Lotus News

The third-grader from Lotus in El Dorado County is one of the youngest people to make the swim.

A brave 9-year-old girl jumped into the chilly waters of San Francisco Bay Monday to swim from Alcatraz to Crissy Beach.

This image provided by NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows a meteor over Reno Nevada Sunday April 2. The former space rock-turned-flaming-meteor entered Earth s atmosphere around 8 in the morning.

A UC Davis, geologist is appealing for public help in tracking down pieces of the meteorite that blew up over El Dorado County on April 22.

Mosquito Bridge is part of the course for the inaugural Motherlode Century bike race, Sunday May 20, 2012 in Northern California.

These aren't horse droppings - they're fragments of the Sutter's Mill meteorite fall collected two days after the fall.

Scientists believe the meteorites may hold answers to unsolved mysteries about our solar system and the origins of molecules necessary for life.

Northern California has more than its share of trail races. But a new one that will take place on May 19, called the Coloma River Run, will have several unusual twists: • It will be a charity trail race, benefitting Type 1 diabetes.

A close-up of the Sutter's Mill Meteorite, a fragment from a daytime fireball that exploded over parts of California and Nevada on April 22, 2012.

But that is the drama unfolding in and around the community of Lotus, Calif., along the South Fork of the American River in El Dorado County.

But that is the drama unfolding in and around the community of Lotus, Calif., along the South Fork of the American River in El Dorado County.

Since a fireball shot across the sky and exploded April 22, scattering a rare type of meteorite over California's Gold Country, these hills have drawn a new rush of treasure seekers.

Robert Ward shows a nugget found in Lotus, Calif. It's one of many space rocks that rained over California's gold country last month.

Brenda Salveson is one lucky mom -- a meteorite landed in her lap and now the Lotus, Calif., resident can expect to become $20,000 richer for her lucky find.

Brenda Salveson found a meteorite potentially worth $20,000 in a local park where she brings her kids and dog, a local TV station in Sacramento reports.

Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada foothills for meteorite fragments that may hold clues to extraterrestrial life.

Mosquito Bridge is part of the course for the ingaural Motherlode Century bike race, Sunday May 20, 2012 in Northern California.