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Pay Fire: El Dorado County wildfire causes damage at Placerville Airport, forward progress stopped
Forward progress has stopped on the Pay Fire burning in El Dorado County, Cal Fire said on Sunday. The fire led to evacuations and damaged hangers at the Placerville Airport. The Pay Fire started Saturday near the Placerville Airport on Paydirt Drive, the El Dorado County Fire Protection District said.
2 critically injured in Northern California mine shaft explosion
PLACER COUNTY — Two people suffered critical injuries in an explosion inside a Northern California mine shaft, officials said Friday.The Foresthill Fire Protection District said it happened shortly after 9:40 a.m. at a mine shaft along Mosquito Ridge Road at Gorman Ranch Road in Placer County.Personnel with the Foresthill district and the U.S. Forest Service located the two people outside of the mine shaft. They were then airlifted to Sutter Roseville Trauma Center.The Foresthill fire district said the Bureau of Mine Safety was taking the lead on the investigation. The mine will remain closed until an inspection can be done.
Suspect Arrested in 1984 Murder of Roseville Woman
Cold case investigators from the Roseville Police Department and the Placer County District Attorney’s Office have announced the arrest of 59-year-old Richard Moore in Los Angeles on homicide charges related to a decades-old cold case. The arrest pertains to the 1984 murder of 69-year-old Madeline Garcia on the 300 Block of Atlantic Street in Roseville. Evidence collected at the scene indicated that Garcia was attacked and dragged into an alley where she was subsequently murdered.
Placer County Sheriff's arrest log: Object thrown at vehicle, DUIs, brandished weapon
Editor’s note: Arrest reports are released by the Placer County Sheriff’s Department. Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty. Charges can be amended or dismissed. June 26. Kayla Blazewick, 36, was arrested at 2:28 p.m. on suspicion of an outside felony warrant in the 11800 block of Go...
Placer DA Charges Foster Care Mother in Drowning Deaths of Twin Boys
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The Placer County District Attorney’s Office announced they have filed charges against Schitara Page, age 37 – the foster care mother of twin boys who drowned in a pool in Roseville last year. In Oct. 2023, Roseville first responders went to a home in...
Car crash reported on Highway 50 in Cameron Park
CAMERON PARK, Calif. — A crash involving a big rig and another vehicle was reported Friday morning in El Dorado County, California Highway Patrol logs show. CHP was dispatched around 7:12 a.m. to the crash site on eastbound Highway 50 near the offramp for Cambridge Road in Cameron Park.
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