Placerville scrambles to find new spot for city Christmas tree
It's turned into a Christmas controversy in Placerville: where to place this year's Christmas tree for the city's annual tree lighting ceremony.
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It's turned into a Christmas controversy in Placerville: where to place this year's Christmas tree for the city's annual tree lighting ceremony.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) made a 5-0 vote to approve the Alternate Proposed Decision that will increase PG&E customer rates by about 12.8%.
Officials on Thursday reported the first death from West Nile Virus in El Dorado County this year.
Three senior volunteers for the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office were transported to an area hospital Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on their vehicle during patrols.
El Dorado County is considering allowing a sexually violent predator to return to its community where he committed his crimes. Dozens of people packed the county Superior Courthouse on Wednesday at a public hearing.
Multiple power outages in El Dorado County left thousands in the dark Friday evening and forced the cancellation of one middle school event.
A third member of the Suernos gang was arrested in South Lake Tahoe on Monday, according to authorities.
Piper changed his plea in Lopez's killing from not guilty to guilty for a second-degree murder charge Thursday afternoon. He appeared in court remotely as he is already in federal custody after being convicted of sexually exploiting a girl.
Jordan Piper, the Placerville father accused of killing his 11-year-old son Roman Lopez in 2020, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually exploiting a young girl, prosecutors announced Monday.
A former city council candidate has been found guilty of felony vandalism and attempted arson. Kevin Brunner, who was running for office in El Dorado County, destroyed his then-partner's apartment and set some things on fire. Sentencing is scheduled for the end of the month.
A Pollock Pines man who works as a school principal in El Dorado County has been arrested on criminal charges.
Authorities have arrested a school principal on suspicion of sending harmful matter to a minor and contacting a minor to engage in lewd behavior. Boyd Holler, 37, of Pollock Pines, is the principal of the Pioneer Union School in Somerset, El Dorado County. He was arrested Tuesday morning after a joint investigation with the FBI and the El Dorado County D.A.'s office. Holler is booked at the El Dorado County Jail.
A man is in custody accused of the murder of his girlfriend in Placerville, authorities said Tuesday.
A Pollock Pines viewer says he just got fined for conserving energy. It was time to call Kurtis to investigate.
Pro basketball player Brad Waldow, a Shingle Springs native, claims to have exhausted nearly every possible way of getting out of the country.
More questions than answers were left after a woman was found dead inside her Northern California home on Thursday just before a man was found in a nearby home with stab wounds.
Sheriff's deputies who were responding to a stabbing found a woman dead inside a Placerville home, authorities said Thursday.
El Dorado County's fire district just swore in its youngest firefighter. He's so little, they had to special order his uniform. He's a little guy, but I bet you won't underestimate him when you see what he's overcome.
An El Dorado County inmate has been captured after walking away from a conservation camp overnight.
A tale of two fire seasons as told by Foresthill, Sept. 6 marked a year since the Mosquito Fire started and burned over 46 days in Placer and El Dorado counties.
A wildfire near Diamond Springs prompted evacuation orders for some areas in the immediate vicinity on Thursday.
A wildfire near Diamond Springs prompted evacuation orders for some areas in the immediate vicinity on Thursday.
Authorities say the body discovered at Folsom Lake on Saturday was that of a woman reported missing out of Nevada County earlier in the year.
Residents in parts of El Dorado Hills woke up without power on Tuesday morning.
PG&E is reporting a major outage in the El Dorado Hills area on Tuesday morning.
