  The Elk Grove City Council announced tonight that Laura S. Gill, the current Chief Administrative Officer for El Dorado County, has been selected as the new City of Elk Grove City Manager.
Gill was unanimously chosen by the City Council after an extensive selection process. The Elk Grove City Council worked with an executive recruitment firm and conducted multiple interviews before ultimately selecting Gill.
"I am pleased to announce the appointment of Laura Gill to the Elk Grove City Manager position," said Mayor Gary Davis. "She is a just the leader we need at this critical juncture, as Elk Grove becomes a premier city. We are incredibly fortunate she will occupy such an important
 Pollock
Pines, Calif. -- A subdivision south of the El Dorado County town of Pollock Pines was evacuated Thursday because of a wildfire burning in the area, authorities said.
The subdivision, known as Sierra Springs, is located just west of Jenkinson
Reservoir.
"Sierra
Fire" Information
as of 4:10 PM on May 15, 2008
PLEASE DO NOT CALL 911 FOR EVACUATION
INFORMATION. A HOTLINE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND WILL BE
UPDATED AS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. PLEASE CALL:
El Dorado County
Fire Information and Evacuation Hotline: (530) 642-4747
CALFIRE Public
Information Line: (530) 647-5218
Fire statistics
- 30+ acres burned
- No structures damaged
- No structures currently threatened
- Fire is moving in a southwest direction
- El Dorado County Fairgrounds is designated evacuation site
- Approximately 30% Containment
- Fire Resources Deployed:
15 Engines
3 Bulldozers
4 Aircraft
8 Handcrews
200 Personnel
- Law Enforcement Resources Deployed:
20+ Sheriff's Office Personnel
  Harry
is endorsed by the El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff’s Association
And
is also endorsed by …
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El
Dorado Hills CSD Director Tony Rogozinski
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 I've been seeing signs like this on recent trips to
El Dorado
County, California, not far from where I live in Sacramento. As you will have guessed, the campaign slogan caught my eye. Teresi is running for the El Dorado County
Board of
Supervisors. This sign is at the intersection of Grizzly Flat Road (love that place name!) and
Mt. Aukum Road in the tiny community of
Somerset. It's just a wide spot in the road with one heck of a good restaurant, the Gold Vine Grill, thanks to the surrounding wine region.
 Thursday could bring in the year's first 100-degree day, which would be a record-breaker, said Cynthia Palmer, a forecaster with the National Weather Service. The Sacramento area won't cool down until Sunday or maybe Monday, Palmer said. Winds gusting up to 40 mph near Sacramento International Airport, combined with dry vegetation and humidity that could drop below 20 percent, create the perfect conditions for wildfires, Palmer said.
As summer approaches, El Dorado County health officials are urging residents to prepare now to stay cool and healthy in the upcoming months. “We are asking people to take steps now to ensure their air conditioner is working properly and have a plan in place to stay cool and prevent summer heat injuries,” said
Dr. Jason
Eberhart-Phillips, County Health Officer.
 A brush fire 10 miles west of Placerville that was sparked early this evening and was whipped by erratic winds, could see full containment by Tuesday morning, fire officials said.
The fire — located at Feldspar Lane on the West Slope — was 40 percent contained as of 8 p.m., said Suzanne Todd of the Camino Emergency Command Center. [Click image to enlarge]
So far the fire has charred 30 acres in an area with dense brush and oak trees. Wind gusts of up to 25 mph reportedly caused the fire to spread before there was a significant air and ground attack, Todd said. Crews, however, were able to get a good grip on the fire about the time winds had calmed, she
 A former "Baywatch" actor who gained fame running on the beach was caught running from the law recently in Placerville. Jose Solano was arrested in Placerville on charges of burglary and hit and run.
Jose Rafael Solano Jr., 37, left, was arrested on suspicion of burglary April 28 after allegedly stealing sheets of tattoo patterns from Hangtown Tattoo and fleeing through town, said Placerville Police Department Capt. Mike Scott. Placerville police say 37-year-old Jose Solano was passing through town on April 28, 2008 on his way from Reno to the Bay Area when he stopped into the Hangtown Tattoo and Body Piercing parlor. Police say he stole several pages of designs or "flash" from the shop and ran off.
David Cameron, the tattoo business's owner, called police about 7:25 p.m. to report that a man had entered his business and taken 50 sheets of tattoo patterns without
 By Cathy Locke -
El Dorado County is tapping new veins of gold to promote the county's natural, historical, cultural and agricultural resources.
Pilot Hill resident Jaime Tafoya said he was interviewing local business owners for the county's Economic Development Department a few months ago when he met Todd Stanley.
 The owner of Boil Line Productions in Lotus, Stanley and his brother Doug are best known as producers and cameramen for the Discovery Channel's
" Deadliest
Catch," about crab fishermen in Alaska. As Tafoya collected information from Stanley as part of the program to aid the county in business retention, the two men hatched an idea to employ Stanley's talents to promote El Dorado County.
Now they're going around the county filming segments for a three-minute "sizzle reel," or pilot for what they hope will become a regional TV series spotlighting El Dorado County's various
 There's no shortage of wine enthusiasts in the Bay Area's private equity and venture capital firms, but few of their investment dollars pour into the wine business.
But San Anselmo-based Vinum Capital Management hopes to change that with its first fund, with $250 million, focused on acquiring premium and super-premium wineries.
 By Matt Weiser
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A long-stalled Auburn dam on the American River has suffered many defeats. But the next could be truly fatal.
The State Water Resources Control Board plans to revoke the water rights held by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the project. The unfinished dam, in other words, would no longer have any water to hold back.
The Pre-Hearing Conference will commence on Wednesday, June 4, 2008, at 8:00
a.m.
The Public Hearing will commence on Monday July 21, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. and continue, if necessary, on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at 9:00 a.m.
 
Investigators for the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office have arrested 48-year-old Mark Steven Morgan in the hit and run collision that injured two of his Serrano neighbors.
Victim Alan Luong said he vividly remembers the night of March 14, when he and his wife were allegedly hit by Morgan, who they say briefly stopped his car about 100 feet away.
"He stopped again and looked at me while I'm screaming out for help. Finally, he just stepped on the gas and took off
 Adam
Jensen - A stinging, 10-page summary of a consultant’s “climate survey” last fall found the South Lake Tahoe Police Department facing considerable internal turmoil.
None of the police department’s sworn employees, management and supervisors who were surveyed reported that they had confidence in the organization’s senior leadership.
 Up for auction is a real photo postcard featuring the US Post Office and County Court House in Placerville, California, 1940s. The card is postally unused, in excellent condition, no damage to note. Nice detail in the image, photography by Frashers.
Notice that the City "Christmas Tree" is not as tall as the flag pole yet.
“Harry Norris has a long history in our community. As owner of the Union 76 station he has a demonstrated history of conducting a well-run and very customer-conscious business. He served on the County Board of Education for a decade and has been a director of the El Dorado Irrigation District for four years. His specific actions in public office and in his business have demonstrated system-wide insight and exceptionally strong personal ethics, well beyond customarily expected standards.”
 The El Dorado Agricultural Commissioner Reports Significant Crop Damage From Recent Frost. The Agriculture Department is working on the tabulation of data from El Dorado County farmers and ranchers for a disaster declaration due to drought and extremely low temperatures a few weeks ago. The information gathered from growers so far suggests that the entire cherry crop and peach crop has been lost. Apples, some varieties of grapes, Asian and Bartlett pears and walnuts have been damaged as well. Rangeland has also been hit very hard due to the drought and low night time temperatures. Damage to Grape has also been observer locally.
Damage pictured is on the editor's vines at 1500 foot elevation in Placerville from last week's cold snap.
Ooh, that's cold - Local wine grapes pinched by unseasonable April frost.
 The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors has scheduled a hearing on May 13th to consider closing the Skate Park until further notice. The Chief Administrative Officer of the County reported that a Southern California company is in negotiations to take over management of both the Placerville and the Cameron Park Skate parks, but timing and reaching an actual agreement is uncertain at this time. The Supervisors, appalled at the last serious incident (see story below), want to avoid another such crime.
"Without the Placerville Police policing the hangers on" that congregate around the park, "we must do something" said Supervisor Sweeney. "If the City of Placerville asked us to close it, we would, but we cannot have another incident happen while we wait for the supervision issue to be resolved."
Responding to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Request, the Public Comment Deadline of April 30 has been extended to May 30
 Last week staff from the Chief Administrative Office and General Services attended a meeting with representatives of the City of Folsom, Placer County and California State Parks to Discuss the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area General Plan and Resource Management Plan. State Parks agreed to further extend the public comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement an additional 30 days until May 30. Within this time frame, State Parks is requesting that public agencies identify project specific impacts of the Preferred Alternative (Alternative 2).
 Since 1962, Folsom Lake has served as a premier recreation area in the State. The last major revision to the area’s general plan was made in 1979 and a new 20-year plan is in the works today. You may not be aware of this as El Dorado County was largely left out of the planning this year. Public presentation and input was received in March at Granite Bay and Folsom. After Supervisor Rusty Dupray heard that no meetings were scheduled in El Dorado County, with the majority of the shoreline is in his district, he led the push to add a meeting and extend the deadline for public comment.
 By The Associated Press
NAME: Tropicana Entertainment LLC
HOLDINGS: 11 casino-hotel properties in Nevada, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Indiana and New Jersey.
EMPLOYEES: 11,000.
PROBLEMS: Lost New Jersey casino license for Tropicana Casino and Resort in December after being judged by state regulators as unable to properly operate a first-class casino due to severe layoffs and poor performance. That triggered a series of financing crises and defaults that culminated Monday in a Chapter 11 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in
 We Americans take it for granted that our health as a nation is always getting better.
We assume that the children in each generation can look forward to longer, healthier lives than their parents had. Recent life-extending advances in medicine are surely pushing the envelope of human life expectancy ever upwards, right?
Not so – at least for a large segment of the US population – says a new study that examined mortality statistics between 1961 and 1999 in every American county.
The study found that
On May 5 the Chief Administrative Office received a Public Records Act request from the Sacramento Bee for an electronic listing showing the 2007 base and overtime earnings for each employee in El Dorado County, along with the employee’s name, department and job title. State and other local government jurisdictions have received similar requests. The Sacramento Bee is obtaining salary information for every government employee in the Sacramento region.
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