El Dorado County Local News

More than half of the U.S. House supports a bill to extend the funds, but it can’t get out of committee.

At many universities across the country, graduation for the Class of 2024 will feel more like making it through airport security than a procession through a free-flowing campus green or a cheering stadium crowd.

The Sacramento Region Community Foundation announced the May 2 Big Day of Giving had raised $13.2 million in donations to 826 nonprofits in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo counties.

A call is out for volunteers to work with theGeorgetown Divide Fire Safe Council.

Meet Justin Boyd, who nurtures the community with food and live music.

A look at the "burnbot", a remote control masticator being used to reduce fuels in the Tahoe National Forest.

UC Davis researchers are joining a developer to build a "healthy living" community of thousands of homes on 2,800 acres near Latrobe Road.

Tom Watts has been announced as the featured artist of the Tahoe Art League spring event.

The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board of Directors is moving forward with the design and permits for the Powerline Park Bike Trails and Silver Dove Bike Park.

The California Tahoe Conservancy announced public comment and feedback is open for their 2024-2029 draft strategic plan.

Located at Saratoga Way and Wilson Boulevard, the 2.1-acre park held its grand opening on April 17.

It's time to work on home defensible space and fire hardening.

Cameron Park Community Service District staff preparations of the 2024-2025 budget is leasing to discussion of fire protection services and the possible closing of Fire Station 88 on Alhambra Drive.

During the much-ballyhooed “California exodus” amid the pandemic, remote workers moved to other states where they could live for a fraction of the cost compared to cities like Los Angeles or San Francisco.

Indigenous Californians want President Biden to establish a national monument in a stretch of desert that is both an ecological wonder and a window into their cultures.

David Jinkens, the former City Manager of South Lake Tahoe, announced his candidacy for one of two open seats on the council.

The Tahoe Transportation District is expanding service along several routes.

A bill to rein in a proposed monthly fee on California electric bills would let California’s largest for-profit utility companies charge customers $24 per month — with fees as low as $6 for lower-income customers — as a kind of membership fee for the power grid.

El Dorado County is planning for a new homeless navigation center in Placerville on Forni Road.

CalFire announced the opening of the Ponderosa Fire Center on Palmer Drive in Cameron Park, which will serve as a base of operations for seven firefighter crews.