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Fire service annexation plan extinguished Noel Stack Editor
Six months after the Cameron Park Community Services District and El Dorado Hills Fire Department initiated talks to annex CPCSD fire services into EDH Fire, the flames have fizzled out. “The decision was (that) El Dorado Hills was not affordable,” announced CPCSD Board of Directors President Dawn Wolfson at the Feb. 19 meeting. The decision was made after directors held a special meeting earlier this month at which consultant Don Ashton recommended discontinuing annexation discussions with EDH Fire. New interim CPCSD General Manager Maurice Johnson, who previously served as chief of EDH Fire, said he thanks staff on both sides for engaging in the conversations but ultimately it came down to money. In a letter to the CPCSD board, Ashton notes,
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Trish Heinzer of Shingle Springs, right, waves to the camera as she and her friend Julie Clark, of El Dorado Hills, head down the El Dorado Trail for the Travis Scott Memorial 5k run in Camino Sunday. A total of 232 runners registered for the event and approximately $22,000 was raised for the organization Shatterproof.
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, Nev. — The Douglas County Sheriff ’s Office — in collaboration with multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies — recently announced the conviction and subsequent EDGAR IVAN TREJO-MENDOZA deportation proceedings of Edgar Ivan Trejo-Mendoza, a known associate of criminal networks operating in the Tahoe bi-state area. On Feb. 18, Trejo pleaded guilty to one felony count of unlawful transfer of a firearm in the El Dorado County Superior Court. He was sentenced to time served — 17 days in the El Dorado County Jail — and placed on probation. Following his release, FBI agents and ICE officers took Trejo into custody for illegal entry into the United States and
Runners, walkers and local law enforcement gather at the home of Lisa and Chris Scott, who lost their son Travis to a fentanyl overdose in 2019, for the third annual Travis Scott Memorial 5k run at the El Dorado Trail in Camino. Youth Action Council, St. Mitchell’s Independent Church, Officer Freeman “One Pill Can Kill” project and the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Department Homeless Outreach Team. Other vendors on the grounds served up food and information and 30 volunteers were on hand to support the event. Raffle tickets were available for purchase and
there also was a live auction. Family members who lost loved ones to overdose and addiction — Lisa and Chris Scott, Cindy Eldridge, Lisa Ezell and Sherry Moore — told personal stories. Marshall Hospital SUD Project Coordinator David Jay noted that the hospital sees more than 1,000 ■ See RUN, page A9
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Two people found dead in Diamond Springs home Chris Woodard Staff writer
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El Dorado County sheriff officials responded to a reported shooting at a residence on Crossbill Lane in Diamond Springs and found two victims dead at the scene on the afternoon of Feb. 22. One elderly male and one elderly female were found deceased when deputies entered the residence around 2 p.m. They were later positively identified as Sharon Hamilton, 78, and Douglas Hamilton, 82, both residents of home. A neighbor at the scene told the Mountain Democrat that both victims suffered from health problems. EDSO officials noted the day of the shooting they
El Dorado County sheriff’s officials work the scene where two people died in Diamond Springs.
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