March 29, 2021—A coalition of California district attorneys, police, business leaders andcrime victims will hold a news conference on Tuesday, March 30 at 11:00 a.m. PST toexpress their strong opposition to SB 82, a bill that would downgrade some felonyrobberies to...
As homelessness increases in El Dorado County, we are going to have to be creative about a solution. “As a society, we need to have a credible conversation about how we can draw a balance between over-institutionalization of people and throwing homeless folks in jail...
George Gascon laughs during his introduction as San Francisco’s new police chief on June 17, 2009. Gascon is now running for Los Angeles district attorney.” Credit: Eric Risberg, AP Yesterday, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón defended a...
In 2020, Los Angeles saw the most murders in a decade. Victims shot in South Los Angeles are up 742% compared to the previous year. Gun possession arrests rose 70% in the last 6 months of 2020, according to the California District Attorneys Association. With these...
For the fifth year in a row Oak Ridge High School decathletes took home the first-place El Dorado County Academic Decathlon title with Ponderosa High School coming in second. With a 30-plus-year history of academic competition in El Dorado County students, coaches and...
