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Mar022012
El Dorado County News For March 2 2012
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 3:26PM
LAWSUIT SHUTTERS POLLOCK PINES' ONLY COFFEE SHOP -- Supervisor Ray Nutting calls lawsuit that closed the only coffee shop in Pollock Pines a "Scam." The Pony Espresso is closing down rather the face thousands of dollars of fines and minor repairs in what can only be called a fragile economy. Nutting calls for tort reforms http://www.inedc.com/1-125 SHERIFF’S SEARCH AND RESCUE TRAIN WITH THE CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD
http://www.inedc.com/1-122 AUTOTRONICS OF CAMERON PARK ADDS A 5-10 P.M. SHIFT -- There is now an auto repair shop in El Dorado County that is open until 10 p.m. to handle all those after 5 breakdowns as well as ongoing repairs and service work. Called Autotronics, the Cameron Park auto repair shop
http://www.inedc.com/1-123 UPDATE: WINKLER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE PLEAD NOT GUILTY AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT WEDNESDAY -- Todd Winkler, 45, was charged for murder with special allegations. Winkler was arrested Monday after police found his wife, Rachel Winkler, 37, dead inside of their home on the 3100 block of Aeronca Way.
According to El Dorado County Sheriff's investigators, the couple had a domestic dispute earlier that day
http://www.inedc.com/1-111 GREG PRADA ACCUSED OF CLASS WARFARE IN EID COST STUDY -- Fellow committee members rip EID critic. Inflammatory statements by persistent critic Greg Prada inflamed two who served on the El Dorado Irrigation District’s Cost of Services study committee with Prada
http://www.inedc.com/1-138 SUPERVISOR BRIGGS SPEAKS AT CAPITAL AT 10AM TO REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY -- Death penalty opponents, meanwhile, announce filing signatures aimed at qualifying a ballot measure to repeal the death penalty and establish life sentences without the possibility of parole
http://www.inedc.com/1-144 FISHING LINE -- AMERICAN RIVER - A few smaller spring run steelhead weighing from 2 to 5 pounds are starting to show, but not in any great numbers yet. Most of the action in the past week was on the numerous steelhead smolts plus the occasional halfpounders.
http://www.inedc.com/1-145 RED HAWK'S ROBYN HOOD MOVES TO JACKSON RANCHERIA CASINO -- Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is proud to name Robyn Hood their new Player Development Manager.
Robyn Hood, was most recently was an Executive Casino Host at Red Hawk Casino
http://www.inedc.com/1-133 SPECIAL TURKEY HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN NORTH CENTRAL REGION -- Turkey hunters awaiting the spring turkey season can visit the Department of Fish and Game Website to apply online for special hunts THE HOLE, S. TAHOE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT, OUT OF BANKRUPTCY -- The hole – as the 11-plus acre site on the state line in South Lake Tahoe is known – is out of bankruptcy. After a 4½-hour hearing Wednesday in Sacramento, the judge dismissed the case
http://www.inedc.com/1-140 SOME PROGRESS MADE IN LAKE TAHOE CLARITY -- Lake Tahoe clarity improved in 2011, but overall has remained nearly stable since 2000, according to UC Davis scientists who study the lake
http://www.inedc.com/1-135 GAINES, NORBY SPONSOR ASSEMBLY BILL FOR VETS’ TUITION -- Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, and Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, announced Feb. 27 that they have jointly introduced a measure that will provide California veterans with the opportunity to use resident tuition rates
http://www.inedc.com/1-136 GAINES, NORBY SPONSOR ASSEMBLY BILL FOR VETS’ TUITION -- Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, and Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, announced Feb. 27 that they have jointly introduced a measure that will provide California veterans with the opportunity to use resident tuition rates
http://www.inedc.com/1-136 DAVID DREIER EXIT TRIGGERS LEADERSHIP SCRAMBLE -- Rep. David Dreier, one of the last masters of the House rules, announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of this Congress. The California Republican’s departure will open up the chairmanship of the Rules Committee, which he has held for nine of the last 13 years, and deprive the House of one of its most recognizable and well-liked members.
http://www.inedc.com/1-143
http://www.inedc.com/1-122 AUTOTRONICS OF CAMERON PARK ADDS A 5-10 P.M. SHIFT -- There is now an auto repair shop in El Dorado County that is open until 10 p.m. to handle all those after 5 breakdowns as well as ongoing repairs and service work. Called Autotronics, the Cameron Park auto repair shop
http://www.inedc.com/1-123 UPDATE: WINKLER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE PLEAD NOT GUILTY AT HIS ARRAIGNMENT WEDNESDAY -- Todd Winkler, 45, was charged for murder with special allegations. Winkler was arrested Monday after police found his wife, Rachel Winkler, 37, dead inside of their home on the 3100 block of Aeronca Way.
According to El Dorado County Sheriff's investigators, the couple had a domestic dispute earlier that day
http://www.inedc.com/1-111 GREG PRADA ACCUSED OF CLASS WARFARE IN EID COST STUDY -- Fellow committee members rip EID critic. Inflammatory statements by persistent critic Greg Prada inflamed two who served on the El Dorado Irrigation District’s Cost of Services study committee with Prada
http://www.inedc.com/1-138 SUPERVISOR BRIGGS SPEAKS AT CAPITAL AT 10AM TO REPEAL THE DEATH PENALTY -- Death penalty opponents, meanwhile, announce filing signatures aimed at qualifying a ballot measure to repeal the death penalty and establish life sentences without the possibility of parole
http://www.inedc.com/1-144 FISHING LINE -- AMERICAN RIVER - A few smaller spring run steelhead weighing from 2 to 5 pounds are starting to show, but not in any great numbers yet. Most of the action in the past week was on the numerous steelhead smolts plus the occasional halfpounders.
http://www.inedc.com/1-145 RED HAWK'S ROBYN HOOD MOVES TO JACKSON RANCHERIA CASINO -- Jackson Rancheria Casino Resort is proud to name Robyn Hood their new Player Development Manager.
Robyn Hood, was most recently was an Executive Casino Host at Red Hawk Casino
http://www.inedc.com/1-133 SPECIAL TURKEY HUNTING OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN NORTH CENTRAL REGION -- Turkey hunters awaiting the spring turkey season can visit the Department of Fish and Game Website to apply online for special hunts THE HOLE, S. TAHOE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT, OUT OF BANKRUPTCY -- The hole – as the 11-plus acre site on the state line in South Lake Tahoe is known – is out of bankruptcy. After a 4½-hour hearing Wednesday in Sacramento, the judge dismissed the case
http://www.inedc.com/1-140 SOME PROGRESS MADE IN LAKE TAHOE CLARITY -- Lake Tahoe clarity improved in 2011, but overall has remained nearly stable since 2000, according to UC Davis scientists who study the lake
http://www.inedc.com/1-135 GAINES, NORBY SPONSOR ASSEMBLY BILL FOR VETS’ TUITION -- Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, and Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, announced Feb. 27 that they have jointly introduced a measure that will provide California veterans with the opportunity to use resident tuition rates
http://www.inedc.com/1-136 GAINES, NORBY SPONSOR ASSEMBLY BILL FOR VETS’ TUITION -- Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Rocklin, and Assemblyman Chris Norby, R-Fullerton, announced Feb. 27 that they have jointly introduced a measure that will provide California veterans with the opportunity to use resident tuition rates
http://www.inedc.com/1-136 DAVID DREIER EXIT TRIGGERS LEADERSHIP SCRAMBLE -- Rep. David Dreier, one of the last masters of the House rules, announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of this Congress. The California Republican’s departure will open up the chairmanship of the Rules Committee, which he has held for nine of the last 13 years, and deprive the House of one of its most recognizable and well-liked members.
http://www.inedc.com/1-143
