CAMERON PARK — Former Cameron Park General Manager Fred Smith has joined a handful of residents in the community in claiming his March 24 termination was in violation of the Brown Act. In a formal demand letter to the Board of Directors that voted 3-2 in favor of not renewing his contract, Smith writes that [...]

The former owner of the now-closed Dante’s on the River restaurant will wait several more weeks before standing trial on felony assault charges. Kevin Cairns, the restaurateur accused of attacking carsick motorists in his parking lot, had been set to go to trial May 3 on criminal charges, including felony assault and vandalism. Friday morning [...]

The murder trial of Steven Howard Mittelman, the El Dorado Hills man accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife last year, appears ready to start in June. Mittelman, who is in custody on suspicion of first-degree murder, appeared Friday in an El Dorado County courtroom with his attorney, Chief Assistant Public Defender Robert Banning, for a [...]

EL DORADO HILLS  — Chris Muse-Fisher’s game-ending strikeout of the only batter he faced stranded runners at the corners Saturday as host Oak Ridge held on for a 4-3 Delta River League win over Ponderosa. The Bruins’ uprising began after Trojan starter Austin Ales easily retired the first two in the top of the seventh; [...]

An El Dorado County man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of kidnapping and rape. Joseph Linson, 28, of Cameron Park, was booked by El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies for allegedly kidnapping and raping an adult female earlier this month. Sheriff’s Lt. Bryan Golmitz said Linson is accused of kidnapping the victim and then taking her [...]

Monday, May 2 Baseball OR @ PHS, 4 p.m. *Liberty Ranch @ UM, 4:15 Foresthill @ GS, 4 p.m. ED @ Cosumnes Oaks, 4 p.m. Boys golf ED, UM @ Sierra Valley Conference 18-hole tourney, Teal Bend GC, 12:30 Girls soccer Sheldon @ PHS, 4 p.m. OR @ St. Francis, 4 p.m. Softball *Cosumnes Oaks [...]

One of my mother’s friends was raised decades ago on a few acres at the end of gravel road in Idaho. As she puts it, her family’s basic challenge was eating what it produced before other critters did. In other words, it was useful to consume the eggs in the henhouse before the foxes got [...]