Downtown Placerville remains "healthy" despite recent closures
Summer means tourist season for many of our local cities, and brings a lot of foot traffic to local restaurants in downtown Placerville. But are the other stores getting left behind?
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Summer means tourist season for many of our local cities, and brings a lot of foot traffic to local restaurants in downtown Placerville. But are the other stores getting left behind?
A heat wave baking Northern California has businesses in the typically cooler Sierra Foothills continuing to battle through the triple-digit temperatures to keep customers and themselves cool.
El Dorado County is now among seven California counties that have been designated a Fire Risk Reduction Community by the Board of Forestry.
All evacuation warnings were lifted Monday for a fire that sparked over the weekend near Placerville.
Two Northern California families are telling the story of a neighbor helping a neighbor by raising money for a family involved in a deadly crash on Memorial Day.
The Pay Fire in El Dorado County that broke out Saturday afternoon got dangerously close to multiple neighborhoods, but firefighters were able to stop it from destroying any homes.
As crews make progress on the Pay Fire in El Dorado County, local downtown businesses said they feel lucky the situation wasn't much worse.
All evacuation warnings south of Placerville have been lifted after a fire that ignited Wednesday in El Dorado County.
Fourth of July celebrations will continue at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds Thursday night, and there is a chance to catch a fireworks show.
The Fourth of July holiday is in full swing, and while some counties have made them illegal, many of our California counties still allow safe and sane fireworks.
The forward progress of a fire in El Dorado County that forced people to evacuate their homes on Saturday afternoon has been stopped and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted.
As the insurance crisis in California continues, it is also making it harder for small businesses to stay afloat.
An El Dorado County man was arrested last week as police said they suspect he may have been sexually abusing minors for at least two decades.
After a pandemic, a catastrophic fire and severe weather events, local winemakers said they finally see a light at the end of the tunnel for the harvest season.
A man and a teenager both died after they were swept away in the river in El Dorado County, officials said Monday.
A ban on single-use plastic water bottles went into effect just over two months ago in South Lake Tahoe, and city leaders said they are pleasantly surprised at the results so far.
Beavers are causing problems at a lake in El Dorado County, and now officials are considering ways to handle it. One solution that was presented was to euthanize the beavers.
"This is going to apply to any unapproved lot and every business as well as the residential structures. It won't apply to state or federal lands," a South Lake Tahoe fire marshal said.
With multiple human and bear conflicts reported in the foothills recently, you may be wondering if there has been a boom in the black bear population in the state.
Hot and windy conditions have resulted in multiple structure fires over the last few days, causing different fire agencies to disperse their crews to areas all over.
A vegetation fire that sparked in El Dorado County has forced evacuations and a road closure Sunday evening.
As we get deeper into fire season, you may be wondering if your local fire crew is fully staffed. The Eldorado National Forest said it is pretty close.
An investigation is underway after at least one person died in a plane crash in a remote area south of South Lake Tahoe on Wednesday evening, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said.
Nearly three months after a fatal mountain lion attack in Northern California, we are hearing from a family member who is turning the devasting incident involving his nephews into a call for change.
A proposed five-acre housing complex in El Dorado County is making waves and a group of neighbors want to know how big it will be and if it will even be allowed.
