Dams and Reservoirs: Up and Down

Currently serving on the El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors, Noelle Mattock is seeking another four-year term in the November election.

A introduction to Check King, running for a seat on the El Dorado Hills Community Services District in the November election.

An introduction to Steve Gutierrez, running for a seat on the El Dorado Hills Community Services District in the November election.

A list of locations and dates of free flu shots in El Dorado County in September through November.

The public is invited to a community conversation about the future of El Dorado Hills to be held on September 24.

An introduction to Dan Donelli, who is running for a seat on the El Dorado Hills Fire Board in the November election.

An introduction to appointed board member Mike Hillhouse, who is running for a full terms on the El Dorado Hills Fire Board in the November election.

An introduction to Esther Beckman who is running for a seat on the El Dorado Hills Fire Board in the November election.

An introduction to current board member, Bobbi Bennett who is running for another term on the El Dorado Hills Fire Board in the November election.

Bread and Broth, the nonprofit organization working to alleviate hunger in the Lake Tahoe South Shore area, is seeking volunteers for several positions.

Applications are open for middle and high school students to submit designs for the 2024-25 El Dorado Transit Design a Bus Wrap Contest.

The Shingle Springs Band of Miwok have requested the El Dorado Board of Supervisors to permit placing their recent purchase of Indian Creek Ranch property into federal trust, removing it from county property tax rolls.

An introduction to Bradley Popejoy who is running for the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors to represent Division 3 in November.

An introduction to Charles Mansfield who is running for El Dorado Irrigation District Division 3 director.has thrown his hat in the ring to serve as the next El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors for Division 3 in November.

The Tahoe Beach Club sponsored Alpenglow Festival raised over $50,000 to be granted to local artists and nonprofit Clean Up The Lake.

With the generous support of their community of donors, the Tahoe Arts Project announced that all public performances of their 38th season will be free of charge.

The project to remove hazards and stabilize the land impacted by the Caldor Fire in the Pioneer Trail and Echo Summit areas has begun.

As no candidate has filed to run for the open Area 1 seat, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District is seeking a local resident to be appointed to the position.

The Boys and Girls Club is hosting the 31st annual Golf Classic on October 13 at the at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, with proceeds to benefit the club.

Applicants are sought for Live Your Dream continuing education grants offered by the Soroptimist of Cameron Park/El Dorado Hills nonprofit.

In a public meeting held on August 28 in Shingle Springs, county election department staff outlined procedures to ensure election integrity and answered questions from residents.

As part of a state pilot program, daily stipends for jury service in El Dorado County have been raised from $15 to $100.

Over the last five years, the state government has spent some $24 billion to ameliorate homelessness, which, according to polls, is California’s most troublesome issue.

The California surgeon general is launching a campaign today to spread awareness about health conditions that contribute to pregnancy-related deaths, such as heart disease.

The Sacramento Bee explains the Proposition 4 climate resiliency bond measure on the November ballot.

The Sacramento Bee explains the Proposition 36 anti-crime measure on the November ballot.

The Sacramento Bee explains the Proposition 32 minimum wage measure on the November Ballot.

Failed legislative bills have attempted to create safe parking programs for students to sleep in their cars on California campuses while awaiting housing. Meanwhile, Long Beach City College allows homeless students to park overnight.

California’s new cap on health care cost increases is regarded as the most aggressive in the nation. It includes potential fines against companies that exceed the limit.

In compliance of state law, the University of California Regents will be considering the attached audit of inventory and use of military equipment by UC police and a budget request for additional items.

California’s inland regions are experiencing dangerous heat waves, exacerbated by rapid population growth. As more people move away from the expensive coastal areas to more affordable inland communities, these regions are seeing significant demographic changes and spiking electricity bills.

For five years, California officials responding to the homelessness crisis had to work around one big restriction imposed by the federal courts: Because they didn’t have enough shelter beds, cities generally couldn’t make homeless camps illegal.

More than two-dozen California cities passed, strengthened or are considering ordinances that penalize people for sleeping outside, after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed cities to crack down.

California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in national tests of mathematics ability.

H5N1 bird flu has been reported in three California dairy herds.

An exclusive CalMatters analysis of the latest California homeless count reveals some good news and bad news: Though the growth rate of homelessness appears to be slowing, the overall number of unhoused Californians increased from two years ago.