The El Dorado Hills Community Services District Board didn’t flinch Thursday night when union representative Phil Stamborsky delivered an uncomfortable and unprecedented vote of no confidence on behalf of district employees for “the past two years of inappropriate actions by the board” and, more specifically, their potential dismissal of popular CSD General Manager John Skeel. Last [...]
Asked at Rockin’ Frog … Chandler Thomas, 12, El Dorado Hills “Troy Palamalu. He’s really good and has big hair.” Cole Tilley, 12, El Dorado Hills “Joe Montana. He’s one of the great quarterbacks of all time, and my dad met him.” J.D. Marsh, 12, El Dorado Hills “Reggie Wayne. He’s fast and always catches [...]
Fourteen-year-old Kyle Smith and friends David and Victor Rudd, both 12, shared frozen yogurt and football stories with Indianapolis Colts receiver Austin Collie last week. Smith won the honor in a drawing at Marina Middle School’s Family Jam fundraiser. The teen, his friends and his parents Jodi and Parveen Lal met the NFL star at Rockin’ Frog Frozen Yogurt Thursday. Collie [...]
Nearly five months after the shooting death of Louisiana Schnell School principal Sam LaCara in Placerville, El Dorado County law enforcement staged its annual Active Intruder Training last week, ensuring that all county agencies are prepared for future threats on school campuses. This year’s training, the ninth annual hosted by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department, [...]
The El Dorado Hills Fire Board and its union agreed to a new labor contract, plugging a $2.1 million budget deficit Wednesday night. The new 27-month memorandum of understanding includes staffing reductions, union concessions and “reopener” clauses that could send all parties back to the bargaining table if fiscal skies get darker. Firefighters got no raises, [...]
