Auditor Calls Garden Valley Fire Chief's 10-Year Contract 'Outrageous'
El Dorado County's auditor says Garden Valley Fire Protection District Chief Bill Dekker's 10-year, $1 million contract is an outrage.
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El Dorado County's auditor says Garden Valley Fire Protection District Chief Bill Dekker's 10-year, $1 million contract is an outrage.
Wine tasting is a popular pastime many enjoy at individual Sierra Foothills' wineries.
A body of a hunter who went missing in El Dorado County on Tuesday afternoon was discovered by search crews on Wednesday morning.
Known, as one of the Tuscan wines, the Barberas of the Sierra Nevada and Central Valley are created in landscapes reminiscent of Italian Piedmont region. Travel to these varied wineries for a taste of some of the best Barberas in California.
A man was found dead in his mobile home after it caught fire overnight in Pollock Pines, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
A man wanted for raping a teenage girl 13 years ago was tracked down in New Jersey on Monday, and his alleged victim is ready to see him brought to justice.
Ten wildfires burning in El Dorado County are all expected to be contained by Saturday, according to CAL FIRE.
From Apple Hill to Camino and Fair Play and Pleasant Valley, the vineyards benefit from the summer's hot dry days that are cooled by the nighttime breezes sweeping off the Sierra Nevada.
El Dorado County produces gold of a liquid variety in over 40 wineries.
Workers on Tuesday began installing new markers at a public cemetery near Sacramento where relocated Gold Rush-era gravestones had been marked with the N-word.
A 4-year-old boy died in a house fire overnight in Pleasant Valley.
Diane A. in Pleasant Valley sent in these photos of a fire that ripped through a neighoring El Dorado County home on Wednesday.Pke
El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies have broken up a fencing operation and are now trying to return some of the stolen property to its rightful owners.
Investigators say they are treating the death of a father and his 2-year-old daughter following an AMBER Alert last week as a murder-suicide.
Steven Colver has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering his girlfriend's mother, Joanne Witt.
Residents of a rural El Dorado County town are rallying behind the owners of its only grocery store, who are fighting to keep it open.
Today in a one-on-one interview, Colver's attorney told CBS13 what he thinks the turning point was in the trial and whether he thinks Colver is really guilty.
A jury has found an El Dorado County man guilty of fatally stabbing his underage girlfriend's mother.
In just a few hours accused murderer Steven Colver is expected to testify that his former girlfriend stabbed her mother.
El Dorado County teen murder suspect Tylar Witt is set to take the stand tomorrow in the killing of her mother Joann Witt.
It's the unofficial start to summer, and still many campgrounds are closed because of the late season snow. But some people aren't letting below average temperatures stop them from spending the weekend in the high county.
Tylar Witt had been expected to take the stand this morning in the case of her mother's death and testify against her boyfriend but the trial was abruptly postponed apparently over new DNA evidence.
Two young former lovers are now blaming each other for the brutal murder of an El Dorado County woman.
El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies say initial reports of a plane crash in El Dorado County were inaccurate.
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Department is searching for two men in connection with a series of burglaries.
