El Dorado County, CA

Inflation is hurting our county’s residents. Almost all of us need to drive to survive in El Dorado County so the dramatic increase in fuel prices has taken a particularly hard toll on us. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, gas prices have more than doubled in the last two years.

Red Hawk Casino’s new amusement complex and hotel are bringing new entertainment and resort experiences to the West Slope and both projects are anticipated to open later this year. Red Hawk executives say the 85,000-square-foot amusement complex, located on the casino floor above the parking garage, will become a...

Originally published as an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post:. “Yesterday, EDSO deputies located and arrested 34 year old Jesse Okamoto of El Dorado Hills and booked him into jail for battery and stalking charges. EDSO has received multiple complaints of a male harassing and assaulting female pedestrians...

Fire crews were called to a residential fire in Grizzly Flat early Tuesday morning on Blue Mountain Drive. The fire started in an outbuilding, according to fire officials. The spread of the fire caused a propane tank to vent, which made a garage attached to a home on the property catch fire.

Jeffrey Keith Aiello was sentenced to 100 years to life for molesting six children between 1999 and 2015. Prosecutors with the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office said Department 2 of the El Dorado County Superior Court was packed with victims, family members, jurors and law enforcement June 14 to witness Aiello receive his sentence for crimes that occurred in El Dorado, Contra Costa and Nevada counties.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — As members of the South Tahoe Environmental Education Coalition put on its last outdoor field trip of the 2021-2022 school year for the sixth graders of South Tahoe Middle School this past Monday and Tuesday, June 13-14, many of them pushed aside thoughts of where funding would come from for similar programming next year.

El Dorado Irrigation District senior construction and maintenance worker Chris Soule received an H.R. LaBounty Safety Award from the Association of California Water Agencies-Joint Powers Insurance Authority for installing a step receiver hitch into the tow hitch of a crew truck for safer access to tools and materials. Industrial ergonomics...

A man in El Dorado County has spent the last 15 years cleaning up his town, and now the younger generation is taking notice. Bob Perkins and the sixth grade class at Camino Elementary are our KCRA 3 CommUNITY Champions. Every weekday for two hours, Perkins clears about five miles...

After a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Laureate Trail has returned to El Dorado County, kicking off in South Lake Tahoe last week. A collaboration between Arts and Culture El Dorado and the El Dorado County Library, the Laureate Trail sees El Dorado County Poet Laureate Lara Gularte visit all six libraries in El Dorado County for free poetry readings, workshops, open mics and more.

Chris Cockrell, who stirred controversy in 2020, allegedly removed equipment from traffic poles last month.

El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 34-year-old Jesse Okamoto of El Dorado Hills early last week on suspicion of battery and stalking. Sheriff’s officials said they had received complaints of a man harassing and assaulting women in the Town Center area of El Dorado Hills. Detectives are asking...

This summer the West Slope pulls out all the stops with fireworks displays and parades from Pollock Pines to Garden Valley to Pleasant Valley to El Dorado Hills. The Summer Spectacular will include live music from Fast Times and Rock Monsterz, food trucks, a fun zone for both kids and adults plus a beer garden featuring margaritas, wine, beer, water and other non-alcoholic beverages. No hard alcohol or large coolers will be permitted; small coolers OK. The evening will conclude with the fireworks show. There will be a shuttle service.

The following was taken from El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office logs:. 3:21 a.m. Burglary was reported at a laundromat on Green Valley Road in Cameron Park. 5:51 a.m. Trespassing was reported at the El Dorado Hills sign along Highway 50 near Dunnwood Drive. 10:50 a.m. A trespassing suspect was...

Aphids, aphids and more aphids! How do they multiply? Fast, faster and fastest! Their colors can be in-your-face brilliant red, neon green or deceptively the exact color of the plant they are thriving on. They have piercing, sucking mouthparts taking in life-sustaining liquids from plants. In that process, they are secreting a sticky substance commonly called honeydew. High aphid populations can slow plant growth and cause leaves to yellow, curl or drop early. Some species of aphids distort stems or fruit or cause galls on roots, leaves or stems.