A new type of bachelor bash Sep 30, 2009
Exotic not that kind bachelor party ideas - Active- msnbc. Exotic not that kind bachelor party ideas. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Around Collin County: OK for McKinney ISD teachers to text, e-mail students (1285) Sep 30, 2009
A special fund-raiser will offer one lucky person the opportunity to win their choice of a new Mazda Miata, new four-door Jeep Wrangler or a Chevy Silverado Extended Cab pickup, provided by El Dorado Motors of McKinney; or the option of accepting $25,000 in cash. Those who purchase five tickets will have an extra ticket added for free. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Compressor failure forces morgue to move bodies Sep 26, 2009
The El Dorado County sheriff's office dive team pulled the body from about 10 feet of water. SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Garden Court Cafe sold Sep 25, 2009
Sonoma Ellen Village Markets, Swiss Hotel, Emmy's, La Salette, Mondo, Plaza Bistro, Rancho Viejo, Sonoma-Artisan Foie Gras, Wine Country Chocolates, Finishline BBQ, El Dorado Kitchen, Sonoma Cheese Factory, Epicurean Connection, Sonoma Sausage, Shiso, Fiorini's Bakery, Ramekins and Homegrown Bagels. Tickets still available at Pharmaca, Visitors Bureau or at the door, 75. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
It's Mumbai, Yaar! Sep 23, 2009
For the destitute lad trapped in India's hinterlands, Bombay could well be El Dorado. More than any other global city save perhaps S;o Paulo Bombay is a study in contrasts, contrasts which keep getting starker. (Concierge.com)
At the Movies Sep 23, 2009
Karey Kirkpatrick, writer of films like 'Chicken Run' and 'Road to El Dorado', returns as the director of this wry family comedy starring Eddie Murphy. Successful Financier Evan Danielson is a man who lives for his work. (iAfrica.com)
No comments posted. Sep 20, 2009
The land, previously owned by developer Downtown Properties, currently houses a parking lot and construction equipment for the developers adjacent Rowan and El Dorado loft buildings. At least one public meeting, when area stakeholders will be invited to give input on design, is expected in the coming months. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Reality star Payne dances her way to 'Fame' Sep 20, 2009
Given that, Payne's own experience seems a world away from her character in the new movie "Fame," but though they both went to public schools, Payne, who graduated from El Dorado High School in Placentia (Orange County) last year as her career was taking off, says up front that she's not really like the high-class, slightly stand-offish Alice, a star dance student at New York's High School of Performing Arts. "The fact that we both are obsessive about dance, our life is all about dance, and... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sony Pictures Animation's Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs: An IMAX 3D Experience Lands in 127 IMAX(R) Theatres On September 18th Sep 19, 2009
UNITED STATES Arizona Mesa - Dickinson Gateway 12 IMAX Theatre Phoenix - AMC Deer Valley 30 with IMAX Arkansas Little Rock - Dickinson Chenal 9 IMAX Theatre California Aliso Viejo - Edwards Aliso Viejo Stadium 20 & IMAX Arcadia - AMC Santa Anita 16 & IMAX Burbank - AMC Burbank 16 & IMAX Camarillo - Edwards Camarillo Palace Stadium 12 & IMAX Covina - AMC Covina 30 with IMAX Cupertino - AMC Cupertino 16 & IMAX Dublin - Regal Hacienda Crossings Stadium 21 & IMAX El Dorado Hills - Regal Cinemas El... (Primezone Releases)
'Good Human Being' Mourned at Yale Vigil Sep 16, 2009
The news of Le's death devastated former classmates at Union Mine High School in El Dorado, Calif ... Le volunteered hundreds of hours at Marshall Medical Center in El Dorado County and was volunteer of the year for the 2002-03 academic year, according to the Los Angeles Times. (FOX61, CT)
$30 million bail for Calif. kidnap suspect Sep 15, 2009
In setting the high amount, El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Douglas Phimister cited the serious nature of the charges, injuries to the girl and the fact that Phillip Garrido was on parole at the time of the alleged abduction. Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy Garrido, 54, have pleaded not guilty to 29 charges of kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment charges and have been held without bail in an El Dorado County jail. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Jaycee's Terror as Her Ordeal Began Sep 11, 2009
Phillip Garrido last month, in image provided by El Dorado County, Calif. Sheriff's office (AP Photo/El Dorado County Sheriffs). (CBS News)
Mother of Confusion: A mother of a birth story, part 5 Sep 8, 2009
"You can reasonably infer from the charging document that the wife was doing that," said former U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott, who is acting as a special spokesman for the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office ... "You can reasonably infer from the charging document that the wife was doing that," said former U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott, who is acting as a special spokesman for the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
About 2,000 Turn Out For Parade For Kidnap Victim Sep 7, 2009
El Dorado County sheriff's Lt. Les Lovell said the Dugard case teaches an important lesson. "I was suspecting that we would never see her again," he told the crowd. (Click2Houston, TX)
Is Sex Offender Monitoring Working? Sep 3, 2009
This image provided by the El Dorado County, Calif ... (AP Photo/El Dorado County Sheriffs). (CBS News -- Early Show)
Jaycee Lee Dugard's Alleged Abductor Had Rape 'Fantasy' Sep 2, 2009
Garrido and his wife Nancy are being held in El Dorado County on charges that they kidnapped and raped Dugard, then held her captive at their Antioch home for the past 18 years even as parole officers and police occassionally turned up at his house. Other women have reported violent attacks in the past. (Fox News)
Kidnap victim key worker, suspect's clients say Sep 1, 2009
Garrido, 58, and his wife, Nancy Garrido, pleaded not guilty Friday in El Dorado County to a total of 29 charges of rape and kidnapping. They were arrested Wednesday when Dugard told a state parole officer that she had been kidnapped 18 years ago. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Click to read:Menacing Calif. Blaze Threatens Suburbs Sep 1, 2009
A Fire Chief from El Dorado County in Northern California waits as flames from the Station Fire blows over Aliso Canyon Road near Acton, Calif. Aug. 30, 2009. (CBS News)
Man dies in fall off Lake Tahoe chairlift Sep 1, 2009
The El Dorado County Sheriffs Office says the man fell from the Tamarack Express Chair and down a mountain in the area Monday afternoon ... The El Dorado County Sheriffs Office says the man. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kidnapped girl returns after 18 years (23) Aug 30, 2009
None of the children have ever been to school, they ve never been to a doctor, El Dorado County Undersheriff Fred Kollar said ... Garrido gave a rambling, sometimes incoherent phone interview to KCRA-TV from the El Dorado County jail Thursday in which he said he had not admitted to a kidnapping and that he had turned his life around since the birth of his first daughter 15 years ago. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Police: Kidnap suspect fathered victim's kids Aug 29, 2009
That Dugard, now 29, was found in such living conditions was appalling, said El Dorado County Undersheriff Fred Kollar, whose agency is leading the investigation ... " Phillip Garrido is being held without bail in the El Dorado County Jail on suspicion of kidnapping, rape by force, lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, sexual penetration and conspiracy. Nancy Garrido was booked on suspicion of conspiracy and kidnapping and held on $4.2 million bail. Dugard and her daughters, who are 11 and 15,... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Couple deny California abduction Aug 29, 2009
Phillip and Nancy Garrido denied 29 charges including kidnap, rape and false imprisonment when they appeared briefly in court in El Dorado County ... Fred Kollar, undersheriff in El Dorado County, described finding a makeshift compound in the backyard consisting of sheds, tents and outbuildings ... "It's a disgusting thing that took place with me at the beginning, but I turned my life completely around," Mr Garrido told KCRA television from El Dorado County jail. (BBC News)
Lost girl locked away for 18 years Aug 29, 2009
An El Dorado County undersheriff, Fred Kollar, said Garrido and Ms Dugard's two daughters had gone to the university to hand out flyers. The interaction between him and the girls aroused the suspicion of the officer, who ran a background check and found he was still on parole for a 1971 conviction for child rape. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Kidnap Suspect Linked to Prostitute Slays? Aug 29, 2009
"None of the children have ever been to school, they've never been to a doctor," El Dorado County Undersheriff Fred Kollar said ... Jim Watson, a retired El Dorado police sergeant who was the lead investigator for 14 years was elated to hear the news ... Garrido gave a rambling, sometimes incoherent phone interview to KCRA-TV from the El Dorado County jail Thursday in which he said he had not admitted to a kidnapping and that he had turned his life around since the birth of his first daughter 15... (CBS News)
Cops believe 1991 kidnap victim found alive Aug 28, 2009
The woman came into the Concord police station and said she was Jaycee Lee Dugard, the victim of the abduction 18 years ago, said sheriff's Lt. Les Lovell of the El Dorado Sheriff's Department. "We're 99 percent sure it's her," Lovell said. (FOX 11, AZ)
Breakaway dining deals Aug 28, 2009
Entertainment Thu 8/27 7 PM. Vintners rs designate Sonoma Community Center recipient of Fund-A-Need. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Missing US girl found 18 years on Aug 28, 2009
"She was in good health, but living in a backyard for the past 18 years does take its toll," El Dorado County Undersheriff Fred Kollar said. Ms Dugard disappeared in 1991, aged 11, apparently taken by two people who bundled her into a car. (BBC News)
Victim lived 18 years in abductor's backyard Aug 28, 2009
"None of the children had ever gone to school or been to a doctor," said El Dorado County Undersheriff Fred Kollar, who fought back tears as he announced the discovery ... He had transferred his parole from Nevada to California in 1999, but El Dorado officials said they believe Garrido had been in Antioch since the abduction. (AZCentral -- News)
El Dorado to get hydropower projects Aug 25, 2009
El Dorado County to get hydropower projects - Sacramento Business Journal ... El Dorado County to get hydropower projects. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
Region's home sales, prices rise Aug 22, 2009
Median sales prices in the other three counties showed similar modest gains, up $15,000 in El Dorado County to $330,000, up $9,000 in Placer County to $295,000, and up $16,500 in Yolo County to $281,000. Ealier this week, local analyst reported a total of 2,455 existing homes in the four-county area sold in July. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
El Dorado Hills will get burgers to relish Aug 21, 2009
The owner of in Folsom is putting together plans for Relish Burger Bar in El Dorado Hills. Relish Burger will be more casual than the French bistro he runs in Folsom, but it will be showing off some cooking chops. (Sacramento Business Journal, CA)
B.R. Cohn snags top chefs for music festival Aug 21, 2009
Janine Falvo of Carneros Bistro & Wine Bar and Justin Everett of El Dorado Kitchen will prepare Sonoma lamb chops and lamb sausage. Sheana Davis of The Epicurean Connection finishes off with dessert back in the Toga Lounge. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
A hobby that pays: Recession spurs gold rush Aug 19, 2009
Jamestown, in Tuolumne County, is near the heart of the California mother lode that stretches from El Dorado County down to Mariposa County. (You can still pan for gold at Sutter's Mill, in nearby El Dorado County, where gold was discovered in 1848, sparking the Gold Rush of 1849. (AZCentral -- Business)
Obama Takes on Health Care Critics Aug 13, 2009
In the WP's Style section, , the rumored inspiration behind Ferris Buellerhe attended the same high school as Hughes, where he was "relentlessly pursued by a remarkably humorless" dean and had a best friend named Buehlerwrites about how the "Ferris-ian high jinks were the everyday stuff of our boyhood lives." The man who later worked in the White House had 27 absences in his last semester of high school and once took his dad's purple Cadillac El Dorado for a Chicago adventure. And, yes, he... (Slate)
"We Walk": #5 QB Robbie Picazo Aug 12, 2009
Then you can throw in of Placentia (El Dorado), who signed with. There probably aren't too many individual counties in the country that produced five FBS quarterbacks in a single year. (TheBootleg.com)
Evacuation After Fire Lifted Aug 1, 2009
Fire Broke Out At El Dorado Chemical Co. ... The fire broke out about noon Thursday at the El Dorado Chemical Co. plant on Highway 21, about three-fourths of a mile west of Bryan. (Click2Houston, TX)
Hydrant tampering leads to destructive house fire Aug 1, 2009
No one was injured in the fire at the Villages at Rancho El Dorado. Hydrants in the Town of Maricopa are maintained by Global Water. (AZCentral -- News)
Fire causes Texas town evacuation Jul 31, 2009
The El Dorado Chemical Company produces fertilizers and other chemical products. City spokesman Kendall Kessel said it was hoped that residents would be able to return to their homes before the end of Thursday evening. (BBC News -- Americas)
Bryan Residents Ordered To Evacuate Because Of Chemical Plant Fire Jul 31, 2009
Texas Aersity officials closed the campus in nearby College Station because of the fire at the El Dorado Chemical Co. warehouse just west of Bryan, although the universitys Reed Arena is being used as a shelter for residents who have left their homes. The Texas Department of Transportation was discouraging any travel in the area because of the fire and road closures. (KWTX.com, TX)
Movie Review The Tale of Desperea... Jul 19, 2009
Directed by Sam Fell (Flushed Away) and Robert Stevenhagen (supervising animator for We re Back: A Dinosaur s Story, Space Jam and The Road to El Dorado). Rated: G. (Suite101.com)
Fighting for a living Jul 18, 2009
Thornburg, 25, of Burson, will make 500 for showing up for the 170-pound fight at El Dorado County Fairgrounds and another 500 if he can beat his opponent Bobby Taylor, who holds a slight edge in experience with one professional fight under his belt. In a sport where punches, kicks and chokes are all part of the game, it s little reward for the risk, but Thornburg, who has a wife and two young daughters, is hopeful tonight will start him on a path to something bigger. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Corvallis man survives 4 nights on Mt. Terror Jul 11, 2009
They immediately refueled the helicopter and headed for El Dorado Creek Basin, where a hiker had broken his leg while descending a boulder field ... As soon as rescuers returned from picking up Schilling on Thursday, they turned their attention to the southern reaches of the park, where a 67-year-old Bellevue man had broken his leg in the El Dorado Creek area Wednesday. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
'Three's Company' star cited for drunken driving Jul 7, 2009
El Dorado County investigators found a butcher knife, a bloody towel and a pregnancy test kit inside the home where a 47-year-old woman was fatally stabbed ... They're sending the items from Joanne Witt's home in El Dorado Hills, about 30 miles east of Sacramento, to a lab for testing. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
my prayers go out to billys family, he will be missed, he was so..happy and... Jun 29, 2009
ADVERTISEMENT You will be redirected to your destination in 10 seconds. Billy Mays Dead At 50. (Multichannel News)
Man Arrested In Murder Of Coed Porn Star Appears In Court Jun 27, 2009
EL DORADO, KAN. (June 26, 2009)Israel Mireles, who was arrested in Mexico just across the border from Texas in the murder of a Kansas college coed who led a 000036DB double life as an Internet porn star has made his first court appearance ... She was last seen alive on Nov. 23, 2007 as she left an El Dorado bar with a man police have identified as Mireles. (KWTX.com, TX)
Skies clear for Lest We Forget's second World War II Re-enactment (924) Jun 23, 2009
Ruby's son, Roger Ruby of El Dorado Hills near Sacramento, Calif. said the family decided to bring their dad to the event as part of the Father's Day weekend. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
Flag Day celebration focuses on country's history, cutting taxes (753) Jun 16, 2009
The TEA party, also known as Taxed Enough Already, included some songs by three girls from El Dorado Hills, a review of the American flag's history, remarks from two people born in eastern Europe who became American citizens, and a plea for tax fighters to get more people involved as the Democrats have successfully done. Sunday's event also had a Republican voter registration table and several Republican buttons, many of them promoting former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Obama's Gramps After D-Day Jun 5, 2009
He'd been thrown out of his high school in El Dorado, Kan. for punching the principal in the nose. (CBS News -- US)
* Global environment cannot wait Jun 5, 2009
Since this voracious giant has become an El Dorado for investments, its economy consumes almost half of the worlds cement, 31 percent of its coal, 30 percent of its iron ores, 27 percent of its steel, 18 percent of its caoutchouk or rubber, 17 percent of its aluminum and 7 percent of its crude oil. All this for a growing economy with countless manic projects and sunset industries. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
* World News Quick Take May 26, 2009
Its the first time we have encountered this type of cocaine, Cardona said after reporting that 15 packets of the drug had been discovered in the fuel tank of a car heading to the El Dorado airport in Bogota. Black cocaine has no odor, making it difficult to detect, even for well-trained drug-sniffing dogs. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Theme Parks 2009: New Rides, Wild Ways May 23, 2009
New Americana, a 110-foot Ferris wheel, and El Dorado, a swinging pendulum ride; http://www. kingsdominion. (Click2Houston, TX)
Cashe Creek VP bets on innovation May 22, 2009
With competition from Thunder Valley in Lincoln (Placer County) and the new Red Hawk Casino in Placerville (El Dorado County), he says it is "imperative" for Cache Creek to set itself apart. The strategy. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Newest attractions May 20, 2009
New Americana, a 110-foot Ferris wheel, and El Dorado, a swinging pendulum ride. South, Myrtle Beach, S.C.: Revamped version of Hard Rock Park, with more family attractions. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Kevin James knows how to sell 'Mall Cop' May 17, 2009
Film: "Army of Darkness"; "Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts"; "Driven to Kill"; "Eden Log"; "El Dorado"; "Labou"; "Man Hunt"; "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"; "My Bloody Valentine 3D"; Russell Brand in New York City; "Valkyrie". Story Comments. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Chrysler Plans To Drop Several Central Texas Dealerships May 15, 2009
- Abilene, Arrow Ford Inc. - Alvin, Rogers Dodge Inc. - Aransas Pass, Henderson Chrysler Dodge Jeep Inc. - Arlington, Tommy Manuel Chrysler-Plymouth-Jeep Inc. - Baytown, Rock of Texas Automotive Inc. - Bedford, Grubbs Nissan Mid-Cities LTD - Brownfield, Brownfield C-D-J Products L.P. - Brownsville, Cardenas Motors Inc. - Canton, Canton Motors Inc. - Clifton, DSMS of Houston, LP - Crockett, Wayne Williams Motor Co. Inc. - Dallas, Preston Chrysler Jeep Inc. - Denison, Fred Pilkilton Motors -... (KWTX.com, TX)
Obituaries for Thursday, May 7, 2009 May 7, 2009
On Oct. 24, 1939, he married Ruth Gray Harris in El Dorado, Ark. He has been a resident of La Crosse for the past eight years, but was formerly a lifetime resident of El Dorado ... Maurice was employed by Monsanto Chemical Corporation in El Dorado for 40-plus years. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
DEATHS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2009 (1069) May 1, 2009
siblings, Dorothy Wright of El Dorado, Travis Norton of Calmer, Marnelle Clement of Pine Bluff; sister-in-law, Pat Norton of Calmer; sister- and brother-in-law, Jean and Virgil Wade of Lubbock, Texas; brother-in-law, Tom Mullins of St. Louis, Mo. four nephews and five nieces. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Woman: Dad was the Zodiac, and I can prove it May 1, 2009
Another motivation for spilling the beans now, her representative Kevin McLean said, is that a man from Pollock Pines (El Dorado County) is getting increasing publicity for saying his late stepfather was the Zodiac and for selling his own video documentary. "We want to set the record straight," McLean said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Walk 'N Rock For Kids May 1, 2009
The inaugural event will benefit following local charities: Boys and Girls Club of Greater Sacramento, CASA El Dorado, Keaton Raphael Memorial, Okizu, People Reaching Out, River Cats Foundation and WIND Youth Services. WALK N ROCK FOR KIDS events slated for May 23, 2009 at Raley Field in West Sacramento include. (KCRA 3, CA)
Forest dreams Apr 29, 2009
In search of forestrys El Dorado ... He will play out the story of an enigmatic explorer in search of his personal El Dorado ... The same could equally apply to the El Dorado that I and many others have been searching for: an economic argument to convince governments that the standing rainforest could be worth more alive than dead. (BBC News -- Americas)
Student killed in love triangle involving teacher Apr 15, 2009
Police said Hofmann taught Valdivia math at El Dorado High School in Chandler and was also Balbuena's teacher when he attended Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe. A call to both schools was not immediately returned Tuesday. (FOX 11, AZ)
Hot Stuff: Fine-grit pan scrubber lifts baked-on grease Apr 13, 2009
Ninepatch is at 2001 Hopkins St. (corner of El Dorado and Sutter streets), Berkeley; (510) 527-1700 or. Laura Thomas is a former Chronicle staff writer. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Couples dubbed 'Party A, Party B' (2) Apr 12, 2009
Where: Recorder-County Clerk's Office on the second floor of the Pacific State Bank building, 6 S. El Dorado St., Stockton. Information: 468-3939. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
FCC Denies Nexstar DTV Hardship Waivers: Sources Apr 11, 2009
the NBC affiliate in El Dorado, Ark. which competes in the same market as KARD, said it was at only 40% power and made similar arguments about the staff drain of maintaining the equipment. (Multichannel News)
Bed, Breakfast & Barrels Apr 11, 2009
Fitzpatrick Winery, El Dorado County ... 7740 Fair Play Road, Fair Play (El Dorado County); (800) 245-9166. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
