SacBee -- Folsom/El Dorado News @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
Longhorn steers are escorted along Sutter Street in Historic Folsom on Thursday as the annual Folsom Pro Rodeo parade heralds the three-day event.
Longhorn steers are escorted along Sutter Street in Historic Folsom on Thursday as the annual Folsom Pro Rodeo parade heralds the three-day event.
Cathy Locke @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
The Eldorado National Forest is preparing for one of the biggest recreation weekends of the year, as folks head to the mountains for Independence Day celebrations.
With the exception of Wrights Lake, Woods Lake and Blue Lakes campgrounds, all recreational facilities in the forest will be open for the Fourth of July weekend. Officials caution holiday celebrants, however, that because of wildfire risks, all types of fireworks are illegal in the national forest and violators will receive citations. Visitors also are reminded that motor vehicle use is allowed only on designated routes on the free Motor Vehicle Use Map available at Eldorado National Forest offices. People planning to camp outside of developed campgrounds must park on or within one vehicle length of a designated route.Chelsea Phua @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
Authorities found the body of a man at the bottom of Folsom Lake on Thursday afternoon after he had reportedly stepped off his boat to cool off.
El Dorado County Sheriff’s Sgt. Phil Chovanec said the man, who was in his 50s, was on a motorized boat with three other people, including his wife. The group was near Salmon Falls Bridge, about three to five miles away from the dock in an area where the only access is by boat, Chovanec said. Between 2:15 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., the man said he was feeling hot and decided to cool off in the water. He stepped off the boat and within seconds, surfaced to ask for help before quickly disappearing into the water again, Chovanec said.Cathy Locke @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
A man who drowned Thursday in Folsom Lake has been identified as Owen Nelson Delang, 50, of San Lorenzo.
A witness reported that Delang went swimming about 2:30 p.m. at the back of his boat, which was near the Salmon Falls Bridge, according to an El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department news release. He began having difficulty swimming. A woman on the boat attempted to rescue Delang by throwing life preservers to him and reaching a pole to him, but he went under.SacBee -- Folsom/El Dorado News @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
State wildlife officials say a bear that attacked a man at a campground in Eldorado National Forest has been shot and killed by wardens.
A spokeswoman for the California Department of Fish and Game says after dogs tracked the bear, wardens shot it around 6:15 p.m. Friday. The man required stitches for his wounds. Frank Mosbacher, U.S. Forest Service spokesman, said Forest Service law enforcement officers said that the attack occurred between 2:30 and 3 a.m. Friday. The man, whose name and age were not available, had stepped outside his camper. When someone inside the camper shined a light outside, illuminating the bear, the bear swatted the man.Jim Sanders @ July 5, 2010 # Comments Off
Kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard will receive $20 million in damages from state taxpayers for inadequate parole supervision of her alleged abductor, Phillip Garrido.
Kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard claimed the state failed to properly supervise Phillip Garrido, seen in an April court appearance, leading to her years of abuse.
Jaycee Lee
Dugard, in a
family photo
taken before
her kidnapping
off a South
Lake Tahoe
street, is now
30 and has two
daughters.
Deia de Brito and Matt Kawahara @ July 3, 2010 # Comments Off
A Folsom grass fire that burned between three and five acres today where Riley Street becomes Kennerly Way has been contained.
Cathy Locke @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
A man who drowned Thursday in Folsom Lake has been identified as Owen Nelson Delang, 50, of San Lorenzo.
Cynthia Hubert @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
The emergency room of a Placerville hospital from which a mentally ill woman escaped in March had problems so severe that they represented “an immediate and serious threat” to the safety of all psychiatric patients treated there, a state investigation found.
Chelsea Phua @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off
Authorities found the body of a man at the bottom of Folsom Lake this afternoon after he had reportedly stepped off his boat to cool off.
