PLACERVILLE, CA — El Dorado County and four other public entities yesterday filed a lawsuit against PG&E for damages resulting from the 2022 Mosquito Fire. The lawsuit was filed in San Francisco Superior Court and includes as co-plaintiffs Placer County, El Dorado Water Agency, Georgetown Divide Public Utilities District, and Georgetown Divide Fire Protection District. […]
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El Dorado County coordinating wildfire resilience projects
PLACERVILLE, CA – Wildfires continue to increase in frequency and intensity across California, resulting in hundreds of thousands of acres burned and thousands of homes destroyed each year. Once again, El Dorado County is experiencing a major wildfire as the Mosquito Fire burns in the American River Canyon and threatens communities and valuable watershed. Recognizing […]
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El Dorado County Assessor reduces property taxes on Caldor Fire-impacted parcels
PLACERVILLE, CA October 28, 2021 – County Assessor Karl Weiland today announced that his office processed the first batch of property tax value reductions for victims of the Caldor fire. About 500 residences, the majority of which are in the Grizzly Flat area, and about 130 cabins on U.S. Forest Service land located along Highway […]
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El Dorado County releases graph showing rise of COVID-19 cases in South Lake Tahoe region
PLACERVILLE, Calif. July 8, 2020 – After a steady increase in confirmed cases over the last few weeks and an influx of visitors to the South Lake Tahoe region over the Independence Day weekend, Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams is taking a closer look at that region’s COVID-19 case rate in relation to Governor […]
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Emergency Ordinance Allows El Dorado County to Fine Nonessential Travelers to Lake Tahoe Basin
PLACERVILLE, CA April 20, 2020 – In an effort to keep nonessential travel to a minimum, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors last week unanimously voted to approve an emergency ordinance to issue administrative fines for those who violate the County’s Order regarding travel into the El Dorado County portion of Lake Tahoe. “The […]
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El Dorado County Announces First Confirmed Case of Community Transmitted Covid-19
PLACERVILLE, CA March 24, 2020 – El Dorado County officials announced today the first confirmed case of community transmitted COVID-19 in an El Dorado County resident. The resident acquired the COVID-19 virus from an unknown source. “There are three ways in which we classify the way people acquire COVID-19; through close contact with an individual […]
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First confirmed COVID-19 case in El Dorado County
PLACERVILLE, CA March 20, 2020 – El Dorado County officials announced today the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in an El Dorado County resident. The individual, who traveled to a Central California County where exposure is believed to have occurred, was visiting sick family members and has not yet returned to El Dorado County. She […]
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El Dorado County issues directive to residents to shelter in place
PLACERVILLE, CA) – El Dorado County Public Health Officer Dr. Nancy Williams today issued a directive for all County residents to remain at home except to engage in “essential activities,” effective 11:59 PM, March 20, 2020, to slow the spread of COVID-19. “I have taken this unprecedented step to stem the tide of the virus […]
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El Dorado County Registrar of Voters urging residents to check their mail
PLACERVILLE, Calif. December 11, 2019 – El Dorado County Registrar of Voters, Bill O’Neill, is alerting voters who receive a mailed postcard from the El Dorado County Election Department indicating they are registered as a No Party Preference (NPP) voter that they may have to re-register. “We are confident our mailing list of NPP voters […]
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El Dorado County Makes It Easier for Seniors to Qualify for Hazardous Tree Removal Program
PLACERVILLE, Calif. September 19, 2018 – The County of El Dorado and the California Department of Forestry (CALFIRE) have agreed to further expand and simplify the County’s Hazardous Tree Removal Program to benefit low-income senior property owners by extending it to residents in the Auburn Lake Trails and Grizzly Flats areas of El Dorado County […]
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El Dorado County receives largest-ever grant to help end homelessness
PLACERVILLE, Calif. January 8, 2018 – El Dorado County Health and Human Services today announced that the County’s Continuum of Care program received nearly $400,000 in federal funding to help end homelessness and fund emergency domestic violence services and enhance coordination among local agencies that handle those issues. It is the largest amount ever awarded […]
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El Dorado County’s Health and Human Services Agency Announces 1 Billion Step Challenge
PLACERVILLE, CA December 28, 2017 – El Dorado County is participating in the American Public Health Association’s (APHA’s) 1 Billion Steps Challenge and is encouraging residents to walk, roll and get moving in order to help APHA collectively hit 1 billion steps by April 8, 2018. Residents can participate in the challenge by registering at […]
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Second bird tests positive for West Nile Virus in El Dorado County
PLACERVILLE, CAlif. October 20, 2017 – El Dorado County health officials received confirmation last week that a bird found in the Garden Valley area of El Dorado County has tested positive for West Nile virus, the second for 2017. The bird, an Acorn Woodpecker, was tested on September 29th. So far this year, West Nile […]
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Mosquito Awareness Week draws attention to risks, prevention
PLACERVILLE, Calif. April 21, 2017 – The California Legislature declared April 16 through April 22, 2017 as Mosquito Awareness Week to raise awareness and educate Californians about the threat mosquitoes pose to our communities. El Dorado County health officials are reminding residents to take steps to protect themselves from mosquitoes as warmer weather approaches and […]
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El Dorado County Declares a Local State of Emergency Due to Damage to Local Infrastructure from the Recent Weather Events
Placerville, CA January 10, 2017 – El Dorado County has declared a local state of emergency due to damage to local infrastructure from the recent weather events. The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors at its meeting on January 10, 2016, in unanimous vote, declared the emergency after getting a report on damage to local […]
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El Dorado County Board of Supervisors Oppose Proposition 64, Marijuana Legalization Initiative
Placerville, CA – At the October 11, 2016, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting, the Board voted unanimously in favor of a resolution opposing the passage of California Proposition 64. Proposition 64 would legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults aged 21 years or older in the State of California. In opposing the […]
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El Dorado County secures state assistance to remove dead and dying trees that threaten public infrastructure
Placerville, CA October 13, 2016 – The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors took the final step to secure California Disaster Assistance Act (CDAA) funds for the State and County state of emergencies due to pervasive tree mortality. The Board approved the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services CDAA funding at its meeting on October […]