My wife Georgi and I have lived in our home for more than 18 years now and we decided it was time to begin an updating process for the house.A So far all updates are going very well.

California 's Gold Rush was more than a century-and-a-half ago, but its Wild West spirit lives on in a dispute between government agencies and a landowner in the Sierra Nevada foothills that some officials describe as one of the most egregious cases of illegal mining they have ever encountered.

California 's Gold Rush was more than a century-and-a-half ago, but its Wild West spirit lives on in a dispute between government agencies and a landowner in the Sierra Nevada foothills that some officials describe as one of the most egregious cases of illegal mining they have ever encountered.

DEATH INVESTIGATION TURNS UP EXPLOSIVES IN EL DORADO COUNTY -- A coroner's investigation of a of a man's death in a rural area of of El Dorado County turned up a store of explosive materials at the 2300 block of Sandridge Road
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FEDERAL JUDGE GIVES NORTHERN CALIF POT GROWER 9-YEAR SENTENCE -- A federal judge has sentenced a northern California marijuana grower to nine years in prison for running a sophisticated pot operation in El Dorado County
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WILTSE COURT DEAD MAN ID’D --Authorities have identified the body of a man found on a small road near a Placerville park earlier this month.  Anthony Coltra, 29, was found dead on a fire access road near Placerville’s Lumsden Park on Jan. 20.
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GOVERNOR NAMES TRIBAL ADVISOR -- MS. GOMEZ has been the chief justice for the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
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FORMER PRESCHOOL TEACHER SUES CITY OVER STUN GUN INCIDENT
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FREE WINE TASTING IN EL DORADO HILLS on Feb. 16
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YOU’LL NEVER FORGET A CHOCOLATE AFFAIR -- A Chocolate Affair is Saturday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m
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CA MINE DISPUTE RECALLS WILD PAST -- California's Gold Rush was more than a century-and-a-half ago, but its Wild West spirit lives on in a dispute between government agencies and a landowner in the Sierra Nevada foothills
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SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT APPLIES FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR THE RUBICON TRAIL
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AMERICAN RIVER, PLACERVILLE -- Last landscape shot of the week, finally had some time to try out my new variable ND filter
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SAM AANESTAD TO RUN FOR CONGRESS, SETTING UP BATTLE WITH FELLOW REPUBLICAN DOUG LAMALFA
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HOUSE PANEL APPROVES KEYSTONE PIPELINE BILL -- legislation that would reverse President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline
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MIDDLE EAST CRUMBLES AROUND OBAMA’S FOREIGN POLICY -- Opinion by Mike Brownfield
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OBAMACARE AWAKENS A SLEEPING GIANT -- It is a rare moment indeed when faith denominations of all stripes unite together in common cause, and it is rarer still when that cause is a political one, with a sole piece of legislation as its principal target
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The Wild West spirit of California's Gold Rush is living on in a dispute between government agencies and a Sierra Nevada landowner.

Valentine's Day is just about here and one local winery has an especially sweet collaboration that's fit for Cupid.

Today, Feb. 3 is a special day in the lives of Troy and Patricia Schmeltz of Elk Grove, for it marks the 50th anniversary of their wedding Feb. 3, 1962, in Immaculate Conception Church on Broadway in Sacramento.

David Steele Mugleston. Memorial services will take place Saturday, Feb. 4 for David Steele Mugleston, a longtime resident of Wilton who died Jan. 24, 2012.

Multiple Grade 3 hero Boundary, sire of once-beaten champion Big Brown, was euthanized at Claiborne Farm on Saturday due to the infirmities of old age. The son of renowned Claiborne stallion Danzig was 22 years old.

PLACERVILLE IS SEEKING ITS FIRST DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING SERVICES -- This newly created management position focuses on the enhancement and coordination of the City's Engineering and Community Development Departments into a highly efficient unit, serving our historic and rural community
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3 DEAD, 3 INJURED KILLED IN CRASH ON 50 -- the 51-year-old male Pontiac driver was driving his friends home from Red Hawk Casino to Sacramento when an intoxicated, wrong-way driver caused a head-on collision. 
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FOOD SOVEREIGNTY MOVEMENT SPAWNS STRUGGLE FOR LOCAL CONTROL -- Recent events in El Dorado County, California highlight emerging tensions between state and local laws related to agriculture. "Supervisor Ray Nutting is quoted: "I am personally appalled that they will come onto my ranch and tell me I can't share my cow or I can't share my chickens"
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BUSINESS ALLIANCE…UPDATE, FEB 2012 -- Oak Protection Plan, Hearing on Traffic Fee, and an unexpected balance of
lands in the Genera Plan
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THEOGT.TV INTERVIEWS BILL GEORGE OF THE EL DORADO IRRIGATION DISTRICT - Bill George talks about the improvements and future Improvements. of the infrastructure that provides water to El Dorado county
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NEW ROADMASTER FOR THE EL DORADO WESTERN RAILROAD -- On a recent brisk Saturday morning, Peter Schulze introduced himself to the crew at the train station in El Dorado as the newly appointed roadmaster
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EL DORADO COUNTY REAL ESTATE MARKET REPORT - 11 Year View of Average Selling Price
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NEW USDA PLANT HARDINESS ZONES FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA -- "We have lots and lots of microclimates," Mosbacher said. "It's so hard to tell sometimes what zone you're in
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BYGONE BISON GONE BYE BYE -- You’ve seen them on the hillside beneath Bass Lake Grade. Each spring we waited for the birth announcement scrawled on plywood, “It’s three girls.” But no more. After 40 years, “Buffalo Will” Neunam gave up his herd in December
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SKINNER FAMILY REVIVES WINEMAKING AFTER MORE THAN 100 YEARS
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KFOK TO BEGIN BROADCASTING TO WIDER AUDIENCE -- installation of a broadcast tower atop one of the district’s water tanks. The broadcast antenna will be located at the 30-foot level of the radio tower, which is attached to a steel water tank on Hotchkiss Hill
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DOMINIC RONZO, 23, OF PLACERVILLE -- “I wanted to see what New York had to offer, and after a few nights in Manhattan I decided I had to check out Coney Island
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SACRAMENTO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER SOTIRIS K. KOLOKOTRONIS FILED FOR PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY Friday
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FIREFIGHTING: BACKLASH TO RURAL PROTECTION FEE EXPECTED -- Some say a $150-per-dwelling fee will prompt rural communities to annex to cities or find other ways to leave state fire jurisdiction
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PROPOSITION 8 DECISION TO BE RELEASED ON TUESDAY -- The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to release its opinion on the constitutionality of California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday morning
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SACRAMENTO COUNTY SET TO APPROVE DR. OLIVIA KASIRYE as the county's public health officer -- She has worked as public health officer in El Dorado County since August 2009
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GLIDER CRASH LANDS ON SKI RUN AT HEAVENLY Mountain Resort; pilot and passenger OK
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LEARN ALMOST ANYTHING FOR FREE -- The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere
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Business Alliance…Update

The Business Alliance…Update is a bi-monthly publication of the El Dorado
Business Alliance (BA). The BA is made up of the following organizations: El
Dorado Builders’ Exchange, El Dorado County Association of Realtors
(EDCAR), El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce, North State Building In-

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Big game hunter Fred McLaren, 71, and wife, Dawn, 68, along with their 4-year-old Maltipoo Shilo will host a dinner for lucky Chocolate Affair auction winners at their home in Shingle Springs .

I’ve had a little time lately to shoot more flowers on white. These two floral arrangements feature orchids—buying them for photography seemed a little expensive at the time, but in retrospect well worth it! (Click on the images to view them larger.) One of the key words in this kind of photography is “arrangement” because [...] Related posts:

SANTA CRUZ -- For a post player in an inside-outside offense, 3-pointers are like gold. "Once those start going in," UC Santa Cruz post Sarah Mackey said, "it opens up the paint for us.

When our new Epson 9900 printer arrived we had to shut the street for the delivery truck. The printer weighes 275 pounds, and it took three strong movers to get it from the curb into our dining room. Or probably I should say “the room formerly known as dining”—because it is now home to the [...]

The new Coney Island is a hit with tourists - many from across the ocean. The number of out-of-town visitors to Coney’s two new amusement parks more than doubled last year - with 57,960 people coming from outside the New York metropolitan area in the 2011 summer season, up from 22,500 in 2010.

The new Coney Island is a hit with tourists - many from across the ocean. The number of out-of-town visitors to Coney’s two new amusement parks more than doubled last year - with 57,960 people coming from outside the New York metropolitan area in the 2011 summer season, up from 22,500 in 2010.

My knees felt weak and I thought I might throw up. I walked into the courtroom for the first time in my life as a participant. The thing was though, I was not in any trouble, wasn't there to be reprimanded or to have any of my civil rights taken away.