El Dorado County deputies arrested a 22-year-old man shortly after 12:30 p.m. Sunday following an armed robbery about 90 minutes earlier at the Francisco Drive Safeway pharmacy. Suspect Andrew Schultz, 22, reportedly had gone to the pharmacy prior to the robbery and told a clerk he had a prescription there to be filled. He gave [...]
When taking a day trip to Sacramento it’s always fun to drive through the “Fabulous Forties.” The upscale neighborhood of custom homes built in East Sacramento during the post World War II years is considered a jewel among architects, and the gardens that grow beneath the spreading ancient sycamore and elm trees are the stuff [...]
CAMINO — Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento-Alpine Unit Chief Bill Holmes shares a fire safety message: “According to the US Fire Administration, cooking is the leading cause of house fires in this country,” Holmes said. “Unattended cooking is the leading cause of cooking fires, so please do not leave your kitchen, barbecue or turkey deep fryer unattended this [...]
A publc hearing to discuss extending the contract between the El Dorado Hills Community Services District and El Dorado Disposal Services for trash and recycling pickup has been set at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 29, at the CSD pavilion. The matter consumed over an hour of the marathon four-hour November board meeting held last [...]
El Dorado Hills resident John Everett’s long-running claim that Community Services District landscape and lighting assessments have overcharged residents since 1996, when the “Roadway 19” assessment district was approved to fund landscape maintenance along El Dorado Hills Boulevard, was dismissed by the board during the regular board meeting held Nov. 19. Everett argued that language in [...]
Big Christmas party The big party will be held on Friday, Dec. 10, and sponsored by the El Dorado Hills Senior Support Council, the El Dorado Hills Community Services District, the Rotary Club of El Dorado Hills and the county’s Senior Nutrition lunch program. It will be held at the CSD Gym, 1021 Harvard Way. [...]
The start of suspected killer Steven Tyler Colver’s trial was delayed by several months Friday morning. Colver, 20, is accused of killing El Dorado Hills resident Joanne Witt in June 2009. Witt was the mother of Colver’s former lover, Tylar. Citing the recent receipt of 37,000 pages of discovery, defense attorney Dain Weiner filed a [...]
