Cyclists will be riding in the Motherlode Century bicycling event on Sunday, and organizers warned drivers to beware of their presence. A schedule of the day’s shows the locations riders are expected to be on the course. Riders will go from Lotus to Pilot Hill on Highway 49 from 6:30 to 8:45 a.m.; go from Pilot Hill to [...]
Ron Mikulaco is challenging John Knight for the District 1 seat on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. Mikulaco describes himself as “enthusiastic, passionate and hard working … a regular guy, a man of the people, not a career politician.” He came out firing at a recent candidate forum, proclaiming, “It’s time for ordinary [...]
The Pony Express is returning. The National Pony Express Association is by horse and rider relay, recreating the Pony Express of 1860-1861. The re-ride started Aug. 17 in St. Joseph, Mo. and will culminate Aug. 27, in Sacramento. Commemorative letters and personal mail will be carried on the re-ride. The first rider departed the Patee [...]
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will review three new redistricting maps in a public hearing at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 8, in the board chambers, 330 Fair Lane, Placerville. The maps address the concerns of specific supervisors, and bear their names. The Briggs Rubicon Alternative, Knight/Cameron Park Alternative and Knight/Nutting Alternative can be [...]
EDITOR: As a resident and taxpayer in El Dorado County, I am concerned about the decision that was made to chip seal Deer Valley Road from the Rescue Fire Station to Green Springs Ranch (project completed on July 7). For as long as I have lived in the county, Deer Valley has been asphalt and [...]
