El Dorado County Local News

The El Dorado Irrigation District investments in alternative energy projects is paying off.

Many landlords in California can only raise the rent a certain amount. On August 1, they — and their tenants — found out how high.

On July 25, a team from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife arrived to relocate a family of beavers who were causing damage to the Cameron Park lake dam.

Legislators and Gov. Newsom are working behind the scenes to draft energy legislation before the end-of-the-month deadline.

About 80 Californians die every year after contracting Valley fever, a fungal disease that typically affects the lungs. A recent outbreak was traced to a music festival in Kern County.

Work on Ice House Road is underway through November.

Information about the National Night Out celebration for the Georgetown Divide Community to be held in Garden Valley Park on August 6.

Applications for grants to replace farm machinery are available through August 30 from the El Dorado County Air Quality Management Department.

The Tahoe Transportation District is holding two public meetings in August to discuss updates to its Short-Range Transit Plan.

A voter at a polling center at Santa Ana College in Santa Ana on March 5, 2024. Photo by Lauren Justice for CalMatters

The draft environmental impact report for the Town And Country Village hotel and event center project has been released for public comment by the El Dorado County Planning and Building Department-Planning Division.

A list of local August 6 National Night Out celebrations.

The Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park has openings for volunteers and upcoming training classes.

Whether they mean to or not, people are responsible for about 95% of the state’s wildfires. While arson accounts for about 10% of the fires, others can start in a myriad of ways.

Although the initiative process — proposing new laws via ballot measures — has been in California’s constitution for more than a century, its use was fairly uncommon until the 1970s.

Rosalie Herrera has been named the permanent deputy forest supervisor for the USDA Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

The official Watch Duty incident page for the massive Park Fire burning in Butte and Tehama Counties.

A number of forest thinning and fuel reduction projects are taking place in the Lake Tahoe Basin over the rest of the summer and into the fall.

“This doesn’t build public trust. Where is the evidence?” said Jeff Wenninger, a former Los Angeles Police lieutenant who oversaw use of force investigations.

When California emerged from its colonial beginnings nearly two centuries ago and began coalescing into a distinct society, its towns and villages tended to be located either on navigable rivers, such as Sacramento, or around the 21 missions that Spanish explorer priests had established, such as San Diego.