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El Dorado County high school cuts dance program despite Prop 28 funding
EL DORADO COUNTY — Teachers and parents are speaking out after learning a dance program will be cut from an El Dorado County high school next yearThis comes after an expected increase in funding for visual and performing arts programs after Proposition 28 passed in November 2022."It's really confusing and it's really upsetting," said Caitlin Rubini, a dance teacher at Union Mine High School.Rubini has been the dance teacher at Union Mine for nearly nine years.She learned about four weeks ago that the program would be cut for the 2024-2025 school year after, she said, her principal made a blanket...
Teen hit on Pleasant Valley
A Pollock Pines teen was life-flighted to an area hospital April 16 after he was hit by a truck on Pleasant Valley Road near El Dorado. Officials with the Placerville office of the California Highway Patrol said a 17-year-old boy was struck by a Dodge Ram truck at approximately 11:30 a.m. just east of Oak Dell Road. Taking place during school hours, the location of the collision was about one-half mile from Union Mine High School and one-quarter mile from Charles Brown Learning Academy.
Northern California man builds RC race track on property, turns into community space
GARDEN VALLEY — An El Dorado County man is bringing his need for speed to life after building his own RC race track on his property."I had been into playing with RC cars since I was a kid," said Augie Rosas, owner of Hot Laps RC Raceway.Rosas said that when he bought a house with property in Garden Valley, he saw it as the perfect opportunity to keep that hobby alive.It was something he and his 17 kids could enjoy together."We'd be like, 'OK, we'll go around that tree and then that rock and then through that ditch,' and that...
Folsom, El Dorado County consider 8,000-unit housing proposal
FOLSOM, Calif. — Angelo Tsakopoulous, a Sacramento-based real estate developer and California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis’ father, will help present Tuesday his company’s 8,000-housing-unit development project to El Dorado and Folsom governments. The community is planned to be roughly 2,800 acres and would offer approximately 8,000 housing...
Tahoe meal delivery program looking for volunteer drivers
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The El Dorado County Senior Nutrition Service’s meal delivery program isn’t just a nutrition program, it provides a way for homebound seniors stay connected with the outside world. “The clients are very grateful,” Andrea Muzzy, Senior Nutrition Program Coordinator says, “because sometimes...
Grow For It! Final Master Gardener plant sale of the season
Join the University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of El Dorado County for the final plant sale of 2024 on Saturday, April 27. Landscape plants, including perennials, California native plants, trees and shrubs, ground covers, ornamental grasses, seeds and succulents, will be featured at this sale, which will take place at Sherwood Demonstration Garden, located behind the Folsom Lake College El Dorado Center at 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville. Sale hours will run 8 a.m. to noon (rain or shine), with parking adjacent to the garden. Consider bringing your own carryout boxes and carts to the event; they can be in short supply during the sale. Please note that some edible plants — vegetables, herbs and fruits — will also be sold on this date.
Judge drops all charges against man arrested in connection with Caldor Fire
All charges have been dropped against a Folsom man who was arrested in connection with the 2021 Caldor Fire. Travis Shane Smith, 32, and his father David Scott Smith, 66, were arrested and charged with reckless arson in December 2021, months after the start of the wildfire. Both pleaded not guilty to the charges. In January, a judge ruled that there was “not sufficient evidence” to take the case to trial.
Signatures submitted to get South Lake vacancy tax on November ballot
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The signatures to get a vacancy tax on South Lake Tahoe's November ballot have been submitted to the city. Sheree Juarez, a spokesperson for South Lake Tahoe, said the city received the signatures Monday and sent them to the El Dorado County Elections Office.
Global humanitarian organization Team Rubicon aids in California's Grizzly Flats rebuild
GRIZZLY FLATS — Community members in El Dorado County are still rebuilding from the Caldor Fire, which destroyed Grizzly Flats in August 2021.Team Rubicon is in Grizzly Flats for the next month to assist in what will be their biggest operation yet in Northern California."These people have been facing the impact of the Caldor Fire since 2021. That's a long time. There [are] still many people out of their homes," said Corde Wagner, Team Rubicon's deputy operation sections chief.Team Rubicon is a veteran-led, humanitarian organization that helps communities around the globe before, during and after disasters."We are assisting homeowners and...
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