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Representatives with Toys for Tots and Boys and Girls Club El Dorado County Western Slope pose with a fraction of the toys dropped off at the Boys and Girls Placerville clubhouse earlier this week — the final Toys for Tots delivery of the 2024 season.
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El Dorado Hills firefighters work the scene of a morning house fire on Broome Place.
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Woman saved from house fire
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s the holiday season ramps up to its “yearly bacchanalia of peace on earth and goodwill to men,” the El Dorado County Toys for Tots campaign also wraps up its annual endeavor of benevolence. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, Toys for Tots Coordinator Stacie Walls and team delivered the
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Off-duty emergency personnel jumped into action Thursday morning to rescue a woman trapped in her burning El Dorado Hills home. Prior to on-duty firefighters arriving at the 7 a.m. blaze on Dec. 19, El Dorado Hills Fire Capt. Adam Tiffany and Cal Fire firefighter Gary Culmer “saw the house on fire and found a victim trapped on the second floor at the window,” interim EDH Fire Chief Michael Lilienthal told the Mountain Democrat.
Volunteer elves Bob Vilalobos and Dennis Kissinger run the Toys for Tots elf station, where volunteers to pick out toys for the families. Below, countless bags of pre-sorted toys are ready for the Toys for Tots drive-thru distribution held in mid-December.
■ See RESCUE, page A5
■ See TOYS, page A5
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Wildfire prep is a top priority Chris Daley Staff writer
The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors received the annual update from the Office of Wildfire Preparedness and Resilience at their Dec. 10 board meeting. The OWPR is a division of the Chief Administrative Office led by Program Manager Tom Meyer. ■ See WILDFIRE, page A9
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