El Dorado News Archives

El Dorado County youths ages 10 through 18 with ideas for community projects may apply for funding through the El Dorado Grant Advisory Board for Youth.

Bettye Elaine King received a kidney transplant at age 78 through the United Network for Organ Sharing, whose expanded guidelines allow cadaver transplants.

Phillip and Nancy Garrido are scheduled to return to court this morning for further proceedings in the case in which they are accused of kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago.

Authorities say they are searching for a Northern California family of four who've been missing for more than a week.

The Center for Violence-free Relationships will hold its 26th annual fundraising Auction Gala at 6 p.m. Nov.

Northern California banks reported mixed results for the third quarter ended Sept.

Vanessa Dillon, who is homeless, gets a candle and other items from Ronald Sachs at Lumsden Park in Placerville.

Don Tillotson of Garden Valley built a dream home in El Dorado County with his late wife, Carol, as they raised four sons.

The El Dorado Irrigation District is issuing a precautionary boil water advisory.

What are homes selling for in your neighborhood? Sacramento-area home sales rallied slightly in September as 3,454 new and existing homes changed hands -- nearly 80 more than in August, property researcher MDA DataQuick reported today.

Age: 70 Occupation: Educator Education: BA, St. John's College, Camarillo; MS, administration, Fordham University, New York; MA, social work, University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D, psychology, University of California, Davis Residence: Diamond Springs Experience: Former director, Marin Municipal Water District board; former director, Calaveras ...

Laurel Ames, an environmental activist from the Lake Tahoe area, will receive the Jerome Waldie Lifetime Achievement Award from the Democratic Central Committee of El Dorado County during its Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Oct.

Top-ranked alternatives to the historic Highway 49 route through the heart of El Dorado County would accomplish two key objectives, but area residents say they would do little to improve safety or traffic flow.

Robert Sutherland is circulating an email on behalf of Friends of the Quail identifying five issues related to the replacement of the Quail with a new transit system.

The annual Folsom Renaissance Faire returns 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 17-18 at Folsom City Lions Park, 403 Stafford St.

El Dorado County residents will have an opportunity to get fit and fight hunger by participating in the third annual Walk for Hunger on Nov.

Weekend visitors to El Dorado County's Apple Hill farms can take advantage of free shuttle service beginning Saturday and continuing through Oct.

It seems that Gibson, the late, great, world's tallest dog, isn't the only Ripley's Believe It or Not book entry this year.

El Dorado County homes and gardens featuring the latest in "green" designs and energy-efficient technology will be open to visitors Oct.

A pregnant mother and her son at the center of a search Friday by area authorities was found safe in the Bay Area Saturday, according to an El Dorado County Sheriff's Office spokesman.

Dogs will have their day Sunday during Woofstock 2009. The event, sponsored by El Dorado Hills Community Services District, will be held from 8 a.m to 1 p.m. in El Dorado Hills Community Park at El Dorado Hills Boulevard and Harvard Way.

In 1964, a handful of fruit ranchers in El Dorado County banded together to promote their crop.