The Treasure Hunters Roadshow (THR) hit Placerville on Tuesday and they’re ready to buy. The company, which swings through Placerville every three to six months, visits towns all over the country, Canada and Europe turning people’s cast-offs into treasure. They buy pre-1965 general circulation silver coins, pre-1934 paper currency, jewelry, diamonds, gold, platinum, watches, antiques, [...]

At the first Neighborhood Chat of 2012, about 25 people  showed up for animal crackers and coffee with members of the city staff and Placerville City Council. This is the third Chat in a series instituted by the council last November. Comments from the previous chats were available for the public to view on the walls [...]

You can like them, but you can’t be their friend. The city of Placerville now has a Facebook presence which can be accessed by going to Facebook and doing a search for “city of Placerville.” The Facebook page, launched Jan. 12, contains information about upcoming meetings, the City Council agenda, photos of historical Placerville buildings, [...]

Controversy is on the agenda at the next Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 9. To be decided is the fate of three new highway signs proposed for Shingle Springs and Cameron Park. The applicant for the signs is Cameron Park attorney John David Pereira. While county staff are recommending conditional approval of the permits, neither [...]

All aboard the El Dorado Western Railroad! Sunday, the community’s own railroad will be rolling up the line from the railroad park in El Dorado to Hagen’s Crossing and back. Running on the first and third Sundays of the month between now and March 18, rides begin at noon and continue until 4 p.m. The [...]

The man who was killed in an El Dorado Hills apartment fire last weekend has been identified by authorities. Killed in the blaze was 57-year-old Daniel Miles, whose Lake Forest Apartment unit caught fire early Saturday morning. El Dorado County Sheriff’s Lt. Bryan Golmitz said an official cause of death had not yet been determined, [...]

Want to lose 52 pounds? Walk it off That would be Bob Pastorello’s advice anyway. Why sit around when there are so many great walking trails in Placerville and a chance to burn up all those extra pounds packed on over the holidays? Bob, a fit 76-year-old, keeps a close tab on how many miles [...]