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Vigil held for Signor
Friends and family gather at the Blairs Lane bridge in Placerville to hold a vigil for Thomas Signor, who died April 26 after and officer-involved shooting.
Odin Rasco Staff writer Friends and family joined together to share memories of Placerville resident Thomas Signor following his death in an El Dorado County sheriff officer-involved shooting April 26. Dozens gathered Saturday to hold a vigil on the Blairs Lane bridge in Placerville, down the road from where Signor was
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fatally wounded. The vigil lasted for hours, candles set out along the bridge flickering in the darkening evening. “He wasn’t a bad guy at all. He was a great guy, great with kids. He just got wrapped up with some rough roommates,” said a friend and former roommate of Signor’s who asked not to be identified. Nearby, a picture of
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Homeless crisis
Bryce Lovell is the new director of Library Services for El Dorado County.
Supes table CSAC plan n El Dorado County supervisors
table AT HOME discussion Noel Stack Managing editor El Dorado County leaders have decided to take a “wait and see” approach regarding a newly proposed plan to solve the state’s homeless crisis drafted by the California State Association of Counties. District 1 Supervisor John Hidahl, who sits on the CSAC Board of Directors as El Dorado County’s representative, brought CSAC’s AT HOME plan to his fellow supervisors Tuesday for discussion and possible adoption of a resolution in support of the proposal. “It’s the first time there has been a comprehensive approach to address homelessness at the statewide level with all applicable agencies. That’s the state, the counties, the cities and, to a certain extent, the federal government —
but to a less extent the federal government,” Hidahl explained. “This is really an ‘all-up’ effort to try to make sure that we have a successful program.”
The six pillars of the AT HOME plan are: • Accountability: Clear responsibilities aligned to authority, resources and flexibility for all levels of government • Transparency: Integrate and expand data to improve program effectiveness • Housing: Increase and maintain housing units across the spectrum • Outreach: Develop sustainable outreach systems and increase workforce to support these systems • Mitigation: Strengthen safety net programs • Economic opportunity: Create employment and education pathways, as
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Shelver to director Bryce Lovell new head of Library Services
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s a teenager Bryce Lovell worked as a shelver for El Dorado County libraries before attending California State University, Humboldt, to receive a bachelor’s degree in religious studies. Two decades later the Pollock Pines native fulfilled his dream of becoming the county’s director of Library Services. “I grew up in these libraries,” Lovell said. “As a kid growing up in Pollock Pines, my entire childhood was pretty much spent outside but every two weeks or so my mom would take me to the Pollock Pines Library and I could check out
whatever I wanted. Being able to explore what items were in there, choose what to read on my own … that aspect of discoverability and sense of wonder was very empowering and continues to be fun.” His journey did not take him straight back home. While attending college he worked as a library assistant for the Humboldt County Library, eventually becoming Napa County Library’s library associate in 2010. Lovell taught computer classes along with organizing different support activities for the library. Lovell then got his master’s degree in library and information science from San Jose State n See Lovell, page A5
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