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Placerville restaurant wins new Food Network show
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — A Placerville restaurant is the latest winner of Food Network's new show "Best Bite in Town." Enchanted Forest Dining Experience won with its Irish Gold Miner's Pasty Pie, which is a half-moon pastry filled with corned beef, Yukon gold mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, caraway seeds and sprinkled with edible 24K gold.
All charges dropped against former Caldor Fire suspect
The remainder of the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office case against a Folsom man once suspected of starting the Caldor Fire was dropped after a court hearing April 22. Travis Shane Smith, 32, was arrested along with his father, David Scott Smith, 66, in December 2021 following an...
Agenda review: El Dorado County Supervisors, Police Advisory Committee
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The El Dorado County Supervisors will be meeting on Tuesday, April 30 at 9 a.m. The meeting can be viewed in person at 330 Fair Lane, Building A Placerville or remotely via https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86510316590 or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUMjDk3NUltZJrpw2CL7Zkg. 24. Chief Administrative Office, Parks Division, recommending the Board:
Residential burn permits required May 1 in CAL FIRE Amador-El Dorado Unit
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Amador- El Dorado Unit has announced that residential burn permits will be required effective Wednesday, May 1. Burn permits must be obtained online at https://burnpermit.fire.ca.gov/. To acquire a permit, visit the website, watch a short educational...
Placer County Sheriff's arrest log: Battery, child endangerment, warrants
Editor’s note: Arrest reports are released by the Placer County Sheriff’s Department. Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty. Charges can be amended or dismissed. April 15. Timothy Aaron Steele, 30, was arrested at 9:11 a.m. on suspicion of two felony bench warrants in the 300 block of...
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...
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