and Josh Sjostrom have joined the Bureau of Land Management’s Mother Lode Field Office as the new field manager and assistant field manager,...
View ArticleOnline photo of riderless horse spurs unanswered question: is it real or a hoax?
<GUY MCCARTHY, THE UNION DEMOCRAT>... Kimberly Weick-Machado, who runs Lazy Horse Ranch in Placerville, shared social media posts Friday with The Union Democrat. She emailed the posts and said,...
View ArticleElections Department Open House
<Carla Hass>Public can tour a “vote center,” cast ballot in mock election.WHAT: An all-day open house to educate the public about the new voting system that will be used in March, 2020.WHEN:...
View ArticleCops Say Cali 'Safe Neighborhoods' Law Gave Criminals Never-Before-Seen Boldness
<COMMENTARY - Jared Harris>A California law designed to ease prison overcrowding is only emboldening criminals, according to police.While supporters of the law disagree, facts seem to back up...
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