Home Base American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance and the American Homeowners Foundation Federal Housing Administration’s Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund is helping to stabilize home values and is making a profit. The mortgage guarantee program grew by more than $1 billion, from $3.6 billion in 2009 to $4.7 billion in 2010. As a result of its performance [...]

Home Base American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance and the American Homeowners Foundation The holiday shopping season has started off with a bang, with both online and offline retailers posting significant sales gains after Black Friday. Time will tell whether the trend continues through the holiday season, or whether it is just consumer reaction to unusually steep [...]

It’s not news to local aficionados, but to the non-playing public, bingo at the El Dorado County Fairgrounds has quietly gone the way of skate keys and drive-in movies. After nearly 30 years, the Friday evening game simply ended one night in late September. A generation of bingo players contributed regularly for more than 20 [...]

Home Base American Homeowners Grassroots Alliance and the American Homeowners Foundation Congressman Joe L. Barton (R -TX), the likely new Republican Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has indicated that Internet privacy legislation will be a likely priority for Congress next year. Public concern about the protection of personal data has been growing [...]

By the Nature Conservancy We love trees. They clean our air and water, store our carbon, and lend a hand in creating many of life’s needful things, from our homes and furniture to our beloved Louisville Sluggers. So we should never, ever cut one down for the sole purpose of decorating our living rooms for [...]

El Dorado Nursery and Garden, 3931 C Durock Rd Shingle Springs will be offering free clinics on pruning during January and February. The clinics are free and will cover the pruning of Japanese maples and roses. Pruning Japanese maples Sunday, Jan. 23 at 10 a.m. Pruning, shaping, care, and selection of Japanese maples. El Dorado Nursery’s own [...]