25 Years ago May 15, 1987 Two wineries open Saturday By KURT DAVIS Two wineries are scheduled to celebrate grand openings this weekend, bringing to 11 the number of wineries in the county. Wolterbeek-Westwood Winery in Shingle Springs and Lava Cap Winery near Camino are marking the opening of their tasting rooms this weekend with music, [...]
Hopefully the needed rain will take a break and let the plants dry out and make it possible for viewers to see a spectacular Jupiter next to a beautiful Venus and a crescent Moon in the night sky on Sunday, March 25 and Monday, March 26. Good time The stars of the business world were [...]
Until the late 1950s the area just west of Shingle Springs, now known as Cameron Park, remained relatively undeveloped, the land being primarily used for the raising of livestock. However, that did not mean that this area had not played a important part in the early history of El Dorado County. In fact, the opposite [...]
June 30, 1921 – Sept. 15, 2011 John Vybiral, 90, of Shingle Springs, passed away in the early morning hours last Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, of gangrene. His loving and devoted son, Tom, was at his bedside at the time of his passing. John was born on Thursday, June 30, 1921, in Moravia, Czechoslovakia. A [...]
A three-hour session about the county’s portion of the Sacramento-Placerville Transportation Corridor featured exuberance, pathos, rancor, finger-pointing and a small dose of kumbaya Tuesday. And it wasn’t just the audience. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors got down and dirty too as the issue of converting rails to trails continued at a slow boil. [...]
Having kicked the can down the track three times since March 28, El Dorado County supervisors on Tuesday, reissued their support for the Shingle Plan also known as the Shingle Compromise. After several hours of testimony and debate, Supervisors Ray Nutting, John Knight, Ron Briggs and Jack Sweeney voted to press the effort to continue [...]
The El Dorado Trail stretches from South Lake Tahoe to the western El Dorado County line and runs along the Sacramento Placerville Train Corridor from Placerville west. This trail is partially developed (witness the newest, very heavily used, section from Forni Road to Missouri Flat Road) and could eventually be an ideal hiking, biking and [...]
