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Rodeo cowboys are busy in Folsom

SacBee -- Folsom/El Dorado News — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:04:35 +0000

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.

Eldorado Forest expects big turnout – reminds that fireworks are illegal

Cathy Locke — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:02:29 +0000

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.

Man’s body recovered after he stepped off boat to cool off

Chelsea Phua — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:01:23 +0000

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.

Sheriff releases identity in Folsom Lake drowning

Cathy Locke — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:57:43 +0000

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.

Bear killed by wardens after injuring man

SacBee -- Folsom/El Dorado News — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:57:12 +0000

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.

California legislators OK $20 million settlement for kidnap victim Jaycee Lee Dugard

Jim Sanders — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:47:18 +0000

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.

Sacto 9-1-1: Update: Folsom grass fire contained

Deia de Brito and Matt Kawahara — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:51:18 +0000

A Folsom grass fire that burned between three and five acres today where Riley Street becomes Kennerly Way has been contained.

Sacto 9-1-1: Folsom Lake drowning victim identified

Cathy Locke — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:38:17 +0000

A man who drowned Thursday in Folsom Lake has been identified as Owen Nelson Delang, 50, of San Lorenzo.

Placerville hospital threatened with loss of Medicare funds

Cynthia Hubert — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +0000

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.

Sacto 9-1-1: Body of boater recovered from Folsom Lake

Chelsea Phua — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:53:24 +0000

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.