Placerville News

Youth Fest, a free event organized and led by El Dorado County youths, will be held July 26 on Placerville's historic Main Street.

A contract to provide fire and emergency medical services to Red Hawk Casino and the surrounding rancheria has ignited a legal dispute between neighboring fire districts in El Dorado County.

El Dorado County Sheriff's deputies arrested a 20-year-old man on Sunday on suspicion of raping a 21-year-old woman at a house party on South Upper Truckee Road on the Fourth of July.

A few weeks ago in this space, I wrote about how difficult it is to find consistently memorable riesling at wineries in the Sierra foothills.

INSIDE THE TELEGRAPH By Don Chaddock, editor Working in the news business, you never know what you're going to be covering from week to week.

Do you like gambling fun and delicious meals? If you happen to be in the Sacramento area, you should check out the new Red Hawk Casino in El Dorado County, California.

The Lights on the Lake fireworks show will start about 9:45 p.m. on Saturday. Jonah M. Kessel / Tribune file photo The tens of thousands of revelers expected to descend upon the Lake Tahoe Basin for the Fourth of July holiday this weekend have inspired a flurry of reminders, warnings and recommendations from Lake Tahoe Basin agencies this week.

In a digital era, Janis Lott is old school. The co-owner of midtown's Newsbeat shop is selling printed facsimiles of her customers' favorite U.S. and worldwide newspapers, ranging from the Chicago Tribune to the Irish Times and Mexico's La Jornada.

Several years of summer construction on a $35 million Highway 50 improvement project in Placerville will officially end today with a ceremony in front of City Hall.

Jun 29, 2009 10:32 pm US/Pacific Reporting Mike Dello Stritto PLACERVILLE, Calif.

Indian gaming and the Red Hawk Casino will get a boost when the Placerville property sponsors the first episode of 'Experience El Dorado,' a half-hour television program that showcases cultural amenities, entertainment and recreational opportunities in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of Northern California.

The laughter of children is important and it was just what I needed after days of immersing myself in a world of murder and teens on the lam.

A popular Placerville skate park will reopen for weekday use beginning Monday. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to allow Joe's Skate Park to operate from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday as an unsupervised facility.

Two of Shannon Barclay Adams' sons died in a violent car crash on mountainous Laurel Glen Road about 18 months ago, months marked by experiences she calls surreal, incomprehensible, painful.

Tylar Marie Witt, the 14-year-old accused along with her boyfriend of killing her mother, showed little emotion as she appeared in a Placerville courtroom Monday morning.

The fifth-grade class at Rainier View Elementary got a close encounter with outer space this week.

Jun 19, 2009 12:29 pm US/Pacific EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. Tylar Witt, the 14-year-old El Dorado Hills girl accused of killing her mother will be in court on Monday.

Tylar Witt, the El Dorado Hills 14-year-old suspected in her mother's murder, has been booked into El Dorado County Juvenile Hall.

Police believe two teenage killers from El Dorado County may be on the run and in the Bay Area right now.

A Placerville man who was reported missing in the Desolation Wilderness in the Sierra has been found safe.