El Dorado County Local News

Immigration enforcement lowers students’ ability to succeed academically and negatively affects their overall learning experience.

For the first time in decades, California is tightening its rules on workplace exposure to lead, a poisonous metal that can wreak havoc throughout the body.

Members of the American Legion Post 119 made time to recognize the WWII veterans among them during their February meeting and dinner.

The Placer, Amador and El Dorado and Georgetown Divide resource conservation districts are administering $4 million in state grants to fund the Healthy Soils Program for agricultural producers in the Central Sierra.

The mild winter has brought exciting news for the Georgetown Divide, with many local entrepreneurs opening new businesses.

As sandwich board signs proliferate along Main Street and impinge on space along narrower-than-normal sidewalks, the Placerville City Council discussed what the city could do to cut down on the clutter.

Commercial beekeeper Andrew Strehlow estimates he’s had 1,000 hives stolen over the years. The latest theft, of 96 hives from a Fresno County orchard, was his last straw.

California electric vehicle sales dropped significantly in the last half of 2023, raising questions about the state’s ability to phase out gas-powered cars.

Teachers and students tap into a native tradition in which art and nature have always been inextricably linked.

El Dorado County District 2 Supervisor George Turnboo is looking to keep his seat this election cycle and is challenged by Chris Cockrell and Kevin McCarty.

By reframing them as mutually reinforcing rather than mutually exclusive, we can transform education for every child.

While temperatures aren’t warm enough for mosquitoes to run rampant, now’s the time to prevent breeding grounds.

The San Pedro ports had a busy January as they rebounded from last year’s labor troubles and picked up cargo redirected because of Suez and Panama canal troubles.

Beehives, tractors and more are getting stolen from farmers.

As agents hunt for business in Southern California's slow real estate market, some are trying out new ways of tracking down leads. Others are quitting the industry.

Nearly 2 million Medi-Cal enrollees can now accumulate savings and property without limitations and still qualify for the state's health insurance program for low-income residents.

The state is to implement long-awaited new guidelines in 2025 despite some calls for a year’s delay.

New Morning Youth & Family Services, offering 24-hour, 7-day emergency youth shelter in Placerville, has served as a safe haven in El Dorado County since 2011.

The new top Democrat in the state Senate announces his leadership team and new committee chairpersons. He rewarded some allies, and filled five of seven leadership posts with women or legislators of color.

El Dorado Winery Association celebrates the amazing wines crafted in El Dorado County during Passport Weekend, April 20-21, with more than 20 wineries participating.