El Dorado County News

A 14-year-old girl told deputies that a man dragged her off a trail in the Pollock Pines area and tried to sexually assault her.

After two days of testimony, an El Dorado County Superior Court judge said he needed more time to determine whether 15-year-old Tylar Witt will be tried as an adult for the stabbing death of her mother.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 2:20 pm US/Central EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. Stories of abuse are emerging in court as an El Dorado County court judge tries to determine if a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her mom should be tried as an adult, CBS station KOVR-TV reported.

Fourteen-year-old Tylar Marie Witt was furious with her mother, fascinated in graphic journal entries over her dying in a car accident and asked a friend on his MySpace page if he knew how she could get some arsenic.

For many high school seniors in government classes, the time is growing near to fill out those voter registration forms.

Graphic details emerged Tuesday in the case of Tylar Witt, 14, accused of fatally stabbing her mother inside of their El Dorado Hills home in June.

A teenage girl accused of taking part in her mother's slaying is also suspected of drugging her mother shortly before she was stabbed to death last summer.

A group of mustangs that are getting healthy at the Grace Foundation in El Dorado County will eventually be put up for adoption.

More businesses were sold in Sacramento County in October than in any other month this year, according to figures just released by BizBen.com . Twice as many - 64 - small and midsize businesses were sold in the county last month than in September, according to the Dublin-based online marketplace of businesses for sale.

The El Dorado County District Attorney's Office has responded to the latest letter by Phillip Garrido, in which he seems to apologize for the kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard, by calling him "a master manipulator." A statement released Friday by Vern Pierson's office says prosecutors view Garrido's correspondence "as just another example of his attempt ...

Nancy Garrido, who is accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard, has a new attorney, a document shows.

This handout provided by the El Dorado County Sheriff, shows Phillip Garrido shortly after his arrest on August 27, 2009 in Placerville, California.

United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that JERALD P. D'SOUZA, 50, of Dublin, Calif., was sentenced this morning by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr.

Despite objections by defense attorney Monica Lynch, El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Suzanne Kingsbury allowed a cult expert to testify in the Ulysses Roberson murder trial this week.

El Dorado County health officials say local healthcare providers have begun receiving shipments of the H1N1 flu vaccine.

Defense lawyer Gilbert Maines was removed from the case last Thursday by judge Douglas Phimister following a closed-court meeting between the judge, Garrido, Maines, and court security and staff, according to the minute order of the meeting on the court's Web site.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. a " Seven suspected gang members are facing charges in connection with an attempted kidnapping and assault last month at a Northern California casino.El Dorado County Sheriff's Department Lt.

The El Dorado County Air Quality Management District is offering rebates to county residents who purchase clean-burning stoves and fireplaces.

Several people were arrested Friday after an alleged kidnapping and dispute about gang affiliations took place last month at Red Hawk Casino.

Jaycee Lee Dugard didn't initially reveal her true identity to officials when officials interrogated her earlier this year, according to a report from the state Office of the Inspector General.