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Camellia Cup champion Bruce Edwards leads the Banshee class off the starting line at CamCup54 Saturday on Folsom Lake.

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miles as bright as the California sun lit the waters of Folsom Lake Saturday as the 54th Camellia Cup Regatta, cancelled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was finally sailed in fresh breezes that varied from four to eight knots. Winning the venerable trophy and the centerboard perpetual trophy was Bend, Ore.’s Bruce Edwards (formerly of Santa Cruz) who had recently purchased his Banshee (a 14-foot, single-handed, racing dinghy) from a local sailor. Edwards dominated the seven-boat Banshee class with four firsts and a second, but it wasn’t a run-away win. Shadowing him throughout the five races was Sacramento’s Charles Witcher, a former Camellia Cup champion. Edwards had long known about Camellia Cup and when his brother moved to Cool he looked for a boat they could share sailing in the area. “I’d always known about Camellia Cup. It has a great reputation. Overall, ■

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The El Dorado Hills Raley’s is getting a new look and a new focus — health and wellness.

Raley’s gets health, wellness overhaul Sel Richard Staff writer For those who scour nutrition labels for offending ingredients, grocery shopping is about to get a little easier. Focusing on organics, nutrition and education, the regional grocery store Raley’s opened its first new Raley’s O-N-E Market in Truckee last June and now the El Dorado Hills store is the company’s first conversion. Remodeling has been under way for the past several weeks to update not only the interior décor, but the products as well. “Every item on the shelf has been curated through our system with advice and guidance from our dietician,” explained Public Affairs Director Chelsea Minor. With a total of 101 ingredients banned from the store,

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Oak Ridge students shine at state academic competition Dina Gentry EDC Office of Education Oak Ridge High School’s Academic Decathlon team claimed victory at this year’s El Dorado County Academic Decathlon regional competition in February and advanced to the state competition held in March. Trojan decathletes took home 11 individual state medals. The team joined decathletes from across the state for a fierce week of competition. The California Academic Decathlon state competition is historically held in-person in Sacramento; however, due to the restrictions related to COVID-19, the decathletes participated in all 10 events virtually via online platforms. “It’s an honor to be able to congratulate you on your great efforts and your great accomplishments in the statewide academic decathlon,” expressed Tony Thurmond, California’s

state superintendent of public instruction. “This has been one of the toughest years that we’ve experienced as we work through the pandemic to maintain our safety — I believe probably one of the toughest experiences we will have to work through in our lifetime — but you doubled down in addition to maybe being in distance learning,” he continued. “To the decathletes, to your families, to your educators, to your administrators, we say to you congratulations. Thank you for being shining examples of what a California education can do. These skills will carry you far in your lifetime, and we are so proud of you.” A unique aspect of the Academic Decathlon is that it is designed to include students of all academic abilities and achievement levels. Each team member competes against ■

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WHAT’S HAPPENING Stellar students Congratulations to the following local students who made the Oregon State University Scholastic Honor Roll, winter 2021: El Dorado Hills — Lily L. Chan, junior, business information systems; Benjamin A. Reed, freshman, general engineering; Gabriel J. Rivera, freshman, environmental sciences; Abigail J. Shultz, junior, sociology.

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Blood drive April 19: Vitalant will host an El Dorado Hills community blood drive, noon to 5 p.m. The Bloodmobile will be in the parking lot near the baseball fields, 1021 Harvard Way in El Dorado Hills. Donors are encouraged to make an appointment by calling Vitalant at (866) 822-5663 or go to donors.vitalant.org and choose advanced search and use blood drive code SMFM019. Walk-ins will be accommodated if space allows.

Bookstore fun April 24: Face in a Book in El Dorado Hills Town Center hosts special events on Independent Bookstore Day: Meet the Corgis (11 a.m. to noon), music by Pete Schroeder (noon to 2 p.m.), meet authors Claire Booth and James L’Etoile (2-3 p.m.), book decorating demonstration (3-4 p.m.). Events will be held outdoors. For more information call (916) 941-9401.

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California State Board of Equalization Member Ted Gaines and former Assemblymember Beth Gaines recently stopped by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office to deliver a donation from the remainder of Assemblymember Gaines’ campaign funds to the Deputy Sheriff’s Association of El Dorado County. The nearly $2,000 will help the association continue its great mission of partnering with the community to continuously provide a safe and secure environment in which to live, work and visit. Beth served as a member of the California State Assembly, representing the 6th District, 2011-16. From left to right are: El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini, Rich Horn (DSA secretary), BOE Member Ted Gaines, Paisley Toth (Gaines’ granddaughter), former Assemblymember Beth Gaines, Bryan Payne (DSA president), Colby Earl (DSA South Lake Tahoe representative), Ken Barber (DSA district attorney investigator representative) and Kyle Parker (DSA Placerville representative).

Play ball May 8: The Foothill Girls Softball League, El Dorado Hills Little League and the El Dorado Hills Community Services District are teaming up to invite baseball and softball players of all skills and abilities to participate in the Pitch, Hit, and Run Competition. The official skills competition of Major League Baseball will put young ball players’ fundamental skills to the test. This free event is open for anyone ages 7-14 to compete. The top players in each age category will receive an award. For more information contact Michael MacPherson at mmacpherson@edhcsd. org or (916) 614-3227. For general information about the event visit mlb.com/pitch-hit-andrun. This event requires pre-registration. Online registration is available. Space is limited.

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CRIME WATCH The following information was taken from El Dorado County sheriff’s reports: March 7 1:22 p.m. Deputies arrested a man on suspicion of public intoxication on Embarcadero Drive. 4:36 p.m. A burglary was reported in El Dorado Hills (street not listed).

March 10 5:28 p.m. Grand theft was reported on Elmores Way. March 11 7:17 a.m. A tankless water heater was reported stolen on Segunto Place. 9:31 p.m. Two bicycles were reported stolen on Toby Drive.

1:50 p.m. Deputies cited a 43-year-old man suspected of driving on a suspended license on Green Valley Road.

March 14 8:14 p.m. Several residents reported their garage doors had been vandalized on Village Center Drive. 4:30 p.m. Deputies pulled over a vehicle displaying expired registration on White Rock Road and cited a passenger who had an outstanding warrant. The vehicle was later towed.

March 15 8:25 a.m. Ammunition was reportedly found on Investment Boulevard. 2:50 p.m. A generator was reported on Alburn Place.

March 12 10 a.m. A package was reported stolen from a porch on Hartford Court.

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s a parent I never thought I would see the day that children would plead to go to school, but since many other things about the past 12 months have been like the Twilight Zone this has been part of our new reality as well. Most kids want, and need, the live school experience instead of the virtual one, for everything traditional school is — the good, the bad and the sometimes ugly of it. However, there is an alarming number of kids who aren’t pleading anymore; they have been out of school so long that they want to stay sheltered at home and this should worry us all. El Dorado County students have had at least a hybrid school experience for much of the past year, more than what the bulk of California school children, including our neighbors in Folsom, have been getting. Hybrid was an acceptable middle ground, the greatest benefit being smaller class sizes. Still, hybrid is not optimal long-term for most kids. Students in the hybrid model are only getting half the curriculum they would get in full-time school and they are hardly getting the full school experience by seeing only half their classmates. Both of these things are creating fragile kids and I shudder to think of the long-term consequences of this — effects that will last for years to come. Sheltering students from their peers has only made them more fragile. A friend who is a mental health counselor in the area recently told me that since the pandemic began, the bulk of her clients are now children and young adults. Nearly three-quarters of psychologists who treat anxiety surveyed by the American Psychological Association reported an increase in demand for treatment since this time last year, while 60% of those who treat depression saw an increase as well. A similar rise in demand for help with sleep disorders was also reported.

Still, when students have had the opportunity to choose between hybrid or full-time this school year, like at some of the private schools in the region, I was surprised to learn how many families continued to choose hybrid, as opposed to full-time. The students I have talked with who opted to go back full-time expressed disappointment that more kids didn’t choose to join them on campus. For those who chose to remain full distance learning or hybrid, many of the same kids who were clamoring to get back to school six months ago say they now feel anxiety about going back and/or that their families have gotten comfortable with the slower routine. According to the Center for Global Development, there are “six ways COVID-19 will shape the future of education” and none of them are good. Among them, millions of children will not return to school as it once was, opting for distance-learning models for good. As anxiety and depression are soaring among especially children during the pandemic, keeping away from people is not the cure — it’s making matters worse. It is time to rip off the bandage. When El Dorado Union High School District got the go-ahead from the state last month to open fully this month, I heard more grumbling than I expected, mostly from upperclassmen about not wanting to go back to school full-time at this point in the school year. Rip off that bandage and get back to it. Things will start to feel normal. Even with masks and more protocols, it will be a great thing to see kids be kids again, talking, goofing around with one another at breaks, gathering in the hall to enter a classroom together. I never thought I would say how much that visual means ... and how it would be music to the ears. Julie Samrick is an El Dorado Hills mother and writer. Connect with her at juliesamrick.com.

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ver the last year Californians have had to navigate a complex and evolving set of colors, tiers and rules delivered by a top-down, statewide framework. In the process, our state lost touch with a basic premise of democracy: trusting local communities and the people to make their own decisions. To restore this trust to its proper place in state government, Assemblyman James Gallagher and I have introduced Assembly Concurrent Resolution 46 to terminate the governor’s emergency powers and end statelevel COVID-19 restrictions in California. It is well past time to dispense with one-size-fits and mandates and return decisionmaking power to Californians and their representatives at the local level. A growing number of geographically and politically diverse states are already doing this. California, by contrast, is last in the nation in opening its schools as well as its businesses. And we are no better for it by any measure. The Associated Press recently reported, “California and Florida have experienced almost identical outcomes in COVID-19 case rates” despite their differing approaches, and, “States with greater government-imposed restrictions have not always fared better than those without them.”

California has the nation’s second highest unemployment, lowest percent of kids at school and seventh worst COVID-era excess mortality. Florida’s unemployment is half California’s, all its kids can go to school compared to a small fraction of ours and its health outcomes are better. In the past year Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed 63 executive orders, remaking much of life in our state without any input from the people of California or their elected representatives. This month Assemblyman Gallagher and I are back in court challenging this overreach, as the appeals court will decide whether to uphold our victory at trial last November. In the meantime, the Legislature should immediately move to approve ACR 46. In a free society the burden is on the government to provide a compelling justification for any restrictions on the liberty of citizens. There can be no such justification, not for another day, when California’s worst-in-the-nation lockdowns have produced the nation’s worst COVID-era outcomes. Assemblyman Kevin Kiley represents the 6th Assembly District, which includes parts of El Dorado, Placer and Sacramento counties. Follow him on Twitter @ KevinKileyCA.

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senators have already announced they will not run for reelection in 2022, deepening the ideological divide between traditional GOP lawmakers and Trump loyalists, thus creating opportunities for Democrats. The Republican Party needs to give itself an intervention, exhibit some intestinal fortitude and move beyond destructive Trumpism. With such a reset, the GOP can begin the process of identifying and rallying around new leaders and candidates that mainstream Republicans, Independents and even some moderate Democrats can support. Sooner or later mainstream Republicans will see through the Hannity/Carlson drumbeat of falsity. They may heed former right-wing Republican Rusty Manseau’s advice for those still hooked on angry, right-wing media outlets that skew reality: “If you really believe that these are your views and not the views of right-wing media personalities then I would say, prove it: Take the challenge. And the challenge is: Do what I did. Walk away from all of it.” Objectivity is a powerful agent for change. If the Republican Party does not adjust to reality, mainstream Republicans will. When that happens, it will spell disaster for the Republican Party as we have known it. DAVID KENELLER El Dorado Hills

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been easy to pack it in,” Hassian continued. “The support we received from El Dorado County Office of Education, El Dorado Union High School District and the support of our Principal Aaron Palm demonstrates the commitment they all make to our students. This would not be possible without all of these entities working together. This team really demonstrated their true grit that will last them a lifetime.” ORHS student Timothy Studebaker received several awards and said the Academic Decathlon “has played a vital role in my middle school and high school experience.” “I have completed for five straight years and it offered me and my fellow decathletes the chance to gain new skills and experiences.” he shared. “The culmination of my Aca Deca journey brought me to this year, in tandem with the challenges facing us all with the COVID-19 pandemic. With my amazing Co-Captain Adam Hurst beside me the entire Oak Ridge team was ready and excited for what opportunities might lie ahead. I am proud of the entire Oak Ridge team winning 11 medals at State after securing a win at the county level for the fifth straight year. It has been a marvelous and fun ride with Mr. Hassian right beside us leading us to victory and I look forward to watching what honors future decathletes bring to Oak Ridge High School.” During the state competition awards ceremony held virtually in March, El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Ed Manansala congratu-

Camellia it was great racing, at a really close level of competition. “That fleet (the Banshees) has really good sailors, a really impressive group.” he continued, “I had to play close attention to the shifts upwind, which paid off, but it wasn’t as if anyone dominated racing overall. There were a whole bunch of lead changes and I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time.” Edwards, an International 505 sailor who competed in nine world championships — placing third in 1992 — praised the Folsom Lake Yacht Club race committee, which managed a 180-degree wind shift, shifting and gusting winds, multiple classes and up to seven courses set on an Olympic circle. “I was really impressed at how smoothly they handled it all. That’s not easy to do. They got an A+ from me on race management.” The Oregon sailor had long been a fan of Banshees, having grown up in Foster City, where the Banshee was developed, watching the boat’s ascendance and admiring the skills of John Navas an eight-time Banshee national champion, but his appreciation for the old boat peaked while competing in CamCup54. “It was easy to tack and cannibalize the shifts,” he enthused about his new boat. Edwards explained how he became a Banshee sailor. “Like most of us during COVID, I had too much time on my hands, was searching Craigslist and found this Banshee for sale. The Banshee had been carefully owned by two local competitors who’d stored it inside and outfitted it with “nice blades and sails. It was a find,” he said. Winning the tightly contested, sevenboat Thistle Class was Nevada City’s Steven Hale of the Lake Washington Yacht Club. The competitive eight-boat Laser class was topped by San Jose’s Toshinari Takayanagi, representing the Richmond YC. The Open Centerboard Class — a mix of sport boats, Lido 14s and a Precision 15 — was won by Discovery Bay’s Steve Cameron on a Melges 14. Open Keel champion and winner of the Keelboat perpetual trophy was Sacramento’s Mark Erdrich of FLYC on a Santana 20. And the Catalina 22 class was won by Roseville’s Don Hare, representing the Gold Country YC. FLYC Commodore Kerry Johnson said, “Until last year, Camellia Cup had occurred annually. COVID put an end to that. So I guess we can no longer call it an annual event, though CamCup54 brought sailboat racing and smiles back to Folsom Lake, as the Sacramento Valley’s oldest and largest regatta continued its long run.”

Remodel shoppers will no longer find goods made with high fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated fats or artificial colors, flavors and ingredients. Minor assures there will be plenty of product options due to big manufacturers responding to customer demands for higher quality. “What I think will be exciting is the exploration of all the new products that you don’t have currently today, but that are a better alternative to your traditional Doritos or Cheetos or Lay’s potato chips,” she said. Gone are tempting conventional candy and soda at the check stands. The shelf guide system has been expanded to highlight 25 attributes and now encompasses health and beauty, pets and household products. Meat products will be hormone and antibiotic free. Produce will be sourced locally and organic when possible. “We’re changing the way the world eats one plate at a time,” said Minor. An in-store nutrition strategist will be available to help guide customers with tours and nutrition advice. And Minor points out that a big change will be the

lated everyone who took the time to participate in the event. “On behalf of the 58 county superintendents of California, welcome to the state competition. You made it,” he said. “All of the coaches volunteers and families of our decathletes — this would not be possible without you. Decathletes stand proud and tall as your resilience and dedication radiates. You exemplify excellence in academia especially during these unimaginable times. You will remember this experience for the rest of your life. Celebrate your achievement.”

ORHS decathlete medals Highest Individual Scoring Student, Division 2, Varsity — Timothy Studebaker Highest Individual Scoring Student, Team — Aleena Rafiq Art – Timothy Studebaker, Varsity Gold Literature – Saumya Chandra, Scholastic Gold Literature – Timothy Studebaker, Varsity Silver Math – Timothy Studebaker, Varsity Gold Music – Saumya Chandra, Scholastic Bronze Science – Adam Hurst, Honor Silver Science – Aleena Rafiq, Honor Bronze Science – Saumya Chandra, Scholastic Bronze Science – Timothy Studebaker, Varsity Gold

Continued from A1 Thistle Class Steven Hale, Lake Washington SC, Magical, 5 points Dan Clark, LWSC, Irie, 6 points Mike Arrow, LWSC, Airily, 13 points Sam Neustadt, LWSC, Rule Fourteen, 14 points Stephen Oliver, LWSC, Thistle be Awesome, 19 points Karin Getschow, LWSC, 22 points Mike Gillum, LWSC, Boogity Boogity, 32 points Laser Class Toshinari Takanyanagi, Richmond YC , Voyager 1, 5 points Julian Soto, Del Ray YC, Wall-sit Bets, 6 points Marcel Sloane, Scuttlebutt SC, Humble Pie, 13 points Chris Gianne, International Laser Class Assn, ZFG, 13 points Ernest Galvan, RYC, Laser, 19 points Steve Aguilar, Lake Washington SC, 27 points Thomas Burden, RYC, Seven of Nine, 36 points Doug Smith, Treasure Island SC, 36 points Banshee Class Bruce Edwards, Phetta Redast, 4 points Charles Witcher, RYC, Ghost, 7 points Jeff Nelson, Folsom Lake YC, Herkimer, 12 points Kerry Johnson, FLYC, BlueLight Special, 16 points Tim Loomis, SSC, 20 points Rob Cram, FLYC, 23 points Craig Lee, SSC, In n Out, 32 points Open Centerboard Class Steve Cameron, RYC, Melges 14, 4 of 5, 5 points John Poimiroo, FLYC, Lido 14, Glory, 7 points Steve Galeria, FLYC, Lido 14, Fair Play, 11 points Brad Cameron, Discovery Bay YC, Devoti D-One, Carbon Footprint, 13 points Jeremy Campfield, Precision 15, 20 points Open Keel Class Mark Erdrich, FLYC, Santana 20, Fusion, 4 points Rob Koch, FLYC, J-22, Poco a Poco, 7 points David Montgomery, SSC, Santana 20, Journey, 12 points Gary Preston, FLYC, Hunter 270, Charmed Life, 16 points Catalina 22 Class Donald Hare, Gold Country YC, No Cat Hare, 4 points David Samson, Slo Mo, 7 points Michael Rayfuse, FLYC, Sirius, 11 points Carl Werder, Bluehawk, 15 points

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Art, Beer & Wine Festival scratched this year News release After thorough deliberation and in lieu of the restrictions still in place by the state of California, the El Dorado Hills Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors regrettably and unanimously voted to cancel the El Dorado Hills Art, Beer & Wine Festival May 8-9. The next El Dorado Hills Art, Beer & Wine Festival is slated for May 7-8, 2022. Plans are still under way for the third annual El Dorado Hills Brewfest at the beautiful Serrano Visitors Center Sept. 11, 2021. In the meantime, and with the generous investment of the chamber's Premier Partners, Chamber officials have announced the renewal of the very successful El Dorado Hills CHAMBER CA$H Recovery Rebate, where people get paid to shop. Beginning May 1, for every $100 a person spends in 95762 or at El Dorado Hills Chamber member businesses, they will receive $10 cash back or can donate that amount to a

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conomic cycles The new home option often repeat is vanishing. When sellthemselves. The ers were looking around economy expands with for another home to significant growth in buy prior to listing their gross domestic product, home, buying a new one followed by a recession. was always an option. We have years of high The new homesites were interest rates and tight smaller but the prices monetary control by the were equal or less than Federal Reserve, fola seller would be asking lowed by artificially low for their home. That’s interest rates and Feds not true anymore for pumping trillions of dolsellers looking to sell and Ken Calhoon lars into the economy. buy in the same market. Some years Congress Since the first of the Real estate columnist beefs up the defense year the median selling budget, followed by price for an El Dorado defense cuts and increased domestic County resale home is at an all-time spending programs. There have been high of $580,000 but the median price a few years when I couldn’t find a for a new home in El Dorado Hills is buyer for my listings and others when over $750,000. That’s OK if selling a I didn’t have a house to sell. Bay Area home at $2 million but it’s Today there are five times as many pricing county sellers out of the new members of the El Dorado County home market. Association of Realtors than there Californians have been blessed as are homes for sale in the county. The sellers and cursed as buyers with high association has approximately 1,100 home prices. The entry fee to homemembers and El Dorado County has ownership has been high but so has less than 200 residential listings. While the financial rewards when selling. the county has experienced previYears ago Californians discovered ous years where home availability was they could sell their home here and below average, this last year has been purchase in another state for half the unprecedented, as have the circumprice. Flush with cash, relocating stances causing the shortage. Californians had their pick of choice The health and safety risks of listing homes for sale. That’s changed. a home during a pandemic initially Californians are discovering that postponed many homeowner’s plans the large sum of money from the for selling. I expect that to change sale of their home will not go as far by late spring or early summer as we as needed. The same factors keepreach herd immunity to the virus. ing folks in their homes in Cameron However, other factors may prove me Park are the same for homeownwrong. ers in Spokane. Lumber prices that There has been no surge of new list- have doubled at the Home Depot in ings and it’s April already. If the short- Placerville, have doubled in Reno. age continues into June, there will be There are 1.04 million U.S. homes no 2021 surge of new listings. The listed for sale. That’s down 50% from chronic listing shortage may become March of last year and the lowest since the new normal. 1982, according to a recent report Mortgage rates are another reason from the National Association of homeowners are not selling and movRealtors. ing. Instead they are refinancing and This year’s shortage of listings was remodeling. They are comfortable surprisingly unexpected. The ecoin their equity-rich home with low nomic impact of COVID-19 should mortgage payments and not planhave resulted in more sellers and fewer ning on trading up for a newer, nicer, buyers. The U.S. economy contracted larger home with a bigger mortgage. 31.4% in the second quarter of 2020, Homeowners who survived the 2008 unemployment was higher in three housing market collapse have a greater months of the pandemic than in two appreciation for equity and are cauyears of the Great Recession and last tious of debt. They will be staying put May we had 20.5 million people out for as long as they can. of work. When the first stay-at-home

Property tax benefits expanded for some California residents Peter Kim California State Board of Equalization SACRAMENTO — California’s seniors, severely disabled persons and victims of wildfires or natural disasters as of April 1 are able to transfer the taxable value of their original residence to a replacement residence up to three times during their lifetime anywhere throughout the state. This is due to Proposition 19, the Home Protection for Seniors, Severely Disabled, Families and Victims of Wildfire or Natural Disasters Act, California voters approved on Nov. 3, 2020. “Seniors, the severely disabled and victims of wildfires or natural disasters can now move to a replacement home anywhere in California and avoid significant property tax increases if eligible,” said California State Board of Equalization Chairman Antonio Vazquez. “Property tax relief can be beneficial for those especially on limited incomes or who have been affected by wildfires or natural disasters.” Seniors, age 55 and older, or those severely disabled must meet specific

requirements to qualify. The original and replacement residence must be eligible for the homeowners’ or disabled veterans’ exemption. An application must be filed with the county assessor to transfer the taxable value. Lastly, the replacement residence must be purchased or newly constructed within two years of the sale of the original home. If the market value of the replacement residence is greater than the market value of the original residence, the difference will be added to the taxable value at the time of transfer. For victims of a wildfire or natural disaster the same conditions and requirements apply as the taxable value transfer for seniors but there are no age requirements. The residence must be substantially damaged to qualify and the damage must be from a wildfire or a governor-proclaimed disaster. Pending legislation may impact the operation of Prop. 19 and taxpayers are strongly encouraged to visit the BOE website at boe.ca.gov for the latest information, additional details and resources and answers to frequently asked questions.

Californians have been blessed as sellers and cursed as buyers with high home prices. order was issued last March, few predicted 2020 would turn out to be a record-setting year for home sales. More of the same may be on the way. Here comes the largest living adult generation. The Millennials continue to age into their prime homebuying years. They are forming households and families and looking to buy a home. What happens when the largest generation of potential homebuyers discovers there is nothing to buy? U.S. home prices are currently rising at a record-setting pace. A houseprice index compiled by the Federal Housing Finance Agency found a 12% year-over-year increase. That was the largest annual gain going back to 1991. The median selling price in El Dorado County has shot up 17% since March of last year. Without a summer surge

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EL DORADO HILLS $389,500 $620,000 $649,000 $675,000 $679,000 $704,500 $729,900 $749,950 $765,000 $775,000 $850,000 $869,000 $869,000 $925,000 $925,000 $1,049,000 $1,050,000 $1,125,000

2230 VALLEY VIEW PARKWAY #226 2 2 (2 0) 3003 DORCHESTER CT 4 2 (2 0) 8224 RYLAND DR 5 3 (3 0) 1037 AUTUMN SKY WAY 3 2 (2 0) 6809 BELFOUR LN 4 3 (3 0) 1796 DARWIN WAY 4 3 (3 0) 3103 BIRMINGHAM WAY 4 3 (2 1) 454 SEDGE CT 4 3 (3 0) 1586 DAUNTING DR 4 3 (3 0) 5069 COVERED BRIDGE WAY 4 3 (3 0) 3251 KNOLLRIDGE DR 3 3 (3 0) 3143 BRACKENWOOD PL 4 3 (3 0) 4014 PORTOBELLO PL 5 3 (3 0) 9016 HEARST PL 5 4 (4 0) 1879 BRANDYWOOD WAY 3 3 (2 1) 1597 LOS ALTOS CT 3 4 (4 0) 5048 CRAIL WAY 4 4 (2 2) 2111 OUTRIGGER DR 3 4 (3 1)

1120 2018 2336 2229 2198 2138 2456 2422 3172 2828 3128 2621 2537 4091 2762 4184 3648 4780

ACRES 0.03 0.31 0.07 0.15 0.08 0.24 0.24 0.09 0.15 0.17 0.38 0.38 0.50 0.24 0.30 0.56 0.21 0.45

LISTING # 221020406 221029703 221025415 221027657 221023972 221028802 221028990 221025206 221017691 221027959 221026862 221029477 221027167 221028690 221027674 20081598 221020357 20002670

PRICE $1,150,000 $1,179,000 $1,190,000 $1,249,000 $1,300,000 $1,399,900 $1,490,000 $1,499,000 $1,595,000 $1,599,000 $1,599,000 $1,750,000 $1,799,900 $2,100,000 $2,150,000 $2,200,000 $2,295,000 $3,000,000 $4,900,000

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8017 MARCHES WAY 998 TERRACINA DR 7400 RYAN RANCH RD 2530 ORSAY WAY 4360 CORDERO DR 2060 DRIFTWOOD CIR 3924 GREENVIEW DRIVE 4588 ECHO SPRINGS CIR 3044 ORBETELLO WAY 1781 ROCKY SPRINGS CT 1501 HIDDEN BRIDGE RD 5065 GREYSON CREEK DR 5001 BREESE CIR 2931 CAPETANIOS DR 1171 LOMOND DR 194 COSIMO CT 4283 GREENVIEW DR 2893 CAPETANIOS DR 1127 CLEARVIEW DR

5 6 (5 1) 5 6 (5 1) 5 4 (3 1) 5 5 (4 1) 4 3 (3 0) 6 5 (4 1) 4 8 (4 4) 4 3 (2 1) 4 4 (3 1) 5 4 (4 0) 3 3 (2 1) 4 6 (5 1) 4 5 (4 1) 0-4 4 (3 1) 5 7 (6 1) 4 5 (5 0) 5 7 (6 1) 6 6 (5 1) 5 6 (5 1)

4897 4897 4513 4783 3736 6040 6696 3000 3563 4199 2884 6300 4245 3835 6648 4296 6000 4739 7043

ACRES 0.27 0.23 10.00 0.20 0.37 0.61 0.53 0.37 0.41 5.00 3.07 0.80 0.42 0.67 0.82 0.55 0.65 0.74 1.63

LISTING # 221020108 221014752 20077187 20082459 221024916 221029946 20029823 221028197 221027079 221022253 221012274 221028733 221005664 20063431 221028355 20074741 221005755 20072505 20056887

El Dorado Hills Area Homes Sold Recently ADDRESS

EL DORADO HILLS 3620 CORAL BELLS DR 2064 LARKSTONE PL 1329 OAK CREEK CT

3 4 4

2 (2 0) 3 (3 0) 4 (3 1)

SQ.FT.

1237 2755 3474

ACRES

0.2 0.263 1

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$540,000 $680,000 $925,000

ADDRESS

4189 HENSLEY CIR 4141 KILT CIR 2428 LOCH WAY

4 4 5

SQ.FT.

4 (4 0) 3 (3 0) 4 (3 1)

4065 3545 4154

ACRES

0.45 0.47 0.69

PRICE

$978,000 $1,195,000 $1,220,000

APRIL 14, 2021

STAY FIRE SAFE

Prepare now for a future evacuation Rob Vomund Lakehills Fire Safe Council

t this time of year, understandably, wildfires may not be on your mind. The grass is green and spring is officially here. And we all hope for more water to fill the lake. But wildfire season will soon arrive and now is the ideal time to make preparations for it. Evacuation preparations should be part of that planning. When you think of evacuation preparation, you may think mostly of packing your car with valuables from your home. While that is part of the process, good preparation begins far before that moment. This series will cover preparations you should make now, so that you are ready should evacuation time come this summer. Courtesy photos

Create a home inventory

Use your phone to record the contents of your home, above. This simple task will make it easier to work with your insurance company later should a fire claim your home. Below, a location tool on your smartphone makes it easy to determine where all your family members are during an emergency.

If you suffer damage or total loss of your home, then a valuable source of information for you would be a documented home inventory. If you suffer a property loss, your insurance company likely will ask you for a detailed list of what you lost. The easiest way to prepare for this is to simply walk through your home and capture photos or video of the contents of every room. That means opening every drawer and closet door and accessing every storage area to capture images of the contents. Also, walk the outside your home and snap photos of your home’s exterior and your yard. This is easier to accomplish than ever before because we have cameras built into our phones. And, importantly, we have a way to automatically backup all those photos and videos so they are available

online when we need them. iCloud, Google Photos and other online storage and backup tools can give you instant access to your important files, even years later. While this project is easy to complete, it is easy to put it off — to where it never gets done. Make this short and easy project a priority. And then repeat it annually. Put it on your calendar to do every year during a certain holiday or date. Do this and you may be grateful that you did should you suffer a future loss of your property.

Digitize everything you can The more items that can be digitized and stored online, the more you will be able to easily access after evacuation without having to pack anything. Scanning or digitally photographing

your old paper photos is a start. Take digital photos of your important documents like insurance paperwork. Anything you capture now can be easily accessed in the future.

Location sharing If you believe you may need to evacuate, turning on “location sharing” on the phones for all family members will enable each of you to know everyone’s loca-

tion. But don’t wait until a fire is approaching to figure out how this is done. Do a search now on your phone to view instructions. If you don’t enable it now, keep those instructions handy so you know how to do it if evacuation time comes. Rob Vomund is a vol-

unteer with the Lakehills Fire Safe Council, a nonprofit organization seeking to reduce the risk of loss of life and property due to wildfire within the north peninsula area of El Dorado Hills. Visit edcFireSafe. org/lakehills to subscribe to the Lakehills Fire Safe Council’s email updates.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Oak Ridge’s new basketball coach ready to hit the court Sel Richard Staff writer

ith the opening of high school indoor sports this month, Marcus Bray has waited almost a year to test his team’s mettle since being hired last spring. Oak Ridge High School’s new men’s varsity basketball coach will finally get to a game. The Trojans are scheduled to host Rocklin at 7 p.m. Friday. Having coached for 19 years in the Sacramento area, his résumé lists Christian Brothers, Rio Americano, Franklin and Woodland high schools. But it was his most recent stint at Rosemont High where he made a distinctive mark. As head coach for Rosemont, Bray took on a flagging program facing numerous challenges. By the end of four seasons the team amassed the highest number of wins in a four-year span — more than the previous 10 years combined. Rosemont’s basketball team cleared the most wins in a season, its first playoff appearance ever and its first top 20 ranking by Sacramento Bee in school history. And now he holds the future of Oak Ridge basketball in his hands. “He had a good plan, a vision of what he wanted to do at Oak Ridge,” said ORHS Athletic Director Stephen White. “We’re excited for him to be on board and have him grow boys basketball and give some consistency to the program.” Bray attended Christian Brothers High School and California State University, Sacramento, earned a degree in accounting and has worked in the accounting field for the last 30 years. As a boy, he began his foray into sports in baseball and football. One day he picked up a basketball and never looked back. “I love the speed and athleticism of the game,” he said. “Watching a team execute offensively and defensively, teaching the game of basketball to young men and also getting them to work together to accomplish goals.” But it isn’t just what happens on the court that matters to Bray, who began coaching when he couldn’t play anymore but wanted to stay in the game. “It’s about teaching players life skills so that they become great men, spouses and fathers,” he said. As head JV coach for Christian Brothers, Bray remembers playing against an Oak Ridge team that would go on to eventually win a state championship a few years later. “That Oak Ridge JV team lost only one game,” he reminisced. “I have admired and followed Oak Ridge basketball over the last 15 years. “Oak Ridge has a

long history of success in basketball, both boys and girls,” Bray acknowledged, adding he looks forward to continuing with that tradition of achievement. “My goal is to get Oak Ridge back as a top program in the section and hopefully in Northern California.” Bray is a hands-on coach, pointing to former Franklin High School boys coach Jesse Formaker and current Rio Americano head coach Chris Jones as having helped formed some of his philosophies. “I learned a lot about coaching from both of them, specifically their approach to running a successful high school program, their preparation and, more importantly, their interaction with players,” he said. And there have been instances when Bray has had to rely on more than mere coaching skills. “I had a player go into cardiac arrest a couple years ago. I didn’t know if he was going to make it,” he admitted, sharing that he performed CPR until paramedics arrived. The boy lived. “It was the scariest moment of my life — nothing like they teach you in CPR class.” Now and then, Bray does find time to venture

off the court and onto the golf course, although his 12-year-old daughter Madeline does her best to fix that. “She began playing basketball last season and that was fun to watch as a parent instead of coach,” he told Village Life. With restrictions slowly lifting, Bray hopes to get back to traveling with his family soon, perhaps indulging in some favorite cuisines. “I visited family last year in Austin and it ruined me for local barbecue,” he admitted. “No comparison.” Most of all, Bray said he’s glad to get into the gym and work out with the players. “Getting to know them and putting the offense and defense in place, it’s what I really enjoy — practice time and teaching the game,” he explained. “I’m eager to get the season finally started and happy that the senior players will get a season and the younger players will get an opportunity to expand their basketball skills and experience.” Bray claims he doesn’t have a favorite basketball team, preferring the college game to the pros. But we’re guessing that soon his favorite team might just be the Oak Ridge Trojans.

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ORHS varsity men’s basketball coach Marcus Bray is ready to guide his team on the court. The Trojans play at home Friday.

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