Placerville News

El Dorado County plans to boost production of electricity from methane gas at its Union Mine Landfill.

This handout provided by the El Dorado County Sheriff, shows Nancy Garrido shortly after her arrest on August 27, 2009 in Placerville, California.

Seven suspected gang members are facing charges in connection with an attempted kidnapping and assault last month at a Northern California casino.

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PLACERVILLE, Calif. a " While many cities are taking aim at marijuana dispensaries and nightclubs, Placerville is addressing its own problem business: thrift stores.The city council has approved a 45-day moratorium on the establishment, expansion and relocation of businesses that sell donated household items.Supporters of the temporary ban say ...

Some documents detailing the case against a former Yale University employee accused of killing a graduate student must be unsealed and made available to the public in three business days, a Connecticut judge ruled Friday.

It's easy to dismiss Placerville's decision to slap a 45-day moratorium on opening or relocating thrift stores as just another sign of the harsh economic times.

Niki Norwood shops for more decorations for her Placerville Brewery Co. at the Snowline Hospice Thrift Store in Placerville last week.

The Connecticut man charged with killing Yale University graduate student Annie Le is set to face a state judge again.

Placerville police arrested a 26-year-old man Saturday who reportedly crashed his car into a Bank of America and unsuccessfully tried to rob it - and a few minutes later botched another attempted heist at a Big 5 Sporting Goods store.

We got about 200 poems covering Placerville to Vacaville and Yuba City to Lodi. We even got a poem from Kay Ryan, though it wasn't the Kay Ryan who happens to be the current Poet Laureate of the United States.

Judging by the volume of calls to the county elections office, registrar William Schultz said there's confusion surrounding Tuesday's election.

A pre-preliminary hearing is scheduled Thursday in Placerville for Phillip and Nancy Garrido, charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991.

The California Department of Public Health has fined the Placerville Pines Care Center $100,000 for a 2006 incident in which one of its patients died.

"It was late June, but the predawn weather in the Sierra Nevada was bitter cold.

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

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.

A Connecticut judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for a former Yale lab technician charged with killing a graduate student from Northern California.

News organizations asked a judge Tuesday to unseal documents detailing the case against a former Yale employee accused of murdering a graduate student, while a prosecutor opposed the request, citing the privacy rights of the victim's family and the need to ensure an impartial jury.

Three Connecticut college students have been slain since May and the suspects in two of those murders are due in court on Tuesday.