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Hit and run driver to pay $10,000 for insurance fraud
A recent El Dorado County District Attorney's Office insurance fraud investigation uncovered a falsely reported vehicle theft connected to an El Dorado Hills hit and run, according to a press release from the DA's office. Investigators with the California Department of Insurance and the DA's Office discovered Matthew Ashley was...
2 El Dorado County kids with bigger hearts help another family in need
POLLOCK PINES — Two Northern California families are telling the story of a neighbor helping a neighbor by raising money for a family involved in a deadly crash on Memorial Day.Juniper and Axel were two of the five kids hit by a van while crossing the street in the El Dorado County community of Pollock Pines just over a year ago.They spent the last few days whipping up and selling cookies and brownies to help another family.The family they're helping was involved in a deadly car crash on Mormon Emigrant Trail. The crash killed a 14-year-old boy while he was...
Pay Fire Now 65% Contained Near Placerville in El Dorado County
The Pay Fire, burning near Placerville in California, remains 65% contained at 77 acres. CAL FIRE says the El Dorado County fire started last Saturday afternoon prompting evacuations. At one point, the fire moved towards the Placerville Airport along Country Club Drive, and some buildings were threatened on Country Club...
Pay Fire flames dance dangerously close to homes in El Dorado County during summer scorcher
EL DORADO COUNTY - The Pay Fire in El Dorado County that broke out Saturday afternoon got dangerously close to multiple neighborhoods, but firefighters were able to stop it from destroying any homes.As of Sunday morning, forward progress on the fire had stopped with 77 acres scorched and 25% cotainment."It was like something out of a movie," said Zak Geisreiter who was evacuated. "It was like a war zone almost." Geisreiter was met Saturday with pink retardant and smoke-filled air when he raced from work to his friend's home on Duden Drive."I just grabbed my bags, her and her leash and...
Placerville businesses grateful for progress made on Pay Fire
PLACERVILLE - As crews make progress on the Pay Fire in El Dorado County, local downtown businesses said they feel lucky the situation wasn't much worse. "It's like a reoccurring nightmare all over again," Alfred Griffin, owner of the Placerville Public House, said. Griffin said after witnessing the devastation of the Caldor Fire, seeing a fire less than two miles from his business set off alarm bells. "Immediately you kind of tense up and start wondering is this the next Caldor Fire? The next King Fire or Paradise or whatever," Griffin said. Down the street sits the Cary House Hotel which has become a...
Sunday FUNDay at Tipsy Putt to raise funds for El Dorado County Search and Rescue
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Drink and Putt for a Cause in July! Tipsy Putt - South Lake Tahoe is partnering with El Dorado County Tahoe Search and Rescue to donate money from every beer and every golf game sold each Sunday in July in their monthly event called Sunday FUNDday.
Some mandatory evacuations remain for Pay Fire near Placerville; 77 acres burned
EL DORADO COUNTY – Adjustments have been made Sunday to some of the evacuations caused by a fire that sparked on Saturday afternoon near Placerville. Cal Fire AEU said the fire, called the Pay Fire, remains at 77 acres with 5% containment as of Sunday. Firefighters had said it was spreading at a dangerous rate and structures were threatened. Firefighters said on Friday that the forward progress had been stopped. "There was a firefighter in my yard as I was getting stuff and it looks like we are to be out of here," said Placerville resident Jared Noceti.The fire was moving east...
Pay Fire in El Dorado County: Repopulation for residential areas near Placerville
EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. — Evacuations are being lifted Monday as forward progress has been stopped in the Pay Fire in El Dorado County. The wildfire is at 77 acres and is 35% contained as of Monday morning. The fire sparked near Paydirt Road, southeast of Placerville, according to the El Dorado County Fire Protection District.
Pay Fire: Some evacuations reduced, lifted as crews halt advance of El Dorado County wildfire
Officials have begun lifting some evacuations for an El Dorado County wildfire that 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. On Sunday, firefighters stopped forward progress on the fire, which means that crews halted the spreading advance of flames.
Pay Fire Now 65% Contained Near Placerville in El Dorado County
The Pay Fire, burning near Placerville in California, remains 65% contained at 77 acres. CAL FIRE says the El Dorado County fire started last Saturday afternoon prompting evacuations. At one point, the fire moved towards the Placerville Airport along Country Club Drive, and some buildings were threatened on Country Club...
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