LOOKING FOR A WRITERS GROUP? The “Writers Bloc” group for teens and adults has a new format and time. The group meets on the 2nd Saturday of each month from 1 to 3 p.m. at the El Dorado County Library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville. Drop by the library to pick up a flier that details [...]

El Dorado County winters are wet and cold, sometimes as low as 25 degrees and with precipitation averaging 39 inches in Placerville. It’s not a good time of year to be living outdoors. The winter of 2010-2011 was the first year that the county’s homeless population had somewhere warm, dry and safe to sleep for [...]

El Dorado County’s first foray into securing authority to remove the old Southern Pacific Railroad rails and ties between Shingle Springs and the county line went about as expected. The Joint Powers Authority that governs the Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor said  ”no” at its Sept. 12 meeting. The JPA effectively owns the infrastructure materials and while [...]

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department has turned to the public for help in finding a local woman who was last seen on Sept. 23. Sara Fawcett worked at the Placerville Wal-Mart and called in sick on Sept. 22. She was last heard from on on the morning of Sept. 23. According to the Sheriff’s [...]

Fred E. Moore is grateful to be alive. He recently received a lifesaving bone marrow transplant, but the costs are overwhelming. Volunteers are planning a luau and auction to help with his expenses. In 2006, Moore was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoma, mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome, meaning his lymphocytes became cancerous and affected his skin. [...]

SELECTIVE LOVE:
 T-shirt statement of the month: “I am a kind, loving person on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.” • • • CANDIDATES’ DEBATE:
 All three candidates for the Board of Directors, EID, Pollock Pines Area, Division 1, will be appearing at the candidates’ debate on Thursday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m., at the Pollock Pines-Camino [...]

The big shootout early last week in the Amador County town of Ione is a reminder of the dangers of growing medical marijuana. One grower is dead with an empty shotgun in his hands and five Sacramento gang suspects are in custody, though others appeared to have eluded capture. Home invasions for small-time medical marijuana [...]