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Owen Peterson, 2, above, peeks out the back window of the family SUV as they visit Santa and Mrs. Claus during the El Dorado Hills Fire Department’s Drive-thru Santa Run hosted at Rolling Hills Christian Church last week. “Every year Mr. and Mrs. Claus fly down and land in a secret spot in the woods that they tell the fire department and we go pick them up. We usually escort them around town but obviously we can’t this year. It’s the best we can do during these trying times. You have to balance the risk to the community and the firefighters. This is the best compromise we could come up with where people can still get a taste of the fire department Santa parade and kids get to see Santa,” said Chris Landry with EDH Fire.
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Marshall Medical Center RN Michelle Collingwood, left, gives Patti Carlton, a Marshall Community Care Network pharmacist, the COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 21 at the Placerville hospital. Vaccines are currently being given to hospital staff (acute care, psychiatric), those in long-term care facilities (staff and residents), paramedics/EMTs and those working in dialysis centers. The vaccine is expected to be available to the general public this coming spring or summer. Each person getting the vaccine will need to get two doses for it to be effective.
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El Dorado County has released an alert, warning residents about emerging COVID-19 vaccine scams. “Scammers take advantage of every opportunity. They’re sly, believable and prey on fears,” the release states. The warning reads: 1. Nobody will need to pay anything out of pocket to get the vaccine. 2. No one can pay to put their name higher on the vaccination list. 3. No one can pay to get early access to the vaccine. 4. No one from Medicare or the health department will contact anyone. 5. No one from a vaccine site, healthcare provider or private insurance company will call to ask for a Social Security number, credit card number or bank account information. To report any such scams in the area call the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office at (530) 621-5655.
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El Dorado Hills homeowners decked the halls and then some for the Christmas season. A home on Phillip Court, right, really dazzles. And what’s Christmas without a minion? See this guy and his pals, below left, on Souza Drive. Below right is another glowing display on Latham Lane.
School, youth sports delayed Thomas Frey Staff writer
“The data that was coming in just wasn’t in our favor. I think the board made the right decision ...”
Due to a spike of COVID-19 cases in El Dorado County, the El Dorado Union High School District announced that schools will not open full, in-person instruction Jan. 11 as previously — ORHS Principal Aaron Palm planned. On Nov. 10 the EDUHSD Board of Trustees announced plans to have students back in class full time by the second week in January. Since that decision was made, El Dorado County has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, moving from the state’s orange tier and into the purple tier, the most restrictive. Then, under a plan devised by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the county and the entire Sacramento n
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