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10 hrs ago | North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Man arrested for alleged rape at Fourth of July party

El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 20-year-old man on Sunday on suspicion of raping a 21-year-old woman at a house party on South Upper Truckee Road on the Fourth of July.

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20 hrs ago | Sentencing Law and Policy

Why should a serial killer be offered a deal to avoid any real punishment for multiple murders?

I find this local story from California , headlined "I-5 Strangler suspect Kibbe offered plea deal," quite troublesome: A prosecutor said Thursday that he would allow Roger Kibbe, accused of being the so-called I-5 Strangler, to plead guilty to six murders and serve life in prison rather than face the death penalty at trial.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, San Joaquin County, CA, State Prisons, Prison

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

El Dorado County Supervisor Sweeney is target of recall drive

Jack Sweeney says he has pursued changes needed for the plan to function as intended.

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Related Topix: Placerville, CA, Agriculture, Science

Mon Jul 06, 2009

North Lake Tahoe Bonanza

Pilot killed in Lake Tahoe Airport crash was Davis man

The pilot killed in a crash just after takeoff at Lake Tahoe Airport on Sunday afternoon has been identified as Dr.

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Related Topix: South Lake Tahoe, CA, Air Accidents

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Sacramento Bee

El Dorado County Drug Court Combats Addiction

Probation officer, Larry Cantwell, prepares for court. Autumn Cruz acruz@sacbee.com Buy Photos Ralph Thomure, the Proposititon 36 Coordinator for the Progress House Inc., left, applauds the progress of Proposition 36 participant, Tracey Daniel of Kelsey.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

Internet Archive

Insight: Sac Sheriff's Cuts / Wildfire Defense / El Dorado / Sound Advice

Audio Archive > KXJZ's Insight > Insight: Sac Sheriff's Cuts / Wildfire Defense / El Dorado / Sound Advice Insight: Sac Sheriff's Cuts / Wildfire Defense / El Dorado / Sound Advice Sac Sheriff's Cuts - The Sacramento County Sheriff's Department may have to lay off even more deputies than it originally expected.

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Related Topix: El Dorado, CA, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Sacramento County, CA, Lotus, CA, Cool, CA

Thu Jul 02, 2009

KCRA.com

$25M In Pot Plants Destroyed In El Dorado Co.

Officials have eradicated two marijuana gardens with about $25 million in crops from a rural spot in El Dorado County.

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Related Topix: El Dorado, CA, Agriculture, Science, Home Gardening, Home

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Sacramento Bee

Dog owners sought in El Dorado bite attacks

El Dorado County Animal Services officials are looking for owners of two dogs who bit two people early this week in separate incidents.

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Related Topix: El Dorado, CA, Placerville, CA

KXTV

Crews Look for Presumed Drowning Victim on American River

Emergency responders are in recovery mode after a man in his 20s was presumed to have drowned in the American River near Coloma after his raft flipped.

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Mon Jun 29, 2009

Sacramento Bee

El Dorado County lets its light shine in TV series

El Dorado County is tapping the star quality of local residents and entrepreneurs in a bid to draw worldwide attention to its natural, historical and cultural riches.

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Related Topix: Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, El Dorado, CA, Riptide, Drama, Perry King, Coloma, CA

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Tahoe Daily Tribune

More arrests in stabbing case

Police announced the arrests of four more suspects Friday in what investigators are calling the gang-related stabbing of a 14-year-old boy at house party on Palmira Avenue home on June 17.

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Related Topix: South Lake Tahoe, CA

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Press-Enterprise

Knife, bloody towel found at NorCal murder scene

El Dorado County investigators found a butcher knife, a bloody towel and a pregnancy test kit inside the home where a 47-year-old woman was fatally stabbed.

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Related Topix: El Dorado Hills, CA

Thu Jun 25, 2009

TheKCRAchannel.com

32,000 Pot Plants Pulled From El Dorado Co.

Narcotics detectives have eradicated a large marijuana patch in El Dorado County believed to be grown by Mexican nationals.

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Related Topix: El Dorado, CA, Home Gardening, Home

CBS 5

NorCal Mom Murder Suspects Left SF Suicide Note

Jun 24, 2009 9:59 am US/Pacific PLACERVILLE, El Dorado County New court documents show that drugs, poison and a suicide note were found in the San Francisco hotel room where two teens stayed after the girl's mother was found stabbed to death in her El Dorado Hills home, according to authorities.

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Related Topix: Placerville, CA, Drugs, San Francisco Metro

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Budget cutting isn't over for El Dorado County

El Dorado County officials will spend the summer looking for ways to cut about $2.5 million from the preliminary budget that goes into effect July 1. Even before approving a 2009-10 proposed budget on Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors was warned that lagging revenues and higher-than-expected unemployment insurance costs would force additional cuts ...

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Wed Jun 24, 2009

Sierra Sun

Tahoe environmental groups ...

A move by one Lake Tahoe Basin water quality agency to fulfill recommendations by the California-Nevada Tahoe Basin fire commission came under legal challenge by basin environmental groups last week.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jim Gibbons

Sierra Sun

South Tahoe's Angora Fire: ...

Two years have past since the Angora fire was sparked by embers from an abandoned, illegal campground fire near Seneca Pond.

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Sacramento Bee Newspaper

Teen fugitives planned suicide, search warrant states

The two teen suspects arrested in the murder of an El Dorado Hills woman last week planned to kill themselves while on the run, according to a search warrant issued to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department and obtained Tuesday by news media.

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Related Topix: El Dorado Hills, CA, San Francisco Metro

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Sacramento Bee

Girl, 14, boyfriend charged in slaying of her mother in El Dorado Hills

Tylar Marie Witt, the 14-year-old accused along with her boyfriend of killing her mother, showed little emotion as she appeared in a Placerville courtroom Monday morning.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, El Dorado Hills, CA, Placerville, CA, El Dorado, CA

Mon Jun 22, 2009

CBS13/CW31

Teen Accused Of Killing Mom To Appear In Court

Tylar Witt, the 14-year-old El Dorado Hills girl accused of killing her mother will be in court today.

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Related Topix: El Dorado Hills, CA, San Mateo County, CA

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