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Longtime race fan and promoter Al Hinds to be remembered.
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Gold Country Artists features beautiful work.
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Friday, April 9, 2021
1 dead, 1 in critical condition in SLT shooting Bill Rozak Tahoe Daily Tribune SOUTH LAKE TAHOE — Residents of a quiet neighborhood in South Lake Tahoe were awoken in the early hours Wednesday morning by gunshots. South Lake Tahoe Police responded to numerous 911 calls of shots fired at about 1 a.m. in the Tahoe Sierra neighborhood. Upon arrival, officers discovered a man with numerous gunshot wounds, states a press release. The man was transported from the scene and later pronounced dead, officials said. A second male with a gunshot wound was also transported from the scene and is in stable, but
critical, condition. Sierra Boulevard was closed between Kubal and Rose avenues to through traffic. Authorities at about 9:15 a.m. were removing crime tape from the scene that covered about two blocks. A witness who lives across the street, Narciso Dui, told the Tribune he and his wife were watching television when he heard yelling followed by what sounded like firecrackers. “I told my wife to hit the floor,” Dui said. “We stayed there for about 15 minutes. My phone wasn’t with me, she said grab the phone, but I told her I didn’t want to get up because maybe the shooter was still n
Photo by Bill Rozak/Tahoe Daily Tribune
Authorities are investigating a possible homicide that took place early Wednesday morning in See shooting, page A3 South Lake Tahoe.
EDC goes to orange tier Thomas Frey Staff writer El Dorado County moved into the orange, less restrictive tier of the state’s countyby-county COVID-19 monitoring system Wednesday. The move will allow businesses to increase their indoor capacity by about double. “I know there will be a lot of businesses that will be very pleased obviously with that accomplishment,” said District 1 Supervisor John Hidahl. Amador, Placer and Sacramento counties — which border El Dorado County — remain in the more restrictive, red tier. Movie theaters, restaurants, places of worship, museums, zoos and aquariums can go from 25% to 50% capacity. Gyms and fitness center capacity may increase from 10% to 25% and family n
See Orange tier, page A3 Mountain Democrat photo by Krysten Kellum
El Dorado County supervisors will decide later this month whether to sell the old U.S. Post Office building at 515 Main St. to the new nonprofit El Dorado Gold 1848 and an annex building at 525 Main St. to the city of Placerville.
Placerville digs in on sale of Main Street properties File photo by John Poimiroo
The 54th Camellia Cup regatta takes place on Saturday at Folsom Lake.
Camellia Cup to sail again John Poimiroo Special to the Mountain Democrat Until 2020, Camellia Cup — the Sacramento region’s oldest and largest sailboat regatta — had been held annually since 1966 on Folsom Lake. COVID-19 ended that run when last year’s regatta was canceled. This year the Folsom Lake Yacht Club waited to the last minute to announce that it would finally hold the 54th Camellia Cup regatta on Saturday, April 10. This time, it n
See Camellia Cup, page A7
“The county’s process has denied residents of the city a seat at the table in determining how these buildings, in the heart of their city, will be used and that’s the real concern.” — Kara Taylor, vice mayor of Placerville
Andrew Vonderschmitt Staff writer With the sale of the old U.S. Post Office and adjacent annex building in downtown Placerville to a new nonprofit, El Dorado Gold 1848, needing just a final OK from county supervisors, city of Placerville leaders — who also have interest in the properties — piped up. Now the city will have a chance to own at least one of the buildings. Placerville Mayor Dennis Thomas, Vice Mayor Kara Taylor and City Council member Patty Borelli called a special meeting March 31 to discuss what they said they perceived as a lack of transparency concerning the El Dorado County Board
of Supervisors’ possible sale of the old U.S. Post Office, formerly the District Attorney’s Office, at 515 Main St. and an annex building at 525 Main St. Thomas opened the meeting expressing his concern over an apparent lack of communication concerning the sale of the buildings. The newly formed nonprofit El Dorado Gold 1848 had been in closed session negotiations with the county to purchase them. Council members Michael Saragosa and Jackie Neau recused themselves from the meeting due to conflicts of interest. Saragosa’s wife, Brenda Quintana, serves on the Arts and Culture El Dorado Board of Directors and Neau administers
“The county followed a process. I think it’s time to execute what’s before us.” — Lori Parlin, El Dorado County District 4 supervisor the organization’s Arts Incubator program. The buildings in question figure into Arts and Culture El Dorado’s overall cultural district plan. City Manager Cleve Morris delivered a detailed staff report that covered the fates of 515 and 525 Main St. as well as 487 and 489 Main St., the Confidence Hall and Emigrant Jane buildings (Old City Hall), over the past n
See Properties, page A9
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