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‘ChiefsAholic’ a a suspect in EDH bank robbery Odin Rasco Staff writer Photos by Larry Weitzman
Six members of Placerville’s EAA Chapter 512 who made the trek to AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisc., are pictured from left: Beki Parks, Dale Kral, Judi Gordon, Glenn Gordon, Tracey Fremd and Jim Wilson.
Placerville aviators set course for Oshkosh Larry Weitzman Mountain Democrat correspondent
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he Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Oshkosh airshow, in its 70th year, has grown to the biggest event of its kind in the world with this year’s attendance nearly topping 700,000. It takes place at Steve Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh, Wisc., over an entire week in late July or early August. About 10,000 aircraft of all types fly in and most pilots and passengers camp in a tent next to their airplane on the grass surrounding the long runways. That in and of itself is an amazing sight to see. Of those, nearly 3,700 were show planes, half being vintage (built before 1955). This year’s show set all kinds of records, including most exhibitors (848), more than 13,000 campers and 5,500 EAA volunteers putting in more than 250,000 hours. The “show” area is about 2 square miles with streets, buildings with exhibitors and merchandise. There are displays of military, commercial, and some of the smallest homebuilt aircraft. It has to be seen to be believed.
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A man with a wellknown internet persona as a diehard fan of the Kansas City Chiefs football team who is facing charges for a string of Midwest bank robberies is now accused of being involved in an El Dorado Hills bank robbery as well. Xaviar Michael Babudar, 29, of Overland, Kan., also known on Twitter as the wolf-masked “ChiefsAholic,” was taken into custody in Lincoln July 7 after being a fugitive for four months. Documents filed in the U.S. District
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PG&E to roll back vegetation management
Four North American T-6 Texans, above, perform in AirVenture’s night airshow. The World War II trainers were piloted by the world famous AeroShell aerobatic team. A Kay’s Speedster retro kit, right, still in development by Timber Tiger and a project of Cameron Park resident Glenn Gordon, made it out for AirVenture.
Isaac Streeter Staff writer PG&E will reduce its vegetation management spending for 2023-26 rate plans, spokesman Matt Nauman announced on behalf of the company last week. PG&E has invested $2 billion into vegetation management over the last five years and will pivot resources to focus on implementation of enhanced powerline safety settings, as well as a risk-informed approach to vegetation management. “In 2019 our understanding was that enhanced vegetation management could be an effective risk reduction measure, based on the best information at the time,” Nauman states. “As a result, we expanded our vegetation management efforts beyond the existing regulations. As we operationalized EVM, we realized we needed to evolve to engineered controls (enhanced powerline safety settings) because we cannot identify every tree that may pose a risk.” Nauman goes on to write that the step away from the vegetations management model does not mean a lack of vegetation management and PG&E crews will continue to prune and cut down trees that pose a risk. “We have evaluated each layer of risk mitigation to ensure we deliver the maximum wildfire risk
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