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Wild-Abandon Moon The Sagittarius full moon eclipse breaks through the limits. Its methods are rather simple: Question everything, even your own thinking, (SET ITAL) especially (END ITAL) your own thinking. To do so is not a mark of madness or weakness, but rather of high intelligence and emotional maturity. Just because we think it doesn’t [...]
Gemini Sun Communicates What I’ve noticed lately is that writing statements by hand in a stylized way is a popular form of expression among young people. Letters imbued with artistry and personal meaning are perhaps an answer to an overly digitized society. Or maybe they’re just the most natural way to communicate the mind. The [...]
For those looking for something fun, relaxing and educational this summer, a visit to the Western Railway Museum is a perfect day trip. With added attractions and discounted tickets for kids in June, the value of a visit to the museum couldn’t be better. Beginning Wednesday, May 29 and continuing through Labor Day, the museum [...]
Brilliant vocal harmonies, an inspirational lyrical creativity and powerful, uncompromising testimonies pervade an evening with the award-winning Heritage Singers who are performing a free concert on Saturday, May 25, at the Placerville Seventh-day Adventist Church. This talented group of professional musicians has shared their message about Jesus to audiences in all 50 states and to more than 75 [...]
The Sierra Nevada Alliance presents a benefit concert featuring acoustic guitar virtuoso Alex de Grassi at the Valhalla Grand Hall in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 p.m. Often cited as one of the world’s top fingerstyle, steel-string guitarists, Grammy nominee de Grassi brings a unique voice to the art of acoustic [...]
FOLSOM — Three Stages, 10 College Parkway in Folsom, is honored to have the “deadpan brilliance” of Cake in the house for two shows, Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1. The excitement is mutual. “What an honor to perform in this gorgeous state-of-the-art facility for a hometown show,” said Cake’s Vince DiFiore. “It will [...]
I’ve checked out an interesting online discussion that’s been attracting a lot of noise this week. Why does God allow tornadoes that kill children and adults in Oklahoma? It’s not a new discussion of course. Why does God allow horrific events like the massacre at Newtown’s elementary school or Super Storm Sandy or Hurricane Katrina [...]
SACRAMENTO – The Sacramento History Museum announced its participation in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day. [...]
A protest concerning possible corruption in El Dorado County was the result of what the organizer described as a kidnapping and assault by bounty hunters illegally trying to detain him. Todd “Ty” Robben, a former IT worker for the Nevada Department of Taxation, was arrested after he supposedly harassed a member of the Nevada Department [...]
May 16, 1924 – April 22, 2013 After a full life of 88 years well lived in California’s gold country, Mr. George W. Sleep, of Placerville, in April escaped his earthly bonds and entered heavenly pastures. He was born in San Francisco and raised in Grass Valley. After graduating from Grass Valley High School, he [...]
JAMESTOWN – To kick off the summer season in rail-related style, popular weekend excursion trains will be running all three days of the Memorial Day holiday weekend starting Saturday, May 25 to Monday, May 27 at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (SHP) in Jamestown. As a highlight on Saturday and Sunday, steam-powered excursion train rides [...]
SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento County Fair is back again this year with fun, food and excitement — a great way to celebrate Memorial Day weekend at Cal Expo through Monday, May 27. “The county fair is wholesome family fun and an important Memorial Day weekend event for parents and children,” said Pamela Fyock, Sacramento County Fair [...]
People who use the El Dorado Trail no longer have to wonder where to walk or ride. Kevin Ralphs, a member of Boy Scout troop 859 in Diamond Springs, spent many hours stenciling the county-maintained paved portions of the El Dorado Trail recently. He felt placing proper markers on the trail would be a perfect Eagle [...]
The search for a sense of “community” sent El Dorado County’s Board of Supervisors down into the weeds of planning and development issues at the BOS meeting May 14. Audience members likewise struggled to understand the difference between Community Identification and Community Design — both of which are deeply embedded in the county’s general plan [...]
What a great story. What a shining example to her students. The El Dorado Union High School District picked Alison Gennai to be the next principal of Independence High School. The impressive part of this appointment is that Ms. Gennai graduated from IHS herself. It is that direct experience, we believe, that leads her to [...]
National Association of Realtors WASHINGTON, D.C. — The shape of homeownership and housing markets has changed dramatically over time and will continue to change in the face of new housing opportunities and challenges. That’s according to panelists at the “Challenges and Opportunities in Housing and Homeownership” session during the Realtors 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & [...]
The Amador El Dorado Forest Forum recognized three of its members posthumously at the Spring Honors Dinner held at the Institute of Forest Genetics in Placerville on April 17. Robert E. “Bob” Flynn, 1919-2011, U.S. Forest Service 1936-1975 Bob Flynn, born in Georgetown, went to work for the Forest Service before he got out of [...]
Sometimes it seems like Obama administration officials got their ethics out of Cracker Jack Box, and they didn’t get the secret decoder ring. Not satisfied with $1 billion that was included in the so-called Affordable Care Act, Kathleen Sibelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, kept asking Congress for more money to [...]
SACRAMENTO – Sen. Ted Gaines (R-Rocklin), Assemblyman Frank Bigelow (R-O’Neals) and Assemblyman Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park) along with their counterparts in the Nevada legislature encouraged their legislative colleagues to support Gov. Jerry Brown and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval’s recently negotiated bi-state compromise involving Nevada Senate Bill 229/271 and California Senate Bill 630 (Pavley-D), claiming the [...]
The right guy in the right place at the right time,” is how Mark Divittorio was informally described by the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, May 14. The veteran kayaker was awarded a hero’s plaque by the board for his rescue of a Livermore family from the American River near Kyburz on April 4.
Divittorio described his role in the dramatic events in a bit …