What: Recycle e-waste fundraiser Who: Circuit Breakers Where: Raley’s parking lot, 166 Placerville Drive, Placerville When: Saturday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Information: eduhsdrobotics.org and cearinc.com. Approximately 30 El Dorado County high school students are part of a very competitive team called the Circuit Breakers. They meet inside the ROPA classroom at Shenandoah High [...]

Bark. Growl. Howl. Today the subject is about a constellation that truly belongs to the dogs. Canis Major is latin for “Greater Dog.” In mythology, the constellation is known as one of Orion’s two hunting dogs. It’s easy to find Canis Major in February. Look in the southeast direction in the early evening. On a [...]

A HAPPINESS TIP:
 Rolling through the “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff” calendar, I found the following suggestion: “The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.” • • • SURPRISE YOUR VALENTINE:
 Placerville Gold Rush Chorus is offering a Valentine gift that will always be remembered. On Sunday, Feb. [...]

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.” — Henry Ward Beecher Crepe Town Café I first heard about this place a couple of weeks ago when I was at a wine and food event. Two days later I received a call [...]

SOME THINGS DO NOT CHANGE: 
Richard Lederer’s “Anguished English” calendar contained the following “Disorder in the Court:” “Q. What is your date of birth? A. July fifteenth. Q. What year? A. Every year.” • • • REDS, WHITES AND JEWELS SHOW:
 Tomorrow, Feb. 4, the Cameron Park CSD will host “The Reds, Whites and Jewels Show” at [...]

LOS ANGELES — Students at the University of California, Los Angeles, will rally over the Feb. 18 weekend to fight against global pediatric HIV/AIDS at the school’s 11th annual Dance Marathon put on by the student-run Pediatric AIDS Coalition. The event brings together students, activists, performers, celebrities and corporate sponsors to raise awareness about the [...]

All ladies are invited to attend the Christian Women’s Connection luncheon, Fashions are Sweet, on Monday, Feb. 13, at Cold Springs Country Club, 6500 Clubhouse Drive in Placerville. Chico’s in Folsom will dress models in its trendiest, most colorful line of spring clothes. Sherry Mehl, chief deputy director for the Department of Consumer Affairs for [...]