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From where the dog sits, there’s not much that beats the thrill of the chase. It’s in their blood — the prey drive, the chase instinct. It’s an urge once based on survival, one passed on from the dog’s early brethren: the wolf. But times have changed. For the African spotted dog, also known as [...]
The growing popularity of cycling in El Dorado Hills has spawned several clubs and a bustling bike shop in Town Center: El Dorado Hills Bike and Tri Owner Erin Gorrell hosts multiple teams. She estimates that El Dorado Hills is home to 2,500 to 3,000 competitive riders and untold numbers of less serious pedal pushers.
The bridges of El Dorado County span gorgeous waterways and more than a century of history. Take half-a-day to explore the engineering wonders that grace both the north and south reaches of the Gold Discovery county. It would be wise to pick a direction — north or south — and plan to spend some time [...]
As summer comes to a close, the El Dorado Hills Town Center’s popular Showcase Saturdays are ending on a high note. Showcase Saturdays, perfect for wine lovers, beer connoisseurs and live music fans, have attracted thousands of attendees since the kick-off event in April. For this finale event on Saturday, Sept. 22, Town Center has [...]
A pedestrian was killed the evening of Aug. 14 after he was hit by a van as he was reportedly illegally crossing Highway 50 near Pioneer Trail. According to the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, officer Chris Webber had just exited his police car and was walking to a business in the area when he [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I drove home through downtown Placerville on one of the first warm evenings of the year. Although it was just before sunset, the streets were alive with people — walkers of every age — teenagers without cars, people with dogs, white-haired elderly people, people walking to or from dinner at restaurants, [...]
By Adam Jensen SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Police arrested a man on suspicion of murder Thursday afternoon for allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian while driving under the influence of alcohol and cocaine in September. Larry Lee Halverson, 60, was arrested between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on the 3300 block of Sandy Way in connection with [...]
According to the ancient Mayan calendar, something will occur on December 21, 2012, that could lead to the demise of the human race. Just what that event is no one knows. Could it be a rare cosmic alignment of planets and stars threatening our existence? Will the sun spew a “super” solar storm disrupting all [...]
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Forget the partridge in a pear tree, Tahoe South (tahoesouth.com) has the Christmas spirit at Heavenly Village through Saturday, Dec. 31, with live music, ice sculpting, fire dancers, professional ice skaters, interactive games, dining, shopping, photo opportunities inside a giant snow globe and a fireworks display. Santa’s Workshop Snow Globe, through [...]
EDITOR: Letter writer Ms. Carol Patton’s comments (Aug. 24) on the beauty of building a “round-about” (my preferred spelling) on Main Street at Cedar Ravine is pure nonsense, in my opinion. A round-about is supposed to be a utilitarian way of moving traffic without the use of a traffic officer directing traffic or the modern [...]
EL DORADO HILLS — Tony Mansour would like to add large retail to his Town Center West project, the 130 acres west of Latrobe Road and north of White Rock Road. At a meeting last Wednesday residents of the neighboring Stonebriar and Springfield Meadows communities voiced their concerns about “big box blight” — noise, pollution, crime, etc. [...]
Mike Tittinger of Santa Monica had been walking for only 10 days when he arrived in Placerville from the Bay Area this week, but he already had a moving story to tell. “I was on a dirt road near Elmira, walking through a farm where Google had put me, and I saw a pickup truck [...]
GEORGETOWN — Georgetown Divide Public Utilities District’s Board of Directors Chair Norm Krizl worked to corral the discussion of the Northside School Bike Path away from the pros and cons of bicycling and concentrate on the impact of the proposed trail on the water district during the district’s recent meeting. The bike path would cover the [...]
Robins in the bird bath, blossoms on the trees, Zsa Zsa Gabor becoming a mother again at 94 — all the signs of spring. Tales of the bizarre and miraculous always show up in spring. When Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth husband announced in April that he wanted her to have a child to carry on [...]
The USS El Dorado County General Plan is cruising in the right direction, but like any battleship, leaves a lot of turbulent water in its wake, and can’t spin on a dime. A skeleton crew in the Planning Services Department suggests staggering proposed course corrections, while other members of the fleet, desperate for smoother sailing, [...]
Realignment of Clay Street with Cedar Ravine at the juncture of Main Street in downtown Placerville has plenty of folks in a tizzy. So as not to throw any roadblocks in the way of progress I offer the following thoughts in a not so roundabout way. First off, change is always difficult to accept. And [...]
In between coordinating cleanup crews, removing downed tree limbs, taking phone calls and listening to scanner chatter, Don Spear, highway superintendent with the Department of Transportation, barely has time to breathe. “We’re going to have our hands full today,” he said with a chuckle on Friday as a major storm moved into El Dorado County. [...]
With about 20 miles of railroad track left in El Dorado County there are several options for its use in addition to a hiking and biking trail. Earlier this month I sampled two different options — the Napa Wine Train and the Western Railway Museum near Rio Vista. The Napa Wine Train is a premium [...]
Audrey Johnson, 16, was walking her energetic 7-year-old miniature schnauzer, Bella, back from Stephen Harris Park in El Dorado Hills shortly after noon on Saturday. She ran into her Riviera Drive neighbor Felicia Raquipiso, who lives directly across from the park’s parking lot. Raquipiso warned Audrey that Spider, the family’s medium sized, one-and-a-half-year-old un-neutered pit bull, [...]
Cameron Park has had a strong sense of identity since it was first envisioned by Larry and Ruth Cameron, who purchased the 5,000-acre ranch in the 1950s. If a community is defined by what it is not, you will hear residents say, “We’re not Placerville and we’re not El Dorado Hills.” They are pretty sure [...]