Shingle Springs News

Rich Hoffman, the affable spokesman and chief executive of Jackson Rancheria Casino, tried to hold off on layoffs as long as he could.

Three weeks after a low snowstorm pounded the foothills, the cleanup remains in full force.

Jackson Rancheria casino laid off approximately 115 workers today. The casino's chief executive Rich Hoffman said the layoffs are due to the sagging economy.

Engineers inspect the results of blasting the hillside above Highway 50, unstable rock promted CalTrans to remove the rock Tuesday December 22, 2009.

Tribal gaming operators sought to pave over a decade of bad blood with El Dorado County officials who opposed their casino development by presenting millions of dollars toward new carpool lanes along Highway 50.

Red Hawk Casino opened a year ago on the Shingle Springs Rancheria amid dire predictions that it would produce gridlock on Highway 50 and cause crime to soar in El Dorado County.

On June 5, 2007, Eddie Mies, left, killed his father, Arthur, right. Eddie was shot dead by deputies; three deputies also were shot.

Cemo Commercial Inc., a commercial real estate development, brokerage and property management firm, has hired Tuesday Baker of Shingle Springs, as a sales/leasing associate; Patrick Ronan of El Dorado Hills, office/sales/leasing associate; Michele Quattrin of Granite Bay, executive assistant to Sammy Cemo; Heather Newman of Citrus Heights, property ...

Casino host Greg Ebner delivers coffee to Leslie Parker of Rocklin, a Thunder Valley regular.

The Sacramento Valley Railroad from Sacramento to Folsom was the first railroad west of the Mississippi.

Operators of now-defunct Northern California auto stores were among 28 new names added Wednesday to the state Board of Equalization's list of California's top 250 sales and use tax delinquents.

Red Hawk Casino opened almost a year ago. The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok, which owns the casino, is fighting off a lawsuit from Sharp Image, a partner in a former casino.

The California Senior Legislature convened its 29th annual Legislative Session Oct.

Judges look over the work of the Folsom Focus Photography Contest on Nov. 4. The awards will be announced at a reception at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov.

My favorite Mexican restaurant is the Acapulco, 2104 Lincoln Ave., in Alameda. I ate there for many years when I lived in the Bay Area.

Three men from Sacramento County have been arrested for kidnapping a woman at an Indian casino in Shingle Springs.

John Fraser fended off an election challenge to win a third term on the El Dorado Irrigation District board.

They've successfully raised student attendance rates in recent years, but a Sierra Foothill school district is forgoing attendance prizes in an effort to keep kids from catching the H1N1 flu .

Angie Upton, with casino hostess Karen Kuehn, has earned top tier rewards at Jackson Rancheria.

This unworldly seedpod looks ripe for Halloween. Kathleen Castro of Shingle Springs knows what it is; she planted it.