May 20 1:31 a.m. A male adult interrupted a vehicle burglary on Canberra Place in El Dorado Hills. The vehicle was parked in his driveway. The suspect fled the scene and was not located. Nothing was taken/missing from the vehicle. 2:28 p.m. A male suspect made criminal threats toward his girlfriend, 58, while handling firearm [...]
May 2 1:00 a.m. Deputies made a traffic stop on a vehicle on Pleasant Valley Road in Diamond. Upon further investigation, they discovered false registration tabs were used on the truck. Kenny May, 41, was arrested for allegedly knowingly putting the tabs on the truck. 9:00 a.m. A 30-year-old victim reported that his vehicle was [...]
Most people know about Future Farmers of America and Future Teachers of America, but what about Health Occupations Students of America — kids who wear scrubs, understand medical terminology and are going to become the nurses, doctors, dentists and medical technicians of the future? At El Dorado High School, ROP instructor Janet Barnard teaches a [...]
Kevin Cairns, the restauranteur convicted on misdemeanor counts of vandalism, assault, exhibiting a deadly weapon and disturbing the peace, walked into the courtroom with a smile and a Hawaiian shirt on. After his sentencing hearing, he still wore a smile, just not quite as wide and not quite as happy. Deputy district attorney Dale Gomes [...]
The Center for Violence Free Relationships has received a $5,000 grant from the Marshall Foundation for Community Health. The grant was awarded this month which is appropriate since April has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
The grant will be used to purchase a colposcope, which is a highly specialized visual tool …
“Methamphetamine abuse is a catastrophic force in the community,” said Scott Thomas Anderson, beginning his lecture for about 50 people in the back of Placerville News Company on Saturday evening. Anderson, a crime reporter for The Ledger Dispatch in Amador County, spent two years investigating meth addicts as an embedded reporter in El Dorado and [...]
Since 2008 there have been 500,000 foreclosures in California and predictions are for another 500,000 in the next 18 months. While government officials from the president on down fret over this and seek to spend tax money and promulgate more rules, the best solution remains to remove the Band-Aids and let the housing market find [...]
