El Dorado County Local News

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.

Nine counties located more than an hour away from universities with teacher preparation programs face particular difficulties.

Citing limited staff resources and budget, El Dorado County Supervisors put a halt to staff work to amend the cannabis ordinance.

Grizzly Flat residents speak out against a proposed biomass facility proposed by District 2 Supervisor George Turnboo.

Newsom-backed bill would allow Arizona abortion providers to practice in California as the Republican-led state restricts access.

Several bills making their way through the California Legislature seek to address overcrowded animal shelters and streamline how animals receive care.

The El Dorado County Department of Transportation is starting construction of a pedestrian and bike path in Pollock Pines soon.

The South Lake Tahoe City Council are ready to escalate after getting no response from ski resort ownership to a request for support of city annexation efforts.

The City of South Lake Tahoe is accepting applications until May 15 for grants funded from cannabis revenues for local projects which mitigate the impact of the cannabis industry.

Proponents of the City of South Lake Tahoe vacancy tax initiative have submitted petition signatures to the El Dorado County Elections Department for certification.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new ad blasts GOP efforts to make it harder for people to leave states with abortion bans and seek treatment elsewhere.

California has released 500,000 salmon into the Klamath River. As dams are removed, the fish will be some of the first to return to a free-flowing river.

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged three East Bay police officers with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 death of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez.