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Work to remove dead trees in areas of the Eldorado National Forest burned by the Caldor Fire continues. Forest visitors are advised to use caution.
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Larry Rolla, founding member of the Diamond Springs/El Dorado Community Coalition, leads a presentation at the El Dorado Community Hall March 30 in front of a packed house.
Residents unite as concerns of proposed growth mount Eric Jaramishian Staff writer The Diamond Springs/El Dorado Community Coalition held its first meeting March 30, spearheaded by residents concerned about multiple development projects planned for the area. Community members of neighboring Diamond Springs and El Dorado brought the coalition to life in November 2021 to bring awareness to local residents and business owners of changes slated for the community. One of the coalition’s founding members, Alicia Selby, said she
got involved after hearing about the proposed housing project Dorado Oaks, which is meant to supply Diamond Springs with 382 housing units on Faith Lane. The Mountain Democrat previously reported that the project has been in the works since 2007. “A group of us formed this coalition to bring awareness to the need for community involvement with land use decisions and historical preservation in our area,” Selby said. “We are not experts in planning or development but we are concerned about what we see coming and the impacts.” Dozens poured into the
El Dorado Community Hall Wednesday evening, filling the entire building with folks looking to learn about approved or pending projects. Dorado Oaks was one focus of discussion in a coalition-led presentation. The coalition told the crowd the project is currently going through traffic mitigation plans, which include possible development of a roundabout at either China Garden Road and Highway 49 or between Silver Drive and Faith Lane at 49. New traffic signals where Highway 49 intersects at Silver Drive and Faith Lane are also n
Caldor Fire burn areas reopened USDA Forest Service Most of the areas in the Eldorado National Forest that were closed due to the Caldor Fire reopened for public access Friday. Visitors are reminded to use extra caution when recreating in this part of the forest due the hazards in recently burned landscapes. The following roads, trails and developed recreation sites directly impacted by the fire will remain closed for ongoing hazard mitigation under Forest Order 03-22-06: • Elkins Flat OHV Trail System • 11N46 (Alder Creek Road) • 10N40 (Plum Creek Road) • 42 Milestone Day Use Area • Caples Creek Trailhead • Caples Equestrian Trailhead • Capps Crossing Campground • China Flat Campground and Day Use Area • Eagle Rock Day Use Area • Elkins Flat OHV Staging Area • Gray Rock Campground • Lyons Creek Trailhead • Martin Meadows Campground • Pyramid Creek Trailhead • Silver Fork Campground
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echoes the sentiments of many area neighbors. “It just doesn’t seem to make sense,” she declared, explaining that the intersection occurs amidst road curves in both directions. In addition, she expressed alarm over high speeds on Bass Lake Road as well as the volume of trucking traffic due to nearby construction. “We’re the oldest community and we’re kind of getting dumped on here,” said Simon. “I don’t know how you expect people coming from two ways, on a curve, at 50 miles an hour with trucks, with people trying to get out of Bridlewood and potentially 500 people trying to park in the park. We’ve already got cars backed up trying to get into our gate.
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at this location … is the right option and will improve the safety rather than just cause different safety concerns than what currently is at issue,” she explained. “We want the data,” urged Bridlewood HOA President Ken Clement. “I’ve been there 26 years and I’ve seen all of us paying our traffic impact fees when we came in and now we’re being asked for a new fee to be put on us as Bridlewood neighbors … This roundabout is what’s going to go in front of our neighborhood for the convenience of everybody else for issues that we did not cause.” The park, along with its roundabout option, is currently in pre-application stages with El Dorado County Planning.
“I see it as nothing but a disaster,” she continued. “Just because it’s cheap doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do.” Vegna conceded that there should have been a leftturn pocket designed into the intersection and mentioned the possibility of roadway widening and straightening to address safety issues. He advocated a meeting between residents and county transportation officials. Bridlewood resident DeeAnne Gillick said she would like to see safety generally improved along Bass Lake Road, in particular regarding several driveways along the lake edge. “We’d like the analysis to demonstrate whether or not a roundabout
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March 26 2:17 a.m. Deputies investigated suspicious circumstances on Hearst Place in El Dorado Hills. 8:28 a.m. Deputies assisted with a search and rescue near the SMUD Jaybird Powerhouse on Peavine Ridge Road in the Eldorado National Forest.
10:32 a.m. Burglary to a vehicle was reported on Knollwood Court in Cameron Park.
10:37 a.m. Burglary was reported at the Mountain Mike’s Pizza on Cameron Park Drive in Cameron Park. 4:43 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Conifer Court in Garden Valley.
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CRIME LOG The following was taken from El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office logs:
10:34 a.m. Burglary was reported at 33 Milestone Tract off Highway 50 in Kybruz.
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9:28 a.m. Battery was reported on Harness Tract Road in Camino.
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Union Mine High School went into lockdown Thursday afternoon. At 2:05 p.m. the El Dorado County Sheriff ’s Office responded to a report of an explosion or gunfire heard in the area. In an email sent to parents, Principal Paul Neville said the high school “received a report of an explosion, possible gunshots in the outlying area around Union Mine,” and that “there is no immediate threat to our students or staff on campus. EDSO is surveying the surrounding areas and completing a full walkthrough on campus.” Deputies had both entrances to the school blocked and in a post to Facebook sheriff ’s officials state that there were “no injured persons located Mountain Democrat photo by Thomas Frey or reports of anyone being injured.” El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies surround Union Mine High School in El At 4:08 p.m. EDSO reported the Dorado, where an explosion or gunshots were reportedly heard Thursday. lockdown had been lifted.
5:02 p.m. Battery was reported on Union Mine Road in El Dorado. 6 p.m. Battery was reported on American River Trail in Cool. 7:07 p.m. Grand theft was reported at the skate park at Christa McAuliffe Park in Cameron Park. 7:15 p.m. Burglary was reported on Cold Springs Road in Placerville.
suspicious circumstances on Ox Trail Way in El Dorado Hills. 9:53 p.m. Deputies investigated suspicious circumstances at Summit View on Bucks Bar Road in Placerville. 11:12 p.m. Deputies investigated suspicious circumstances on Gold Strike Drive in Placerville.
March 27 2:15 a.m. Vandalism was reported at the Garden Valley Post Office on Marshall Road. 8:16 a.m. Burglary was reported at Henningsen-Lotus Park in Lotus. 11:49 a.m. Grand theft was reported on Mt. Aukum Road in Placerville. 1:44 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Ridgeview Drive in El Dorado Hills. 4:14 p.m. Trespassing was reported on Oak Knoll Road in Placerville. 5:46 p.m. Battery was reported at the Cambridge Garden Apartments on Country Club Drive in Cameron Park. 8:34 p.m. Trespassing was reported at North Shingle Road in East View Drive in Shingle Springs. 10:01 p.m. Deputies investigated suspicious circumstances at Bison Bikes on Cameron Park Drive in Cameron Park. 10:25 p.m. Deputies investigated suspicious circumstances at Cascada restaurant on Francisco Drive in El Dorado Hills.
8:14 p.m. A 39-year-old man was arrested at Smith Flat House restaurant in Placerville, charged with misdemeanor and felony battery charges, as well as a felony charge of causing injury to an elderly or dependent adult.
10:40 p.m. Deputies investigated suspicious circumstances on Pony Express Trail in Camino.
9:13 p.m. Deputies took a report of burglary at 33 Milestone Tract off Highway 50 in Kyburz.
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The following was taken from Placerville Police Department logs: 6:45 p.m. A 34-year-old woman who was screaming for help on
Broadway Court in Placerville was reportedly heavily intoxicated and taken to county jail.
March 26 6:44 a.m. A 39-year-old man was arrested on Via Montanosa Road in Placerville on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance. 6:38 p.m. A 28-year-old man was arrested on Forni Road for reportedly being under the influence of a controlled narcotic.
March 28 7:30 a.m. A 67-year-old man was arrested on Placerville Drive for reportedly being drunk in public. 9:05 a.m. Vehicle license plates were reported stolen on Pintail Lane.
8:46 a.m. A 33-year-old man with a felony warrant was arrested on Placerville Drive. He was also found in possession of illegal drug paraphernalia.
1:36 p.m. A 41-year-old woman was arrested on Sacramento Street on suspicion of being
LAKE LEVELS Stumpy Meadows Reservoir as of March 30 Water storage 20,000 acre-feet Percent full 100% Inflow 29.80 cfs Outflow 2.21 cfs Folsom Reservoir as of March 31 Water storage 581,190 acre-feet Percent full 59% Inflow 2,672 cfs Outflow 1,200 cfs Union Valley as of March 31 Water storage 224,216 acre-feet Percent full 84% Inflow 0 cfs Outflow 0 cfs Loon Lake as of March 31 Water storage 37,574 acre-feet Percent full 54% Inflow 0 cfs Outflow 0 cfs Ice House as of March 31 Water storage 34,517 acre-feet Percent full 79% Inflow 123 cfs Outflow 0 cfs
Water storage 3,847 acre-feet Percent full 77% Inflow 8.52 cfs Outflow 6 cfs Caples Lake as of March 31 Water storage 19,149 acre-feet Percent full 86% Inflow 38.51 cfs Outflow 11.60 cfs Echo Lake as of March 31 Water storage 394 acre-feet Percent full 20% Inflow 22.89 cfs Outflow 31.50 cfs Silver Lake as of March 31 Water storage 4,177 acre-feet Percent full 48% Inflow 86.34 cfs Outflow 96.10 cfs Sly Park as of March 31 Water storage 33,233 acre-feet Percent Full 81% Inflow 22.30 cfs Outflow 23.70 cfs American River as of March 31 Flow 809.60 cfs
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Learn more about Highway 49 study News release A multimodel corridor study for Highway 49 between Auburn and Cool has been commissioned by the El Dorado County Transportation Commission in partnership with Caltrans and the Placer County Transportation Agency. A virtual community meeting will be held at 6 p.m. April 6 that will delve into far-reaching impacts of this study and the Highway 49 improvements on the region. Infrastructure, corridor operations and collision history to inform recommended improvements for parking access, new transit and shuttle services, safety and operational efficiency will be examined. The corridor, which includes the visitor-drawing American River Confluence, is approximately 7 miles in length and extends from the intersection at High Street in Auburn to the juncture of Highway 193 in Cool. Transportation concerns in the corridor include: • A lack of pedestrian
accommodations along Highway 49 • Insufficient parking areas (particularly just east of Tall Green Bridge and Calcutta Falls Trailhead) • Absence of transit/shuttle services • A need for improved pedestrian crossings on Highway 49 • A lack of pedestrian connectivity to points of interest along the corridor • Daily presence of heavy-duty trucks Funding for improvements will be “heavily influenced by federal/ state objectives related to air quality/climate change, as well as environmental justice and social equity,” according to transportation officials. The Highway 49 American River Confluence Study must document how any projects would address these initiatives. To learn more go to americanriverat49.com and to tinyurl.com/SR49April6 to register for the meeting that is expected to last 90 minutes. Transportation officials are also taking public input through an online interactive map at dks.mysocialpinpoint.com/ sr49confluencestudy#.
Increased bear activity expected after Caldor California Department of Fish and Wildlife LAKE TAHOE — The Lake Tahoe Interagency Bear Team, a partnership between the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, California State Parks, Nevada Department of Wildlife, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, and the U.S. Forest Service, is asking all community members to expect increased bear activity following the Caldor Fire as bears prepare to emerge from their winter dens. Fire can be a revitalizing event for a forest, with downed logs providing great forage spots for hungry bears looking for insects such as termites and grubs. Wild animals are typically resilient and able to adapt to fire and other environmental changes but during last year’s Caldor Fire some bears and other wildlife were forced to flee from the flames. While some bears were hit by vehicles on highways, others may have traveled to the Tahoe Basin for refuge, while many sheltered in large pockets of unburned forest or were temporarily displaced. During the evacuation last fall, when streets and homes were empty and no one was around to secure houses, vehicles, dumpsters or other attractants, habituated bears in the Tahoe Basin — meaning those bears already
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bad habits from forming in the first place. Due to the amount of damage bears caused to homes, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife last year conducted a trap/tag/ haze operation in South Lake Tahoe to provide relief to hard-hit areas, which allowed residents to begin repairs, replace doors, refrigerators and other damaged items in order to move back into their homes. Bears were marked and moved to nearby, unburned habitat in an attempt to interrupt the cycle of break-ins and food rewards that went unchecked during evacuations. Once moved these bears were hazed upon release with airhorns, paintball guns and nonlethal rounds to give the bears a negative human interaction that will hopefully prevent n
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roperty rights are one of the most fundamental constitutional provisions that protect Americans against government abuse. Unfortunately, these rights are regularly under assault by state and local tax collectors who aggressively target Jon Coupal homeowners who have fallen behind on their property tax payments. Constant vigilance is necessary to protect property owners against any government encroachments on constitutional rights. It is a customary practice for local governments to seize tax-delinquent property and sell it off at auction to satisfy a tax debt. What happens next is particularly important. In most states, the government will retain the amount of the tax debt and associated fees from the auction and then return the excess proceeds from the sale to the property owner/homeowner. But in a handful of states, government agencies sell off the property and retain the entire amount for their own use. That might be a fortuitous windfall for government, but it is unfair to the homeowners who had built up substantial equity and now find themselves left with nothing. It is easy to imagine how this “home equity theft,” as it has been described, leads to government abuse, as officials maneuver to seize property based on minor delinquencies or payment discrepancies, instead of working with property owners to allow them to settle their accounts and keep their property. That is what happened to 87-year-old Michigander Uri Rafaeli when he accidentally underpaid a tax bill by $8.41. The county took his property, sold it for $24,500 and pocketed the proceeds – leaving Uri with nothing. Fortunately, Pacific Legal Foundation was able to bring his case all the way to the Michigan Supreme Court and save the equity he had invested. But most people are not so lucky. Beyond being an egregiously unfair practice, home equity theft is also unconstitutional. The Constitution, under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment, requires that if the government seizes property for public use, the owner must be provided just compensation. Even in cases of tax delinquency, the government cannot just take what it wants. California’s tax delinquency procedures are not quite as severe as in other states, but there is a loophole: California officials who auction off seized property can hold unclaimed excess funds in a trust fund for one year. If those funds are not n
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Letters to the Editor We can no longer ignore this war EDITOR:
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e all watch the news and see how this war is destroying the lives of children before they have a chance to live. We are numbed to all the death and destruction in a land far away from us. Despot countries use this war as an example of our lack of respect for human life and why our country is run by incompetent politicians and oligarchs who suck our economy dry. We can’t ignore it anymore and we need to send troops in to stop the war. Create safety and enterprise zones to allow those who choose to live in peace with their pursuit of happiness, whatever it might be. I have an idea — pay people to live in the war zone and place children into their homes to mentor them. And use this strategy in Chicago and other areas in the United States with the highest murder rates. We act like the person whistling past the graveyard because we are. I want to see this as a top issue in the next elections KEN STEERS Cameron Park
Both sides are equally radical EDITOR: o, they’re not. Note: I’m strictly talking about El Dorado County and things that have happened here, not what’s happening elsewhere. One side goes to a City Council meeting to object that a group that wasn’t an official entry inserted itself into the Christmas parade. The other side contacts the speakers on Facebook messenger and tells them what awful people they are. One side goes to a Board of Supervisors’ meeting and talks about the unsuitability of a candidate for a commission. The other side follows a speaker out into the corridor, puts his finger in her face and tells her what an awful person she is. One side goes to a school board meeting and talks about why we should wait and let the health officials decide whether masks should continue to be mandated. The other side shouts the speaker down, makes false accusations, gets the in-person meeting shut down and continues to try and get back in anyway.
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One person speaks at a veterans meeting. The other side flips him off and offers to go outside with him. One side goes to the courthouse and sits in the courtroom in silent support of the witnesses who are testifying. They other side sits outside the courthouse and heckles the people from the other side as they are coming and going. One side conducts a peaceful event in front of the courthouse holding signs. The other side shows up and hurls racial slurs. One side talks at a board meeting. The other side chases them to their car with a video camera while hurling accusations at them and their innocent bystander friends. One side shows up at Wagon Train days wearing rainbow pins. The other side invites them in for a drink and then leaves them to be surrounded by hostile men. One side talks at a board meeting about mandates. The other side tells her she has blood on her hands as she leaves the room. The funny thing is that neither side believes they are extreme. Judge them on their actual actions folks; that’s all I’m saying here. DAWN WOLFSON Cameron Park
Addressing the housing shortage EDITOR: orty seven percent of El Dorado County’s homeless have mental issues. I want you to think about that for a moment. Can you imagine navigating the streets, law enforcement, medical and governmental and societal expectations with mental health issues? Issues that can leave you confused, combating demons that don’t exist and living in an alternate reality and, on top of that, you have no home? Someone recently reminded me of something I said a few years back: “I am happy to work with affordable housing but I am not interested in working with the homeless.” Wow! Admittedly, I am ashamed of those words. I now understand how easily we all can slip through the cracks. The common perception is that the unhoused have made bad decisions, are lazy and don’t want
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The Balancing Act
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for price gouging. ow ironic is He has no evidence. the Biden Even worse is that of administhe 150,000 gasoline tration retailers (stations), for blaming Putin for 95% are not owned by high gas/oil prices? oil companies, but by The moment Joe Biden moms and pops. And became president he their profit margin is started his war on just a few cents a gallon. oil by canceling the That’s why gas stations Keystone XL pipeline. have added convenience Biden continued this Larry Weitzman stores; they need the war by canceling oil additional profits to leases, not permitting make ends meet. for drilling the 9,000 leases still Oil is a fungible product. It is a outstanding, raising the cost of leases, world market with price set by supply stopping fracking on federal land and and demand. With Biden’s war on even attempting to appoint to the oil, U.S. production has fallen from Federal Reserve Board individuals about 13 million barrels a day to who oppose banking institutions that about 11 million barrels a day. That is lend to oil producers. Raskin, Biden’s the single, biggest reason for high oil nominee, withdrew. prices — less supply. Biden said he would wage war So what does Biden do about high against oil during his campaign. oil prices to mollify the masses? He Prices started their climb from about begs Iran and Venezuela for more oil $40/barrel to about $100/barrel the production. Why wouldn’t he relax his moment he won the election. Oil was anti-oil regulations? That might upset already at $90 to $100/barrel before the “greens.” Putin invaded Ukraine. When that There is nothing in the foreseeable invasion began, oil spiked to $130/ future to replace oil. It is by far the barrel but has since returned to $100 densest form of controllable energy tp $110/barrel. known to man, except for nuclear. Biden also blames the oil industry
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Whether you are worried about climate change or not, there is no current replacement for petroleum and there won’t be in the foreseeable future. With respect to transportation, there is no alternative to petroleum. Batteries are not energy; they are a fuel tank storing energy and their efficiency is less than 2% percent of liquid petroleum. Energy density is the reason there won’t be electric airplanes. Even a commuter jet like a Boeing 737 carries 45,000 pounds of jet fuel. Large intercontinental airliners like a Boeing 777 carry more than 300,000 pounds of fuel. The equivalent energy in a battery would weigh in at 17.5 million pounds. That doesn’t fly. Yes, there are electric airplanes flying right now but their load capacity is limited to maybe two people and 20-30 minutes of flight time at a speed of about 100 mph. Rolls Royce recently flew a single-seat, single-passenger aircraft about 350 mph but its endurance was limited to about 15 minutes because of the very limited onboard energy. Whether you are worried about climate change or not, there is no
current replacement for petroleum and there won’t be in the foreseeable future. Natural gas supplies the energy for 40% of our electrical grid. Coal amounts to 20%. Wind and solar supply 10%. Nuclear remains at 20% while hydro (8%), biomass and geothermal make up the balance. Banning petroleum or artificially limiting its production in the United States, puts the U.S. at the mercy of its enemies. The ancillary effect of Biden’s war on petroleum is Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden’s policies pushed oil from $40/barrel to more than $100/ barrel. Since Putin (Russia) is a major energy exporter, Biden and the greens helped finance the destruction of Ukraine. Apparently, not only do Biden and his green associates (John Kerry and AOC) hate America and its citizens, they also don’t think much of the Ukrainians. Larry Weitzman is a resident of Placerville.
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claimed after 12 months, the government can keep the remainder. The Golden State’s policies should be fortified to restrain the appetite for property seizures and better protect homeowners. A recent legislative proposal, Assembly Bill 1839, is a step in the right direction. AB 1839 would require government officials to provide enhanced notifications to property owners and provide a longer window to claim the excess funds. AB 1839 would also address a further weakness in California law that allows government agencies to simply sell off seized tax-delinquent property to other government agencies or public interest groups working on low-income housing. In
these cases, no excess proceeds are generated, so the former owner receives no compensation regardless of how much equity is extinguished. AB 1839 would ensure that property owners are compensated for their seized property. Californians who back sensible reforms should contact their representatives and urge them to support AB 1839. Look up their names and contact information at findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov and help to advance legislation to protect property owners against abusive government seizures and foreclosures. Jon Coupal is president of Howard Jarvis Taxpayer’s Association and Joshua Polk is an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation.
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Others have serious medical problems and some are to work or they have substance abuse issues and veterans experiencing PTSD. are content to live as they do. That maybe true for Please understand this county has no affordable a small faction of El Dorado County’s unhoused housing for our teachers, police, sheriff ’s or county but that certainly does not describe the majority workers, let alone housing for low-income and the of clients I have encountered. I now work with the unhoused population in El Dorado County and I unhoused trying to change their circumstances. All can certainly tell you the people I have encountered indicators are that we will again fall miserably short have surprised and inspired me. of the 3,900 units needed. It is time to ask our There are spouses or supportive family members county and city representatives to work in earnest who have been left behind by a death with on our housing shortage with numbers that count insufficient income and loss of their home with by year’s end. nowhere to go, people who have suffered abuse TAMARA JANIES or trauma, folks with severe mental health issues. Pollock Pines The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 For Release Monday, April 4, 2022
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AL-ANON is here for you if you are bothered by someone else’s drinking. Call for meeting times. (916) 3342970. https://sacal-anon. blogspot.com American Assoc of University Women, Foothills of EDC Branch. Our mission is to advance gender equity for women & girls. Science and Math Camp Scholarships, programs & interest groups. Leave a voicemail for Laurel 530-4177737 or Sara 530-417-7138. eldorado-ca.aauw.net Struggling with life? Celebrate Recovery is for any Hurt, Habit or Hang-up. We are a faith-based recovery program for life’s issues and struggles. Join us Thursday nights at 6:30pm at Green Valley Church, 3500 Green Valley Rd, Placerville. Doors open at 6:15pm. Children’s programs are available for ages 3 months to 18 years old. Email: celebrate@ greenvalley.church. Find us on Facebook: https://m. facebook.com/crgvcc/ El DORADO COUNTY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB Dedicated to all aspects of ham radio. Meetings held on the fourth Thursday of each month at Federated Church, 1031 Thompson Way, Placerville, 7:15 pm. Visitors and non-hams welcome. Info at www.edcarc.net Everyone is welcome, El Dorado County Republican Women Federated meets on the 4th Thursday of each month. 5:00PM for social and food, 6:007:00/7:30PM meeting and speaker. Location: El Dorado Community Hall, 6139 Pleasant Valley Road, El Dorado, CA. Take Oriental Street across from the Post Office. Please join us for food, friendship and education. CANTARE CHORALE of the Sierra Foothills performs all styles of choral music and is always looking for talented new members. For information, audition, or to schedule an event see www. cantarechorale.com, call (530) 677-8463. or (530) 676-4432. DEMOCRATS – Come meet with the United Democrats of El Dorado County at Round Table Pizza–Missouri Flat Rd. in Placerville at noon on the 3rd Thursday of the month. Call (530)391-6414 or see edcdems.org for more information. Fleet Reserve Assoc, Br 275, Active Duty or Retired Veterans, USN, USMC, Coast Guard. Regular meeting on 4th Wednesday each month, social 5:30 pm, dinner 6:00 pm, and meeting 7:00 pm. Veterans Memorial Building 130 Placerville Drive, contact Larry (530) 677-3925 Save America Freedom Car Caravan. Bring your flags support Conservative Values First Saturday of every month. Hwy 50 Ray Lawyer Park and Ride, Placerville to Watt Ave and back. Meet 11:30A.M. Depart 12:00 noon 530-240-5896 GOLD RUSH CHORUS now welcomes both men and women to share the joy of singing four-part harmony in the barbershop style. To learn more or to book a performance, call Howard at (530) 647-6513 or Kent (530) 651-3575 Hangtown Women’s TENNIS Club. Women of every level welcome! Come play for fun & exercise! $30 annual membership includes monthly lessons. Weds 9-11 am. El Dorado High School courts, Acacia St., Placerville. Includes monthly social activities. (805) 540-8654.
NAMI FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP ZOOM MEETINGS occurring. Keep up-to-date for in person to resume as allowed at web site NAMIeldoradocounty.org. Warmline: 530-306-4101 Meeting 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Tuesdays 6-7:30 pm. NAMI Family Support Group ZOOM link https://us02web. zoom.us/j/3401819716 Meeting ID: 340 181 9716 One tap mobile +16699009128, 3401819716 Do your feet or hands tingle, feel numb, or hurt. The Placerville Neuropathy Support Group meets the 2nd Wed. of each month, 1 PM, Senior Center, 937 Spring St. Except: July, Aug. & Dec. Jan., Feb., March telephone meeting. Call Bev (877)6226298 for instructions. Placerville Senior Softball Club. Welcomes all men and women ball players, slow pitch, 55 and older. Season is April through Sept. Contact Dean Panell simplefolk1028@yahoo.com (530) 620-4755, or Kelly Heavin sfd5r5ter@aol.com (530) 919-0386 POLLOCK PINES-CAMINO ROTARY CLUB is seeking people interes ted in community service and interested in exploring a Rotary club of friendships, reasonable dues and endless satisfaction. Please call 530305-0872 for information regarding Rotary and an upcoming meeting. Senior PEER COUNSELING Seniors 55 and over who are grieving, depressed or having issues related to aging can meet one-on-one with a caring senior, professionally supervised and trained to listen and encourage. Call (530)621-6304 to leave a message and get started. Soroptimist International of Placerville wants to meet you! Are you looking to impact your community, make new friends with dynamic women, and feel good about your efforts? Our mission is to improve the lives of women and children. Explore the joy of being a member of a Club that makes a significant difference in many lives. Contact us at (530) 344-1476 or sipplacerille@soroptimist. net or visit https:/ / siplacerville.org/. (Meetings can be attended in person or via Zoom, until COVID19 distancing is no longer required.) TOPS Club, Inc. meets Tuesday 9:00–11:00 am, Veterans Hall (downstairs) 130 Placerville Dr. For more information call Bonnie (530) 409-2399 Helping millions take off pounds sensibly since 1948. UPPER ROOM DINING HALL located at 1868 Broadway, Placerville. Feeding the hungry 365 days a year. Food served from 4 to 5:30PM daily. Hall opens at 2 pm, open all holidays. Avail for families, seniors, veterans, and any who need a meal. Help us Feed the Hungry. Volunteers and monetary contributions always welcome P.O. Box 484, Placerville CA 95667 or (530)497-5146. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 2680 Looking for new members. First years dues paid by the Post. Meeting is the 2nd Friday of each month at 6:30 pm. Call Primo at (530) 626-5753 WOMEN VOTERS League of Women Voters of El Dorado County voter education. For information go to lwveldorado.org or (530) 672-3141.
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$10 surcharge on bird hunting to provide nesting habitat
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State legislation to incentivize the creation of upland nesting habitat for ducks and other ground-nesting game birds in California will result in a $10 surcharge on the price of both the California Duck Validation and the Upland Game Bird Validation next hunting season. For the 2022-23 hunting license year the cost of the California Duck Validation will increase to $34.56 ($23.25 in 2021-22). The Upland Game Bird Validation will cost $21.60 ($10.54 in 2021-22). The bird hunting validations, along with 2022-23 hunting licenses, tags and related items, will be available for purchase beginning April 15. The $10 surcharge is added to the annual price increase mandated by state law. The legislation requiring the $10 surcharge for each validation does not apply to validations included with the Lifetime Bird Hunting Privilege Package purchased by Lifetime Hunting License holders. Assembly Bill 614 by Assemblymember Cecilia AguiarCurry (D-Winters) was sponsored by the California Waterfowl Association and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last October. The resulting $10 surcharge is expected to generate more than $2 million annually to fund the Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program, which will be administered by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to benefit nesting mallards and other puddle ducks, wild ring-necked pheasants, pollinators and other grassland-dependent species. All revenue generated from the validation surcharge must be dedicated to the program by law and cannot be diverted to other uses. “I am proud that CWA sponsored this important legislation, and I am excited to see it implemented on the ground,” said CWA President John Carlson Jr. “Once again, hunters are taking the financial lead to ensure that our nesting bird populations have the habitat necessary to be successful.” The Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program is designed to provide financial incentives to California landowners to cultivate or retain upland cover and other vegetation to benefit nesting wildlife. The funding can also be used to support habitat work on state wildlife areas and national wildlife refuges open to public hunting. As a result of drought and water
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horoscope by Holiday Mathis n today ARIES (March 21-April 19). There’s a certain way you’d like to be. Put yourself around people who have the skill set. When you’re around people who have what you want, much can happen through osmosis. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Remind yourself of your good qualities, not because you need ego inflation but because taking inventory on what you’ve nurtured in yourself will get you in touch with what you have to offer the world. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Even though it can be intimidating to meet new people, there’s much to be gained by taking the initiative to connect. It starts with a handshake. Strangers become friends. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Usually, you know when to step in and lend a hand. You’re always game for saving the day. Today brings up some gray area. You may not be sure if it’s your place or your turn. Pause. Advance only when sure. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Obviously, you exist. Remind everyone. Take up as much space as possible. Walk the parameters of your territory. Gesture broadly. Make waves. Be the force. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll get the chance to show what you’ve been up to and get some constructive feedback. If others seem surprised by your work, it’s just because you’ve been doing it so quietly. They had no idea what to expect from you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You sense how others are feeling even when they don’t want you to. They may not be open to discussing what they are going through, but your gentle, receptive attitude will let them know you’re a soft place to land. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Taste is simply a matter of knowing what you genuinely like and why. Forget about what’s popular, what will sell or any other social concern and get deeply in touch with your own preferences. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). One way you can tell a true friend: If it’s important to you, it’s important to your friend. If you feel free to share on subjects in which your friend has no other interest except that it matters to you, you’ve found a keeper. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It doesn’t matter how fast you go as long as it’s the right direction, which is to say, forward. Sometimes forward looks like falling down. It always involves getting up again. Things don’t have to be smooth to be right. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ve a unique perspective but you don’t realize what it is yet. You can’t find out by asking others. Go inside yourself and direct your questions to your own heart. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don’t leave a situation before the agreed upon ending. It takes patience to hang in for the last bits because your mind will be racing ahead to the next thing, but just hang in there.
shortages, thousands of acres rice fields and other farmland throughout the state were fallowed last year. The Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program will soon be able to offer those farmers financial payments to plant their fallowed fields in cover crops and other beneficial vegetation to provide productive nesting habitat for ducks, pheasants and other wildlife. The Nesting Bird Habitat Incentive Program was originally created by California Waterfowl-sponsored legislation signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018. The program’s funding was tied to Proposition 3, a water infrastructure and conservation bond measure ultimately rejected by voters. The program has been unfunded until the passage of AB 614 last year, which provides the funding mechanism. California’s breeding population of ducks has experienced declines commensurate with the loss of breeding habitat. Habitat loss and changing agricultural crops and practices have eliminated upland habitat near water that mallards and other species need to nest successfully. Upland bird hunters have been front-row witnesses to the wild pheasant decline in California. Once the source of opening-day festivities and traditions of all kinds across California’s rural farm communities, wild ring-necked pheasants are an important indicator species in addition to being a popular game bird. Wild pheasants require the same sort of contiguous, healthy upland and grassland habitat needed by pollinators, native songbirds and nesting waterfowl. Habitat restoration to benefit wild pheasants and nesting ducks is also expected to have positive ramifications for other native species. The California Duck Validation is required of adults hunting waterfowl in California. The Upland Game Bird Validation is required of adults hunting resident and migratory upland game birds in California. All proceeds from the validations go directly to waterfowl and upland game bird conservation, to support hunting opportunities and for education and outreach. During the current 2021-22 hunting license year, which ends June 30, CDFW has sold 66,644 California Duck Validations and 147,574 Upland Game Bird Validations, not including validations issued to lifetime license holders.
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them from returning to the area. Not all these problem bears were caught and hazed, as evidenced by the continued presence of several bears that continued to break into homes in the Tahoe Keys area throughout the fall and winter months. While what happened during the Caldor Fire evacuation couldn’t be prevented, homeowners and visitors can do their part to prevent or deter this kind of bear behavior in the future, especially as this mild winter turns to spring and bears begin to emerge from their dens in search of food. Below are steps residents and visitors can take to help Tahoe bears live a wild but fruitful and healthy life: Businesses should require employees to keep dumpsters locked at all times Use bear-resistant trash containers
Do not allow unsecured attractants such as bird feeders Remember that feeding bears (or any wild animal) is against the law For more information on peacefully coexisting with bears visit TahoeBears. org. To report human-bear conflicts: In California contact the California Department of Fish and Wildlife at (916) 358-2917 or report online using the Wildlife Incident Reporting system at apps.wildlife.ca.gov/wir. Non-emergency wildlife interactions in California State Parks can be reported to its public dispatch at (916) 358-1300. In Nevada contact the Nevada Department of Wildlife at (775) 688BEAR (2327). If the issue is an immediate threat, call the local sheriff ’s department or 911.
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The two bugs on this week’s Kid Scoop have come up with clever ways to use digging, or burrowing, skills to survive. The trapdoor spider digs into the ground to create a nest that is also a trap. A wasp drills into trees to find safe, food-filled havens for its eggs. This trapdoor spider snagged some of the words out of Nellie’s article. Can you draw a line to where each word belongs?
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In order for a news article to be fair and accurate, a reporter must separate fact from opinion. Facts are pieces of information that can be measured, proven or seen. Opinions describe how someone feels about a thing or event. They can vary from person to person. Read today’s Kid Scoop page. List three facts you found on the page:
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Standards Link: Life Science: Know that the behavior of individual organisms is influenced by internal and external cues.
Read a letter to the editor in today’s newspaper. With a partner, underline the facts in green and the opinions in red.
Another bug that uses special digging skills is the ichneumon (ik-new-man) wasp. This wasp lives in the pine forests of North America, Europe and New Zealand.
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When it is time to lay her eggs, the female ichneumon wasp finds a pine tree. She lands on a trunk or branch and gently taps the wood with her antennae. She is listening for a hollow sound that tells her there is a grub inside.
Look at the Autos for Sale ads in the newspaper. Using the format of these ads, write ads with descriptions of different insects. For example: Sleek Optima Ladybug, brand new wing casings, red and black, new owner, 7-day warranty, 5-speed, tinted windows, all-weather wings.
With the sharp tip of her ovipositor, she pierces through the bark and drills until she finds the grub. She lays a single egg in the grub’s body. In a few days, the tiny ichneumon young hatches and feasts on the grub’s fat body. When it is big enough, it tunnels out of the tree and flies. Adult ichneumon wasps drink the nectar of flowers.
Hold this page up to a mirror to see the title of this book. Then check it out at your local library!
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.
TRAPDOOR SPIDERS BURROWS POUNCE SILK VICTIM GRUBS HAVENS FANGS SENSES COZY HINGED WASP PINE BODY
Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word TRAP in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row. Some spaces have been filled in for you.
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The verb burrow means to dig into something. The trapdoor spider began to burrow beneath the leaves and twigs. Try to use the word burrow in a sentence today when talking with your friends and family members.
Research and write three to five facts about a bug you think should be in the Bugs Hall of Fame. ANSWER: They don’t know how to knit!
Standards Link: Social Science: use map skills to locate the absolute location of places.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Identify the difference between fact and opinion.
Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.
Bug News
Insects frequently appear in the news. Checking the newspaper for a week, clip and save any articles that talk about insects. On a map, locate each of the insect populations mentioned in the articles.
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Standards Link: Writing Applications: Use descriptive language that clarifies and enhances ideas in expository writing.
Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Know the sequence of events.
After eating constantly at the fast food restaurant known as Gussy’s, ten-year-old Roscoe finds himself turning into a giant bug.
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Dirt roads reopened in Eldorado National Forest USDA Forest Service
protect roadbeds and watersheds from damage and to protect water quality. A minimum three month closure period from Jan. 1 through March 31 was designated for the core part of the wet season in the Eldorado National Forest Travel Management Plan. This plan also allows the seasonal dirt road closure to start earlier or be extended
based on actual conditions in a given year. The seasonal closure does not affect routes in the Rock Creek Area near Georgetown, which has its own wet weather route closure process. For more information contact the Forest Supervisor’s Office at (530) 3032412.
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The seasonal closure of native surface roads (also known as dirt roads) in the Eldorado National Forest was lifted Friday. However, damage could still occur from using dirt roads in wet areas and visitors will be responsible for any damage caused by inappropriate use.
Due to melting snow wet areas will still be present in the forest, especially at higher elevations. Many routes change in elevation over several miles. Visitors are encouraged to be aware of changes in the conditions of the roads they are using, and to adjust travel plans if they reach a wet section. The seasonal closure is designed to
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Traffic mitigation plans for the 142-acre Dorado Oaks housing project on Faith Lane in Diamond Springs include one of two roundabouts at either China Garden Road and Highway 49 or between Silver Drive and Faith Lane at 49. Inclusion of either of the roundabouts could mean Deb’s Frosty or the old Carpenter House on Pleasant Valley Road would be removed, according to the Diamond Springs/El Dorado Community Coalition.
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being considered. Larry Rolla, presenter and coalition founding member who lives on Fowler Lane, showed attendees El Dorado County Planning and Building Department maps where either of the roundabout projects would require the removal of the two-story historical brick Carpenter House built in the 1870s or Deb’s Frosty, which operates at 460 Pleasant Valley Road. “The project is still far along, but I think when we start to look at what they are proposing, it’s pretty disturbing,” Rolla said. “What we find is that the historic town of Diamond Springs will be impacted forever.” Increased traffic was another worry for everyone in the room. Many wondered what could happen in another emergency like the Caldor Fire, when Diamond Springs might become an evacuation route for residents escaping the fire. “The concern I’ve got with some of these developments is the further away from Highway 50 they get, the less dense our development should be,” Rolla said. “What they’re looking at is high density 2 miles away from Highway 50, dumping onto Pleasant Valley Road.”
Michelle Hansen, who lives on Shady Oak Lane, said in addition to population and traffic increases, she is worried more wildlife would be driven out. “There are seven projects going on right now and it is going to drive out more and more wildlife, which is why I moved up here, to get away from the city,” Hansen said. Angela Gellar, caretaker for the property where Dorado Oaks would go in, said while she understands everyone’s concerns, she would rather see the property developed. “If I wasn’t the caretaker, there would be 300 loads full of needles, used condoms, stuff that people steal … there is so much disgusting stuff that I see,” Gellar said. “If they develop it, that stuff would go away and we would have nice parks, walking trails for the community …” The county has yet to approve the environmental impact report for Dorado Oaks. The presentation also included other housing projects like the 75-unit Piedmont Oaks north of Black Rice Road, an approved 80 units for Diamond Springs Village Apartments off Black Rice, 149 units of affordable housing for the El Dorado Senior
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A map shows the alternatives being considered to route traffic onto Pleasant Valley Road and Highway 49 from Faith Lane. Alternatives A and B are roundabouts. Village on Koki Lane and a 40-unit apartment complex behind the historical Wells Fargo building off Main Street and Centers Lane. The coalition determined that if all combined units were filled, that it would increase the population of Diamond Springs by 15%. The population of Diamond Springs is 11,345 residents according to the 2020 Census. “We need housing. Nobody is saying we do not need housing but we have legitimate concerns about safety, traffic and our way of life and losing our historical resources,” Selby said. The proposed sports complex
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adjacent to Charles F. Brown Elementary School and the addition of an ARCO gas station off Forni and Missouri Flat roads would also cause additional traffic, the coalition presented. Encouraged by the turnout of the event, the coalition encouraged those in attendance to voice concerns to county leaders. “The more people who participate in our coalition, the louder our voice becomes,” Rolla said. The coalition is asking residents to take a survey of how they might be impacted by developments at savediamondsprings.com.
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“This is an important step in the fire recovery process,” said Forest Supervisor Jeff Marsolais. “As we complete site clean up, I anticipate we will be reopening these sites as well.” Trail users in the fire area should be prepared to navigate without trail signs or fully visible trails, and trail bridges may have burned, so be sure to bring a map, GPS app or device. Drivers should watch for extra logging trucks and other heavy equipment that will be using the road system for post-fire operations. Other hazards throughout the Caldor Fire area include burned stump holes, root chambers and ash pits, landslides and rockfall, hazardous material from burned structures, displaced wildlife and the possibility of flash flooding and debris flows during periods of heavy rain. The public is encouraged to use unburned areas of the forest outside of the Caldor Fire area. In the areas affected by the fire it’s important to be aware of your surroundings and consider the following: Dead or damaged falling trees — Fire-killed and fire-weakened trees can fall over, blow down or drop limbs without warning. Shallow-rooted trees can also fall. It’s important to be extra alert around burned trees, especially after rain events or during high winds. Never picnic, camp or park a vehicle close to dead trees. Look up while on trails and if the wind picks up, head to a clearing away from potential falling trees. Flash floods/debris flows — The risk of fast-moving, flash floods and debris flows triggered by intense rainfall increases after fires due to vegetation loss and exposed soil. Avoid recreating in a post-fire area during a rain event. If caught in a
storm, get to high ground. Don’t attempt to drive or hike through an area where flooding or a debris flow has occurred. These events can hide dips in roads or trails and other obstacles. They can also wash away the entire road or trail surface and a significant amount of ground beneath. Burned stump holes/root chambers/ ash pits — Burned stumps may create visible holes and these holes may even be bigger due to burning underground. In many cases, the fire may have burned through the root chambers and consumed the woody root material leaving vacant chambers where solid wood used to be. Over time these root chambers will collapse. A person’s body or vehicle weight on the root chambers may also cause them to collapse, potentially opening a hole. Large trees have particularly large root chambers that can be very deep. Landslides/rockfall — The roots of live plants hold soil in place. However, where plants were burned and will not recover, their roots are also dead. As burned roots decompose, they will no longer bind the soil which will allow the soil and rock to shift and move. Stormtriggered landslides and rockfall are dangerous and may make trails and roads impassable. Updates to recreation status can be found on the Eldorado National Forest website at fs.usda.gov/ eldorado. In general most developed recreation sites open by Memorial Day weekend after snowmelt and routine maintenance is completed. Questions? Call the Forest Supervisors’ Office at (530) 303-2412. For information about the Caldor Fire area on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit visit fs.usda.gov/ ltbmu.
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April 5 Powell’s Steamer Company and Pub, 425 Main St., presents Eric Hill and Jonny Mojo for Taco Tuesday on the first and third Tuesdays of the month from 4-7 p.m. Stop by for good food and tunes. For more information call (530) 626-1091.
April 6 Viscuso’s Pizza & Draft House in El Dorado Hills will transform into an art gallery showcasing local students’ work in A Slice of Italy art show and reception, 4-7 p.m. Beautifully painted plates will be on display for the entire day to give students, families and community members their very own art gallery experience and to also inspire children to continue creating art.
April 7 The Green Room Social Club presents Rubber Bullet Band at 5 p.m. at 251 Main St., in Placerville. For tickets and more information visit clubgreenroom.com. The Placerville Area Chess Club meets every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Denny’s in Cameron Park, 3446 Coach Lane. For more information call Neville Arroues at (530) 642-9043.
April 8 Residents living in and around Diamond Springs can learn about their risk for cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes and other chronic, serious conditions with affordable screenings by Life Line Screening. The Diamond Springs-El Dorado Firefighters Association hosts this community event at 3734 China Garden Road in Diamond Springs. Call (877) 237-1354 or visit lifelinescreening.com. Preregistration is required. The Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville, is open to the public, 9 a.m. to noon Fridays and Saturdays. Garden may be closed for inclement weather; check the website before visiting: ucanr.edu/sites/ EDC_Master_Gardeners/ Demonstration_Garden.
April 9 UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County host Grow ’n’ Show, 9-11 a.m. at the Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive in Placerville. This free, hands-on class for schoolage kids ages 5 to 12 covers the fundamentals of growing plants, then young gardeners demonstrate their new skills by entering their plants in peer competition at the upcoming county fair. Plants, soil and pots will be provided and the children will take their work home to foster for entry in the fair in June. How to prepare their plants for fair competition and fair entry forms will also be provided. Pre-registration required. Go to ucanr.edu/uccemgedccountyfair or call the UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County office at (530) 621-5512. Vitalant and Mother Lode Church will host a community blood drive in Coloma, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, 870 Beach Court. Make an appointment at donors. vitalant.org and use blood drive code SMFR438 or call Vitalant at (877) 258-4825 and mention blood drive code SMFR438. Walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.
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Betty Colbert sits in The Green Room’s throne in front of the Cary House with art from Balloon Art Celebrations next to her while she waits for the classic cars to start rolling by during her birthday celebration. Below, two of the classics pass the 100-year-old.
Birthday queen celebrates 100 with classic cars Thomas Frey Staff writer
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he classic cars just kept rolling through downtown Placerville March 26 as Betty Colbert celebrated her 100th birthday at the Cary House with friends and family. Community car enthusiasts were asked to drive through downtown and past the Cary House with their classic cars so Betty — who, along with her late husband Eugene, loves old cars — could enjoy them. Onlookers in chairs lined the sidewalk while Betty sat on a throne lent to her by The Green Room Social Club and watched as more than 75 classic cars cruised by. Some drivers made birthday signs; others sent flowers and well wishes to the lady hitting the century mark. Betty was born March 30, 1922, in Winnipeg, Canada and shortly after moved to River Forest, Ill. As a young girl, she remembers food lines and people out of work during the Great Depression. Her family moved to Toronto before she ventured off to live in Seattle, where she met Eugene at an Officer’s Ball. Seattle remains one of Betty’s favorite place to visit. Eugene went off to World War II and wanted to hold off on marrying Betty since he didn’t know if he would return. His entire time abroad, the couple wrote letters back and forth. When Eugene returned, he married Betty Jan. 8, 1946 and the newlyweds settled down in San Francisco. Betty was familiar with the Bay Area, having gone to the 1939 Worlds Fair, which celebrated the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. The couple was married for more than 50 years until Eugene’s passing in 1996. Betty then moved to Reno, Nev., where she lived until she moved to Placerville about three years ago. Betty lives a life of fun. She loves going to parties and hosting parties. To this day she loves drinking a glass of Franzia Zinfandel from the
box. When she turned 85, her grandson Brian Wise was living in Mazatlán, Mexico and Betty headed down there to visit. “Grandma at 85 was enjoying jello shots at Señor Frogs, having a ruckus time,” Wise said. “We had a lot of fun.” She is a devout Catholic who has missed church maybe a dozen times her whole life. In her 80s, she turned to her faith to help save her health after her doctor told her she would be blind within a year due to cataracts. She took a trip to Europe with her daughter Elaine. One of the stops they made was in Lourdes, France. Each year millions travel to Lourdes where the water is said to be responsible for more miracles than any other place on Earth. People bathe in the pool and drink the water. For the next year, Betty took the water and rubbed it on her eyes before going to sleep. When she saw the doctor again, her cataracts were gone and she has had 20/20 vision since. At 100, Betty loves watching game shows, telling stories and reading the letters her husband wrote her while he was away at war.
Betty and Eugene Colbert married Jan. 8, 1946. She doesn’t need a walker and doesn’t take any medication. Her driver’s license doesn’t expire until she turns 102. She lives on her own, although members of her family visit everyday. The family would like to
thank the Cary House, the Green Room, Balloon Art Celebrations, Ryan and Shannon McVeigh of Great Clips and the community for helping to make Betty’s 100th birthday celebration so amazing.
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prospecting Admins receive regional awards Dina Gentry EDC Office of Education The Association of California School Administrators Region 2 hosted a gala at the Catta Verdera Country Club in Lincoln last month, celebrating Region 2 Administrators of the Year. ACSA Region 2 represents educational leaders from the Northern California counties of Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Sutter and Yuba. Several administrators from the local El Dorado charter were recognized. “Congratulations to all of tonight’s awards recipients,” said El Dorado County Superintendent Dr. Ed Manansala. “This official recognition by our colleagues is a testament to your work that benefits thousands of El Dorado County students. I’m honored to serve our students with you.” n
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EDCOE team members honored Dina Gentry EDC Office of Education The Association of California School Administrators Region 2 recenlty honored several El Dorado County Office of Education team members with regional, administrative awards. ACSA Region 2 represents educational leaders from the Northern California counties of Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Sutter and Yuba. Category: Technology Administrator — David Seabury, director of Information Technology, El Dorado County Office of Education Seabury has worked for EDCOE for more than 11 years and has served in public education for 19-plus years. His role is critical to not only the El Dorado County Office of Education but also, the 15 school districts within the county. The importance of technology was highlighted with greater reason over the course of the pandemic. Seabury and his team rose to the challenge in so many ways and ensured students had the devices and access they needed to transition to distance learning. A highlight was the creation of Wireless on Wheels vans. Seabury equipped vans from the transportation department with wireless devices, created the “EDC-STUDENT” WiFi network and deployed them at locations throughout rural communities to ensure students and families could connect and participate in learning. “Seabury exemplifies the organizational values of service and relationships and goes above and beyond on a daily basis, putting in countless hours that many never see because it is all ‘behind the scenes,’” said Wendy Fredrickson, deputy
superintendent, Administrative Services. “He truly cares that all team members are supported with technology and works diligently to ensure all issues are resolved thoroughly and timely. He always has students and families as a priority and he seeks to find better ways to support students and staff through technology.” Category: Central Office Administrator (County/ District) — Roslynne Manansala-Smith, director of External Business, El Dorado County Office of Education Manansala-Smith has served as director of External Business with EDCOE since July 2015 and has been employed with EDCOE since August 2005 and also served as chief business officer within the county, which is also a strong benefit in her role as director of External Business. She is responsible for leading the team that supports the business operations within the districts and is also highly regarded among county office leaders across the state. “Many of our districts are extremely small, with a business department of one person who wears multiple hats,” Frederickson said. “Ms. ManansalaSmith understands this and goes above and beyond to provide high-quality, responsive support to all districts. She has built trust and credibility through her actions, is highly regarded by superintendents, CBOs, CFOs and other business staff as well as staff in general, and often is sought out to participate on committees, present at conferences or just to provide insight or an opinion on a topic. Other leaders see the wealth of information and ideas she is able to offer. She is an asset to our field.” n
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Grants awarded to support education Dina Gentry EDC Office of Education As El Dorado County residents have persevered these last few years and gone through many challenges, El Dorado County Office of Education has never wavered from its commitment to provide El Dorado County students with a quality education. EDCOE is pleased to announce it has been awarded with two additional grants to fulfill this purpose. EDCOE has recognized two growing areas of need in the county: improving access to mental health services for students and families and the growing teacher shortage (including the establishment of a teacher pipeline to recruit and retain additional teachers). As a result, EDCOE applied for two grants to assist in expanding resources to successfully target these needs. The Mental Health Student Services Act Grant was awarded to EDCOE to assist in expanding access to mental health services for children and youth, including countywide
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The El Dorado County Office of Education recently received a grant to create a teacher residency program for EDCOE and school districts, which will help address the ongoing teacher shortage. student assessments and campus-based mental health services. It will also facilitate community partnerships to better link families to ongoing mental health services. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing Teacher Residency Capacity Grant was awarded to EDCOE to assist in creating a teacher residency program for EDCOE and school districts,
in collaboration with Alder Graduate School of Education. This program will recruit and educate local teacher candidates in a one-year residency program in a local school district or EDCOE classroom. At the completion of the program, residents earn a teaching credential and master’s degree. “As we emerge from the challenges of the last two years, these grant awards will help
us to address critical needs within our schools and the community,” said El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ed Manansala. “I am grateful for the support of our community partners who will work alongside EDCOE to strengthen our educational system and the students and families we serve.” For more information visit edcoe.org.
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Monthly meetings of the El Dorado Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution always include interesting programs aligned with the national goals of historical preservation, the promotion of education and the encouragement of patriotic endeavors. The February and March meetings were no exception. With a particular focus on the community, the chapter has continued its support of local schools and veterans. Fifth-graders at Herbert Green Elementary School have been enjoying the use of the Colonial Traveling Trunk containing books, dolls and other resources that highlight colonial times. Ongoing donations of food and toiletries for veterans have been particularly appreciated by organizations such as the recent donations made to Veteran Services in Placerville, the Food Bank of El Dorado County and the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Mather office. The guest speaker at the February meeting was William Blaylock, a retired law enforcement office in
El Dorado County and author of “Invisible: PTSD’s Stealth Attack on a Vietnam Veteran: A Candid and Heart-Wrenching Memoir of Life with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” His recounting of his hardships and triumphs both during and after the Vietnam War moved many to tears. The Women’s Issues Committee has been holding fundraisers to support several causes. Members recently reported that as a result of the chapter’s donation to Hearts Landing Ranch, the organization has been able to implement scholarships for the ranch’s equine assistance psychotherapy sessions provided to women veterans who are suffering from post traumatic stress. The chapter’s historical knowledge is occasionally enhanced through a performance or skit. The March meeting included a reading of the actual words from letters written by John and Abigail Adams, beginning with their informal engagement and concluding with the letter written by John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, upon the death of Abigail Adams. The reading, extensively researched and n
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Local author receives prestigious book award News release Sowing Creek Press recently announced the nomination of 2021 title “Beyond Done With The Crying: More Answers and Advice for Parents of Estranged Adult Children” in the 34th annual Benjamin Franklin Awards presented by the Independent Book Publishers Association. “Beyond Done,” written by life coach, author and El Dorado County resident Sheri McGregor, will receive either a gold or silver award during the ceremony for this prestigious award on April 29. “I’m honored by IBPA’s recognition of ‘Beyond Done,’” said McGregor. “But mostly, I’m excited that the award shines light on this topic, so will help more people. I hear from heartbroken parents every day. When they find my books or website (RejectedParents.Net) they realize that they are not alone. From all over the world, there are kind, supportive parents whose adult children nonetheless reject them.” McGregor, whose self-help book is a finalist in the psychology category, is no stranger to the genre — or the subject matter. One of her five children separated from the family. McGregor holds a master’s degree in human behavior and used her education and experiences to move beyond the emotional pain, reclaim her identity, self-esteem and happiness. She helps other parents by way of her website and her books in the “Done With The Crying” series. Her first book on the subject was a Foreword Reviews Book of the Year finalist and a winner in the Living Now Book Awards. “Estrangement can leave a confusing legacy,” she explained. “Possible twists and turns ahead aren’t always immediately apparent. Concerns that later reveal themselves may be traced to roots that involve the estranged one or connect to history that began long ago. ‘Beyond Done’ offers more for parents as well as the whole the postestrangement family.” “Beyond Done With The Crying: More Answers and Advice for Parents
of Estranged Adult Children” provides tell-it-like-it-is advice and sensible solutions for the gritty, complex issues that parents of estranged adult children face. With real life examples and from-the-trenches insight drawn from more than 50,000 families, McGregor offers encouragement and proven techniques to heal. Helpful observations are included from parents, grandparents, grandchildren and the siblings of adults who chose to estrange. “Commentary, tips and advice derived from my work and my research to support parents’ emotional and physical well-being round out the pages,” said McGregor, whose writing points out that the most common advice often doesn’t help and can keep parents stuck in an unhealthy cycle. “At times, my positions make me the lone dissenter, but then standing up for ourselves as decent, loving parents in a world that doubts us is a lesson for us all … and covered in ‘Beyond Done.’” For more information about Sheri McGregor and her work contact: sherimcgregor@yahoo.com or view her site for parents of estranged adult children at rejectedparents.net.
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here was never a question as to what to title the 2022 release from esteemed Bay Area trio HowellDevine. Songwriter/guitarist/ harmonica/singer Josh Howell writes in his notes, “Strange Time Blues, as the title suggests, was born out of these strange times, which have been unrelenting these past few years. Produced in the midst of environmental calamities and the solitude brought about by a global pandemic, the music will naturally reflect these conditions, even without intending to do so.” Hear the trio perform live at an album release party, 6:30-9 p.m. at The Starlet Room, 2708 J St. in Sacramento. Get advanced tickets online at showclix.com/ event/howelldevinereleaseparty. Since forming in 2011, HowellDevine’s sound has been tagged “shack-shakin music” and author Dan Forte details that in his liner notes as “hypnotic … a study in dynamics, of theme and variation.” Whether on national steel or harmonica, Howell seamlessly intertwines with the creative rhythm section, Pete Devine (drums, washboard, jug) and Joe Kyle Jr. (upright bass, caressed, plucked, bowed).
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HowellDevine launches its fifth album in Sacramento this week. Four originals along with six of the most intriguing Piedmont, Hill Country and Delta to Chicago songs are on the album: from haunting to funkily cathartic. The trio recorded at Hyde Street Studios (formerly Wally Heider Studios) in San Francisco, still rich in historic character. The original acoustic designs of control rooms and live rooms remain largely untouched and sound as sweet as they did back then, a haven in what felt like an apocalypse.
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Snowline, Careopolis enhance life’s last journey News release CareFlash and Snowline Hospice announced that the organizations have entered into a collaborative partnership that leverages togetherness, empathy and nostalgia to enhance healing and aging journeys, chronic and cognitive illness, even in celebrating a loved one’s memory. This agreement provides patients, families and communities access to CareFlash’s signature platform, The Careopolis, A Metropolis of Love and Empathy. Careopolis is an online “caring community,” created and operated by a patient and/or family caretakers and invited friends and loved ones. Each Careopolis contains integrated components and content, conducive to enhancing the quality, depth and durability of supportive connectedness among patients and loved ones. These include interactive voice-driven storytelling tools, collaboration calendar, community blog, photosharing capabilities and 3-D medical animations. It is invitation-only, multilingual, mobile-friendly and effective in enhancing how loved ones become and remain engaged: • As a supportive fabric of empathy and quality of life • More with empathy than sympathy • In celebrating a loved one’s life journey, memories and how they touched others “Snowline’s capable and compassionate team values The Careopolis for the ways it enhances the ‘whole person care’ we provide, by respecting patients and families’ wishes as they navigate the final stages of life,” said Snowline Hospice CEO Tim Meadows. “We offer The Careopolis at no cost to our
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Public Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0310 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: CAlI AUTO, located at 4913 Cedar Ravine Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Aaron J Parmeter-Smith, 4913 Cedar Ravine Rd, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/10/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Aaron Parmeter-Smith AARON PARMETER-SMITH I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/11/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS
AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 10159 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0326 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: RIVER PARK VIllAGE, located at 7310 State Hwy 49, Lotus, CA 95651/Mailing Address: PO Box 4989, Auburn, CA 95604 Registered owner(s): Kathryn Reid-Carreiro, Trustee, Carreiro Family Trust, 3085 Eagles Nest, Auburn, CA 95603 This business is conducted by a Trust The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: March 15, 2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Kathryn Reid-Carreiro KATHRYN REID-CARREIRO, TRUSTEE
assembled by chapter member Betty Crockford, was presented by chapter member and narrator Ellen Osborn, who described the historical context of the letter exchanges. Chapter member Jan Pringle read the letters written by Abigail Adams and Bill Wilkins read those of John Adams. Formally welcoming new members is always a highlight of any meeting.
In March the chapter was delighted to see the formal swearing in of Rebecca Parks and Sharon Melberg. To learn more about the work of DAR, visit DAR.org, and for more information about the El Dorado Chapter or to learn about your Revolutionary War ancestors contact our Chapter Regent Ann Chambers at chambers.ann@gmail.com.
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I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/15/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 10160
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF RICHARD GORDON BEAUPRE CASE NO. 22PR0066 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of RICHARD GORDON BEAUPRE A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CORY FERRIERA BROWN in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that CORY FERRIERA BROWN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.
A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 4, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: MICHAEL C MAPES 131 South Auburn Street Grass Valley, CA 95945
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NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF NANCY JOY MORRIS CASE NO. 22PR0057 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of NANCY JOY MORRIS, NANCY MORRIS A PETITION for Probate has been filed by REBECCA ARMSTRONG in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that REBECCA ARMSTRONG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held legal notice continued on the next page
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Public Notices in this court as follows: April 27, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 495 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: SHERI L. HOFFMAN Hoffman & Hoffman 2600 E. Bidwell Street, Suite 240 Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 985-2753 10168 3/21, 3/28, 4/4 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0274 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: A K TRIMMING REMOVAl SERVICES, located at 7020 Lakewood Ct, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 Registered owner(s): 1. Zachary D Kast, 7020 Lakewood Ct, Pollock Pines, CA 95726, 2. Benjamin Aberg, 11 Spoke St, Pollock Pines, CA 95726 This business is conducted by a General Partnership The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/04/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Zachary Kast ZACHARY KAST, GENERAL PARTNER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/04/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 10169 3/21, 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF HEIDI BABETTE MIXON AKA HEIDIlORE AlWINE BABETTE BARTH CASE NO. 22PR0075 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of HEIDI BABETTE MIXON aka HEIDILORE ALWINE BABETTE BARTH A PETITION for Probate has been filed by ANGELIKA DILLON in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that ANGELIKA DILLON be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 11, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account
as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: ANGELIKA DILLON 3528 Flora Vista Loop Round Rock, TX 78681 (650) 464-5318 3/21, 3/28, 4/4 10170 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF lElAND ANTHONY HElWIG CASE NO. 22PR0073 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LELAND A. HELWIG, LELAND ANTHONY HELWIG, LELAND HELWIG, LEE HELWIG, LEE A. HELWIG, LEE ANTHONY HELWIG A PETITION for Probate has been filed by CRYSTAL HELWIG in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that CRYSTAL HELWIG be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests the decedent’s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 11, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: LIZ A. BARSELL Blackstock & Barsell, PC 1855 San Miguel Drive, Suite 17 Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (925) 945-8831 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 10187 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: 22CV0337 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: 1. Petitioner: Amanda Sooth filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: MAKAYLA JANEA KNOOP HAYDN BLUE KNOOP Proposed name: MAKAYLA JANEA SOOTH HAYDN BLUE SOOTH 2. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: MAY 20, 2022, 8:30 A.M. DEPT. 9 AT SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF EL DORADO, 3321 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682. 3. A copy of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: Mountain Democrat. This order has been filed on MARCH 16, 2022. /s/ Dylan Sullivan DYLAN SULLIVAN, Judge of the Superior Court 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10188 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0270 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: WITHKIN, located at 4949 Cameron Rd., Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Brent Hall, 4949 Cameron Rd., Cameron Park, CA 95682, 2. Kyla Westphal, 4949 Cameron Rd., Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 1/1/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Brent Hall BRENT HALL I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/04/2022.
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NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10193 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0282 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DAY SPRING RAGDOllS, located at 5635 Fernwood Drive, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): 1. Greta Strong, 5635 Fernwood Drive, Shingle Springs, CA 95682, 2. Alan Strong, 5635 Fernwood Drive, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 2/28/22 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Greta Strong GRETA STRONG /s/ Alan D. Strong ALAN D. STRONG I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/07/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10194 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF FRANK PHIlIP TAYlOR CASE NO. 22PR0081 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of FRANK PHILIP TAYLOR A PETITION for Probate has been filed by ERIN TAYLOR in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that ERIN TAYLOR be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: May 4, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 8 at 295 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Petitioner: ERIN TAYLOR 1946 Mountain Way Placerville, CA 95667 (530) 622-1727 3/28, 4/4, 4/11 10195 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0355 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: DRYDIGGINS DESIGN, located at 2180 Fall Trail Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): 1. Richard T Nesler, 2180 Fall Trail
Ct, Placerville, CA 95667, 2. Anita L Nesler, 2180 Fall Trail Ct, Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by a Married Couple. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/23/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Richard Nesler RICHARD NESLER, OWNER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/23/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10196 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0354 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: 1. PlACERVIllE ANTIQUES, 2. PlACERVIllE ANTIQUES & COllECTIBlES, located at 448 Main Street, Placerville, CA 95667 Registered owner(s): Beverly J Fraga, 3073 Edythe Ct., Placerville, CA 95667 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/01/1989 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Beverly J. Fraga BEVERLY J. FRAGA, OWNER I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/23/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10197 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0353 The following person(s) is/are doing business as: SEND ME, located at 2940 Dos Vistas Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Daniel R Lance, 2940 Dos Vistas Dr, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 03/23/2022 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Daniel Lance DANIEL LANCE I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/23/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10198 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FIlE NO. FB2022-0349 The following person(s) is/ are doing business as: SCARYROOMSTUDIOS, located at
3339 Kimberly Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682 Registered owner(s): Brandon J Dominguez, 3339 Kimberly Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682 This business is conducted by an Individual. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on: 02/29/2016 Signature of Registrant: /s/ Brandon Dominguez BRANDON DOMINGUEZ I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).) This statement filed with the county clerk of El Dorado County on 03/23/2022. NOTICE-IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION (a) OF SECTION 17920, A FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT GENERALLY EXPIRES AT THE END OF FIVE YEARS FROM THE DATE ON WHICH IT WAS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK, EXCEPT, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION (b) OF SECTION 17920, WHERE IT EXPIRES 40 DAYS AFTER ANY CHANGE IN THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 17913 OTHER THAN A CHANGE IN THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A REGISTERED OWNER. A NEW FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT MUST BE FILED BEFORE THE EXPIRATION. THE FILING OF THIS STATEMENT DOES NOT OF ITSELF AUTHORIZE THE USE IN THIS STATE OF A FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME IN VIOLATION OF THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER UNDER FEDERAL, STATE, OR COMMON LAW (see section 14411 ET SEQ., Business and Professions Code) 3/28, 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10199 PUBlIC NOTICE Shareholders of Placerville Gold Mining Co. are hereby notified of the annual shareholders meeting scheduled the week of May 16th, 2022. Call (703) 582-8112 for details. 3/30, 4/1, 4/4, 4/6, 4/8, 4/11 10200 NOTICE OF PUBlIC AUCTION/ lIEN SAlE This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of State law, there being due and unpaid charges for which the undersigned is entitled to satisfy an owner and/or manager’s lien of the goods hereinafter described and are stored at the Life Storage location listed below. Life Storage #619 4501 Latrobe Road, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 (916) 933-4040 And, due notice having been given, to the owner of said property and all parties known to claim an interest therein, and the time specified in such notice for payment of such having expired, the goods will be sold to the highest bidder or otherwise disposed of at a public auction to be held online at www. StorageTreasures.com, which will end on Thursday, April 28th, 2022 at 10:00 am WILLIAM GIERHART - Hsld gds/Furn ALEXANDER BARCLAY - Hsld gds/ Furn RUBY JOHN - Hsld gds/Furn, TV/ Stereo Equip, Tools/Appliances CANDEE GOULD - Hsld gds/Furn /s/ S. Smith 4/4, 4/11 10218 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CAllING FOR BIDS DISTRICT: Cameron Estates Community Services District BID PACKAGE: Available: April 4, 2022 BID DEADLINE: Up to 5 p.m. local time, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 PLACE OF SEALED BID RECEIPT: 4692 Longview Road, Cameron Park, CA 95682. Call (530) 677-5889 to hand deliver. PROJECT: CECSD 2022 Road Work Project ESTIMATED COST OF PROJECT: $250,000 ESTIMATED PROJECT TIME: 60 days REQUIRED CALIFORNIA LICENSE: Class A Mandatory pre-bid drive through meeting for Contractors, Monday, April 25, 2022 10 am, Strolling Hills entrance gate. Bids will not be accepted from Contractors who have not advised the District of intention to submit bid and also attended pre-bid drive through. 4/4, 4/6, 4/11, 4/13 10219 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: STEVEN BRADlEY MORRIS CASE NO. 22PR0085 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the WILL or estate, or both of STEVEN BRADLEY MORRIS. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by MARGARET MORRIS in the Superior Court of California, County of EL DORADO. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that MARGARET MORRIS be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 05/25/22 at 8:30AM in Dept. 8 located at 295 FAIR LANE, PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the
court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner TOSH G. YAMAMOTO - SBN 63253 A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION 7201 S LAND PARK DR., #200 SACRAMENTO CA 95831 4/4, 4/6, 4/11/22 CNS-3571486# THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT 4/4, 4/6, 4/11 10220 NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF lISA ROBERGE CASE NO. 22PR0084 To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of LISA ROBERGE, LISA MARIE ROBERGE A PETITION for Probate has been filed by JAMES ROBERGE in the Superior Court of California, County of El Dorado. THE PETITION for probate requests that JAMES ROBERGE be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: April 27, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 4 at 1354 Johnson Blvd., South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: LAURA ROSE NELSON Becker, Nelson, Center & James 263 Main Street Placerville, CA 95667 (530) 295-6400 4/4, 4/11, 4/18 10221 PUBlIC NOTICE As climactic conditions permit during the Autumn months of 2022, the Amador – El Dorado unit of CAL FIRE may conduct prescribed burning operations: · At the Sly Park VMP in Pollock Pines, CA. · At the Shake Omo VMP near Indian Diggins and Omo Ranch. · At the Georgetown Divide VMP off Marshall Road and Greenwood Road. · At the lyon Ranch VMP in Pilot Hill, CA. · At ladies Valley VMP south of Placerville, CA. · At the Auburn lake Trails VMP in Cool, CA. Persons in the area who are sensitive to smoke are requested to contact CAL FIRE forester Patrick McDaniel at (530) 647-5288. 4/4, 4/6 10222 NOTICE OF lIEN SAlE Notice is hereby given that a public lien sale of the following describes personal property will be held online at: www.storageauctions.com Auction Date: April 19th 2022 at 8:00AM Placerville Self Storage, 1066 Locust Ave. Placerville, CA 95667 The contents of the rental storage units all containing household goods and belonging to the following persons will be sold: Rosemary Brum, Household goods Michael Barrett, Household goods Ronnie Merrill, Household goods Clella R Bowen, Household goods Janine A Robbins, Household goods Susan M Massey, Household goods Trenna Avalos, Household goods The Pines at Placerville Business, Household goods Wrenda A Rogers, Household goods Stacy Neeley, Household goods Marquis L Turner, Household goods This notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 21700 et seq of the Business & Professions Code of the State of California Published: April 4th 2022 & April 11th 2022 The Mountain Democrat 4/4, 4/11 10223
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Hell on Wheels
Rotary Club of Winters Weekly Lunch
@ 9:45pm / $12.50 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco
@ 6:30pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
@ 12:15pm / $5-$20 Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters
ROBO
Thu 4/07
@ 6pm San Francisco-based artist Liz Hickok’s in conversation with Ann Jastrab, Executive Director for The Center for Photographic Art. Doors at 6pm, talk begins at 6:30pm CHUNG | NAMONT, 4071 24th Street, San Francisco. info@chung namont.com, 415-795-1643
DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
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@ 6:35pm / $12-$67 Sutter Health Park, 400 Ballpark Drive, West Sacramento Dan Hoyle: "Talk To Your People" @ 7pm / $17.50 The Marsh San Francisco Main‐ Stage Theater, 1062 Valencia St., San Francisco
Dante Marsh & The Vibe Setters close out the �rst night of The Davis
Cherry Blossom Festival Soul singer Dante Marsh won the best R&B //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Social Kid @ 10pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
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Sat 4/09 Fight For Air: Climb San Francisco
It's Tomato Time! Come to the UC Master Gardeners of Napa County 10th Tomato Plant Sale -- choose from 27 varieties! We have 2 sale days -- Online sale is April 3 and the In-Person Sale is April 9. 1710 Soscol Ave, 1710 Soscol Avenue, Napa. napamastergardeners@ gmail.com, 707-253-4221
San Francisco Ballet
Yvonne Orji
@ 7pm Journey Downtown, 308 Main St, Vacaville Comedian Alyssa Limperis @ 7:30pm / $11.50 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco
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Apr 9th - Apr 10th ABAS'S 62nd ANNUAL BONSAI @ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San SHOW & SALE WILL INCLUDE A LARGE COLLECTION OF MAGNIF‐ Francisco ICENT BONSAI, DEMONSTRA‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TIONS, WORKSHOP, & RAFFLES The Reverend Peyton's Big IN A PLEASANT INDOOR /OUT‐ Damn Band DOOR VENUE AT SACRAMENTO'S @ 8pm McKINLEY PARK. Shepard Garden Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 & Art Center, 3330 McKinley Boule‐ Mission Street, San Francisco vard, Sacramento. breadcrust@ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// comcast.com, 916-929-2106
Kronos
@ 7:30pm / $30 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Avenue, San Francisco
@ 8pm / $20 @ 8pm / $10-$15 Punch Line Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Comedy Mission Street, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Club Shannon and the Clams Sacramento, 2100 Arden @ 8pm Way, Sacramento Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub, "Circle Mirror 2708 J St, Sacramento Transformation" //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sons of Kemet
@ 8pm / $26 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Kelsy Karter
Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco
The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco
@ 8pm The War�eld, 982 Market St, San Francisco
Lindsey Buckingham @ 8pm / $60-$90 Uptown Theatre Napa, 1350 3rd St, Napa
Sasami @ 8:30pm The Chapel, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco
Immersive Frida Kahlo San Francisco
@ 12:15pm See website for details . University Park Inn and Suites, 1111 Richards Boulevard, Davis. jen.kukis@ed wardjones.com, 530-564-4655
Vicente Archer @ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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Gerald Clayton @ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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Bill Stewart @ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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Lindsey Buckingham @ 8pm / $63.76-$77.52 South Shore Room at Harrah's Lake Tahoe, 15 Hwy 50, Stateline
Fred again..
@ 8pm Great American Music Hall, 850 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco
@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
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@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
@ 9pm August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco
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Wed 4/13
@ 9pm Torch Club, 904 15th St, Sacra‐ mento
Living Trust Seminar - Va‐ caville, CA - April 13, 2022 @ 3:30pm This is a FREE Living Trust Seminar Round Table Pizza, 888 Alamo Drive, Vacaville. info@LearnLiv ingTrust.com, 800-350-6376
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Rotary Club of Davis Weekly Lunch + Program
@ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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@ 8pm / $17 Phoenix Theatre San Francisco, 414 Mason St., San Francisco
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Mike Dimes
Sugar Sammy
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Mitchelle Manburg, Ramsey Lee, Soul Glitch
John Sco�eld
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@ 11am SVN West San Francisco, 10 South //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
ABAS 62nd ANNUAL BONSAI SHOW & SALE, April 9 & 10, 10AM-4PM
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@ 7:30pm War Memorial Opera House, 455 Franklin St., San Francisco
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ABAS 62nd Bonsai Show & Sale, April 9&10, 10AM4PM
category in The New Times Music Awards in 2019. The Vibe Setters are a soulful funk band with heavy grooves and melodic melodies. The band consists of 5 members. Dante Marsh - lead singer, Drake Freeman - bassist, Jon Millsap - lead guitarist, Tim Costa - percussionist, and Gerald Purify - drummer. Being fairly new as a band does not hinder their lack of ex‐ perience in performing on stage. Soon to be recording their 1st studio album, the future looks very bright for The Vibe Setters
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Rhett Walker: The //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Gospel 10th Annual Tomato Plant Song and Sale - UC Master Tailgain' Gardeners 0f Napa County Tour @ 10am
@ 10am Apr 9th - Apr 10th The AMERICAN BONSAI ASSOCI‐ ATION'S (ABAS) 62nd ANNUAL //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// BONSAI SHOW & SALE, celebrat‐ KRONOS FESTIVAL ing the art, skill, history, culture and @ 7:30pm / $20-$65 community that is bonsai! Shepard Apr 7th - Apr 9th Garden & Art Center, 3330 McKin‐ The annual KRONOS FESTIVAL re‐ ley Boulevard, Sacramento. bread turns in person to the SFJAZZ crust@comcast.com, 916-929Center April 7-9, presented by and 2106 featuring SF’s own worldrenowned, Grammy-winning Kro‐ nos Quartet. SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin Street, San Francisco. of�ce@kro nosarts.com, 415-731-3533
@ 7pm Sudwerk Brewing Co. Dock Store, 2001 2nd St, Davis
@ 6:30pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
@ 8am Join the �ght for healthy lungs & //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// clean air, when you step up for the Fight For Air Climb in San Fran‐ Featured cisco. This unique vertical race is like no other, and a challenge you will never forget. 555 California St, 555 California Street, San Fran‐ cisco. Britte.Harder@lung.org, 510-982-3054
Sacra‐ mento River Cats vs. Sugar Land Space Cowboys
The Vibe Setters: Davis Cherry Blossom Festival
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ARTIST TALK: Liz Hickok in Conversation with Ann Jastrab at CHUNG | NAMONT in Noe Valley
Saturday Apr 9th
Editor's Voice
@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
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The Operator @ 9pm Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Francisco
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Living Trust Seminar - Fair‐ �eld, CA - April 13, 2022
@ 9pm Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Francisco
@ 6:30pm This is a FREE Living Trust Seminar Round Table Pizza, 5085 Business Center Drive, Fair�eld. info@Learn LivingTrust.com, 800-350-6376
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Immersive Frida Kahlo San Francisco
Emanate
@ 1pm SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Macy Gray ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@ 9pm Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Francisco
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 6:30pm / $65-$125 Immersive Frida Kahlo Blue Note Phil Grif�ths: Cheaper //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Sister’s Easter at Dolores San Francisco Napa, 1030 Than Therapy at the Meredith Edgar @ 2pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Park / Hunky Jesus Main Shelton Theater SVN West San Francisco, 10 South @ 11:30am Hoity-Toity Contest Street, Napa @ 8pm Van Ness Ave, San Francisco Salesforce Park, 425 Mission St, @ 8pm @ 10am Shelton Theater, 533 Sutter St, San Magician Jay Alexander //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, The Sisters of Perpetual Indul‐ Francisco @ 6:30pm / $45 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Immersive Frida Kahlo San Francisco gence are happy to announce that //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Marrakech Magic Theater, 419 O'‐ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// San Francisco they are bringing their annual Editor's Pick "Circle Mirror Farrell St., San Francisco @ 4pm Easter Celebration back to Dolores Deb Never //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Transformation" Love and Honey: Mraz SVN West San Francisco, 10 South Park on Sunday, April 17th, after a @ 8pm @ 8pm / $17 Megan Hilty Brewing Company's Van Ness Ave, San Francisco two-year hiatus Mission Dolores The War�eld, 982 Market St, San Phoenix Theatre San Francisco, @ 7pm / $125 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Anniversary Party! Park, Dolores St & 19th Street, San Francisco 414 Mason St., San Francisco Feinstein's at the Nikko, 222 Ma‐ Immersive Frida Kahlo //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 12pm Francisco. tilda@thesisters.org, //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// son Street, San Francisco Mraz Brewing Company, 2222 415-320-9163 Anthony, Vinny, & Friends San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Eric Bellinger Francisco Dr #510, El Dorado Hills //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 5pm Comedy Showcase John Sco�eld @ 8:30pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SVN West San Francisco, 10 South @ 8pm / $12.50
August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco
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Sun 4/17
@ 7pm August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco
Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Punch Line Sacramento, 2100 Ar‐
@ 7:30pm
@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
Silas Fermoy
@ 8pm Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St, San Francisco
Dave Holland
@ 7:30pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Magician Jay Alexander
@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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Alcatraz
The @ 7pm Unautho‐ Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, rized 94133, San Francisco //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Rolling StonesFeatured Tribute to Charlie Watts @ 8pm Downtown Theatre, 1035 Texas St, Fair�eld Meute @ 8pm August Hall, 420 Mason St, San Francisco
Magic Fu‐ sion Star‐ ring David Goldrake @ 7pm / $32-$42 The Loft Theatre, 1001 Heavenly Village Way, South Lake Tahoe MADZILLA LV: Spring Tour 2022
@ 8pm Brick & Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission St, San Francisco
Cobb's Comedy Showcase @ 8pm / Free-$8 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco
Tim Montana @ 7:30pm Folsom Ho‐ tel, 703 Sut‐ ter St, Fol‐ som Phillip Greenlief: PUBLIC EYESORE PRESENTS: READY BOX - ABALOS SPELLITICH DAY - JORD LIU @ 7:30pm Canessa Gallery, 708 Montgomery St, San Francisco
@ 9:30pm Neck Of the Woods, 406 Clement St, San Francisco
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Comedian Brent Morin @ 9:45pm / $12.50 Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Colum‐ bus Ave, San Francisco
E. Live: Sweater Funk @ 10pm Knockout, 3223 Mission St, San Francisco
The War�eld, 982 Market Street, San Francisco
@ 10pm Public Works, 161 Erie St, San Francisco
Deb Never Ace Of Spades, 1417 R St, Sacra‐ mento
Lindsey Buckingham @ 7pm
Sun 4/10
Hot Buttered Rum
The Helltones
@ 9pm The Green Room Social Club, 251 Main St, Placerville
@ 4pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
Napa
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Plosivs
RATKING
@ 9pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
@ 4pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
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Meat Wave
Rusty Chains
@ 9pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
@ 4pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
DOJA DANCE! Sacramento, CA
Bad Mother Nature Power‐ house Pub, 614 Sutter St, Folsom
@ 10pm The Starlet Room, 2708 J St, Sacramento
Wicked (Touring)
@ 7:30pm / $53-$133 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// SAFE Magician Jay Alexander Victoria Credit @ 9pm / $45 @ 4pm Union Per‐ Marrakech Magic Theater, 419 O'‐ DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San forming Arts Center, 1301 Farrell St., San Francisco Francisco L St., Sacramento //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@ 3:15pm / $12.50 Lesher Center for the Arts George & Sonja Vukasin Theatre, 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek
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@ 4pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
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Magician Jay Alexander
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John Sco�eld @ 7pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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Max Amini Live in San Francisco
Thu 4/14
@ 7pm / $34-$44 Herbst Theatre at the San Fran‐ cisco War Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
Rotary Club of Winters Weekly Lunch
@ 12:15pm / $5-$20 Buckhorn, 2 Main Street, Winters
Never Come Down
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Vicente Archer @ 7pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
@ 7pm Amado's, 998 Valencia St, San Francisco
Dan Hoyle: "Talk To Your People"
Philip: ROCK‐ @ 7pm / $17.50 2REMEM‐ The Marsh San Francisco Main‐ Stage Theater, 1062 Valencia St., BER! in San Francisco support of //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Guitars 4 Vets. MIKE @ 6pm 36 Handles Public House, 1010 White Rock Rd Ste //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 100, El Dorado Hills John Sco�eld James Patrick Regan @ 7:30pm singer/guitarist: James SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Patrick Regan @ Citizen Francisco Vine Folsom //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// @ 7pm The Regency Ballroom, 1300 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
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@ 4pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco
@ 6:30pm / $45 Marrakech Magic Theater, 419 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
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"Spontaneous Charles Dickens: Wherein We Improvise"
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@ 9pm / $45 Marrakech Magic Theater, 419 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco
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Laroz
Midnight Tyrannosaurus
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@ 9:30pm //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Rina Sawayama
Scott H. Biram
Magician Jay Alexander
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@ 2pm Great American Music Hall, 859 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco
Ancient Mariner ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
HANA
Tue 4/12
Weston Estate
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@ 9pm DNA Lounge, 375 11th St, San Francisco
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@ 8pm The Independent, 628 Divisadero St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@ 12pm Be Bubbly Napa Valley, 1407 2nd St, Napa
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@ 7pm Harlow's Restaurant & Nightclub, 2708 J St, Sacramento
Melanie Charles
J.D. Pinkus
@ 8:30pm Bottom Of the Hill, 1233 17th St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@ 8pm The War�eld, 982 Market St, San Francisco ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Mango Kingz
Bubbly Napa
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Fri 4/08 @ 6:30pm / $45 Marrakech Magic Theater, 419 O'‐ Farrell St., San Francisco
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Robin Reyes
Dying Wish
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@ 6pm Citizen Vine Folsom, 609 Sutter St, Folsom
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Josh Dion @ 7pm SFJazz Center, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco
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MPHD @ 8pm The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd, San Francisco
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Mars Occult, Hidden in the Sun, Golden Seed Garden @ 8pm / $10 Brick and Mortar Music Hall, 1710 Mission Street, San Francisco
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