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El Dorado High School track and field athletes compete virtually.
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It’s on! Celebrity golf tournament a go in Tahoe Tahoe Daily Tribune
STATELINE, Nev. — The American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament is happening this summer at Lake Tahoe, but like other major sporting events throughout the country, it will be made for television. Two-time defending champ Tony Romo, Steph Curry and Charles Barkley will lead a group of about 80 celebrities in returning to Stateline, Nev., for the 31st annual event July 8-12 at Edgewood Tahoe. The stars will compete live for nine Tahoe Tribune file photo hours over three days on NBC Sports The American Century Championship will look much different this year with no and at the end, all prize money will spectators lining the fairways and greens. be donated to coronavirus relief and
area nonprofits. More than $5 million has been raised over the years for local groups. Title sponsor American Century Investments, NBC Sports and the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority chose to move forward with the original dates that coincide with the resurgent tourism industry amid America’s emergence from virus lockdowns and the availability of the top-name celebrities who have brought the tournament to prominence since its Lake Tahoe debut in 1990. “Once our due diligence established that the tournament could be conducted n
See Golf Tournament, page A8
Graphic courtesy of El Dorado County Health and Human Services
County’s coronavirus case total hits triple digits Dylan Svoboda Staff writer The coronavirus case count in El Dorado County has hit triple digits. County officials reported four new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 102. With no new recoveries, the number of known, active cases in the county sits at 34. With three new cases, the Lake Tahoe area far outpaces the rest of the county with 45 residents testing positive for the virus. El Dorado Hills, which also saw one new case Thursday, sits next behind with 22 confirmed cases. Last week county health officials reported that one COVID-19 patient was hospitalized, requiring intensive care. The county reported 179 additional tests since Wednesday afternoon. About 6,706 tests have been conducted on county residents to date, according to data provided by the county. n
Democrat photo by Sel RIchard
Protestors hold up signs along El Dorado Hills Boulevard near Town Center Thursday evening.
Peaceful protest pops up in El Dorado Hills Town Center Sel Richard Staff writer
Chanting phrases such as “I can’t breathe” and “Hands up, don’t shoot,” protesters gathered Thursday evening on the sidewalks of El Dorado Hills Town Center to plead justice for George Floyd. Although an organized, larger event was postponed to next week, many still arrived to give voice to the
See COvid-19 cases, page A7
frustrations they feel in the wake of a viral video showing officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed and face-down George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn. After being transported by ambulance to an area hospital, Floyd was pronounced dead. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder; the other three officers involved have been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree
murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. “We’re here to raise awareness and make sure that we’re not just another small city in America that doesn’t know what’s going on,” insisted El Dorado Hills resident Ammal Bashir. “You can’t just liberate people; you have to educate yourself as well.” Bashir stood with several members n
See Peaceful protest, page A7
Lost and found saves the day Dawn Hodson Staff writer
Lacy’s home, she said they were “emotionally exhausted and felt hopeless.” A chunk of cash that few could afford to lose, Will was in the process of looking for a job and the money in his wallet was what he had left of a recent paycheck. “He was beside himself and he really needed that money,” she said. Lacy called the O’Reilly store to see if anyone had found a wallet. Devin Allen, an employee at O’Reilly’s, answered the phone and in a stroke of luck he said he had found a wallet outside the store on the ground. Because it contained no ID but a large amount of cash, he put it in the store safe. He had even taken the extra step and called some of the customers who had been in earlier that day to ask if they had lost
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aturday, May 2, is not a day that Will Quinlan is likely to forget anytime soon. Stopping to eat with his girlfriend Julia at a Mexican restaurant next to the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Placerville, he inadvertently dropped his wallet in the parking lot. A wallet with no identification but containing more than $600 in cash. According to Julia’s mother Cathy Lacy, it was only hours later that Quinlan realized his wallet was missing and the couple entered “panic mode.” Together they diligently retraced their steps in hope of finding the missing wallet. They checked with the restaurant but the wallet had not been turned in. When they arrived at
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Democrat photo by Dawn Hodson
Devin Allen didn’t think twice about returning a lost wallet containing over $600 to its rightful owner, Will Quinlan. Quinlan dropped his wallet in the parking lot in front of the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Placerville and didn’t discover it was missing for several hours. Thoroughly grateful for its return, he offered Allen a reward, which Allen refused.
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