El Dorado County Local News

02/15/2022
The new Heritage Village Park faces another delay: Rust is seeping up into the concrete courts. Previously, residents challenged the park’s 50-foot-tall sport court lighting.

10/24/2021
Folks have talked about building a community center in Grizzly Flat for years. In the wake of the Caldor Fire, which hit the area hard, a fundraising effort has begun to make the idea a reality.

09/21/2021
The latest in a tussle over 50-foot light fixtures at the future Heritage Park has developer Lennar Homes offering to remove the lights for free. But El Dorado Hills Community Services District board members remain unconvinced.

09/14/2021
Three out of four Grizzly Flat Community Services District employees lost their homes to the Caldor Fire. But like the rest of the community, they are working hard to get everything up and running.

07/22/2021
El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 to uphold the approval of the Cool Dollar General’s design review permit and environmental impact report, despite some community opposition to the 9,100-square-foot commercial building.

06/20/2021
The El Dorado Hills landmark along Highway 50 has its own Save Our Sign Committee, with fundraising efforts for a renovation recently approved by the Rolling Hills Community Services District Board of Directors.

06/17/2021
The South Lake Tahoe City Council accepted a property donation to create a new community park on Ski Run Boulevard.

06/01/2021
More than 180 volunteers picked up trash at 16 different locations around Lake Tahoe’s South Shore for the fifth annual Spring Clean event organized by Clean Tahoe.

05/29/2021
Art on the Divide Cooperative Gallery in Georgetown has announced the theme for its eighth invitational art show, to be held in September.

05/22/2021
Developers of a Dollar General in Cool must pony up for a Class I bike path along Highway 49 to allay concerns about traffic congestion and pedestrian safety before the El Dorado County Planning Commission will approve the design plan.

05/18/2021
Noting that pandemic concerns “are not yet completely in the rear-view mirror,” the Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority has opted to cancel the 2021 Fourth of July “Lights on the Lake” fireworks.

04/25/2021
The Georgetown Rotary has been awarded two grants to renovate the IOOF Hall, built in 1859.

04/25/2021
The Fairplay-Aukum Community Hall is getting some needed rehabilitation from members of the Pioneer Volunteer Fire Association and Pioneer Fire Protection District.