El Dorado County News

Elizabeth Arechiga, principal of Father's Heart Charter School in Thousand Palms, spends time with kindergarden and first-grade students.

The El Dorado County Transportation Division will close both directions of Bass Lake Road between Silver Dove Way and City Lights Drive 6 p.m. Friday, May 31, through 6 a.m. Monday, June 3. The closure is necessary to replace a culvert on Bass Lake Road as Phase 1A of the Bass Lake Road Full Improvements Project.

The state Senate has approved a revised agreement with a Sacramento-area Indian tribe that owns a struggling casino east of the state capital.

The area's unemployment rate plunged to 8.3 percent in April from a revised 9.2 percent in March, a decline that surpassed encouraging statewide numbers, according to state figures released Friday.

Jason Bays, 34, and Melissa Smith, 33, are suspected of kidnapping to commit another crime, two counts of assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, threats to commit a crime resulting in great bodily injury and penetration with a foreign object by means of force or fear, according to Steve McCallum, a technician with the El ... (more)

On Tuesday, two dozen court employees stood outside the Main Street Courthouse picketing to raise awareness of their impending pay cuts.

We know you've been waitinga and it's almost here! On June 13th the "Blue Jeans and Country Dreams" 2013 El Dorado County Fair begins! Come to the El Dorado County Fairgrounds from June 13th-16th and join the fun! Be transported to the outback as the Aussie Kingdom shows off native Australian wildlife such as kangaroos, wallabies, bearded dragons, ... (more)

The man, later identified as Anthony Servin, 49, of Elk Grove, was taking an unspecified class on the river - possibly kayaking - around 2:30 p.m. on May 11, said El Dorado County Sheriff's Lt.

A team of investigators are looking into political corruption in El Dorado County.

In Sacramento County, the median price of detached resale homes rose by nearly a third in April compared with the same month a year before, DataQuick reported Wednesday.

Wednesday May 22nd a ribbon cutting cermony will be held to welcome the 4th location of Alpine Mortage Planning, El Dorado Hills.

"It clearly took a lot of courage to respond the way Mark did," "We all hope there is someone like Mark around when the moment of crisis arrives." The Board of Supervisors presented Divittorio with an inscribed plaque for his "extraordinary and selfless acts of courage to protect and save the lives of others without hesitation." The El Dorado ... (more)

Victim putting massive pressure on the El Dorado County District Attorney to prosecute Dennis Justin of the "Justin Bros Bail Bonds" for burglary, assault and battery incident against Ty Robben in South Lake Tahoe, CA With no charges filed, we're putting massive pressure on the El Dorado County District Attorney to prosecute Dennis Justin of the ... (more)

The two-story stone building at 594 Main Street in Placerville is truly a testament to the bustling and often brutal times in which it was built.

El Dorado County sheriff's officials confirmed Tuesday that the body found near U.S. Highway 50 east of Strawberry belongs to Sherilyn Lee Renstrom.

Barsotti Books and the Barsotti family are thrilled to partner with five local organizations for the second annual El Dorado Reads program.

Friends, hard to believe but a 30 million fortune was started with a guy making wheel barrows.

California Carnival, a Rancho Cordova company, is the new carnival concessionaire at this year's Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee.

Supervisor Briggs, stood alone and was responsible for the ill-conceived letter that was represented to the people of this county and beyond, as having been created and written by the complete board.

Sheriff John D'Agostini is proud to announce that on Saturday, April 27, 2013 El Dorado County Sheriff's Office Explorer Post #457 participated in the Survivor Mud Run.