[Tahoe Onstage]

On Thursday, Oct. 25, the annual Hangtown Music Festival will ring in the harvest season for its eighth straight year in Placerville, California.

Back in the more agrarian age of our society — when we were more directly tied to the seasonal cycles of the Earth — fall was the time to reap the crops that had been sown in the hot summer months, with communities working together to enjoy the fruits of their labor. It was also a time to pause and appreciate the changing of time, when the last, lively days of summer gave way to the solemn, cold nights of winter.

Hangtown Music Festival, which runs until Sunday, Oct. 28, always has seemed to embody those elements in different, beautiful ways. Coming in October, the festival marks the unofficial end of summer festival season. For people who endured the hot, crowded slog of the music industry’s 4-month busy time, Hangtown is a gleeful, final romp in the hay that features pleasant temperatures, an intimate and laid-back vibe, and high-caliber musical lineups that are on par with larger festivals such as High Sierra, Summer Camp and Northwest String Summit.

It’s the last hurrah before music-lovers and bands alike retreat from outside festivals and start hibernating inside, investing in club shows and tours until spring.

As always, the music lineup at this year’s Hangtown is top-notch. Railroad Earth again headlines the festival, along with notable acts such as Lukas Nelson and The Promise of The Real, The Infamous Stringdusters, Trampled By Turtles and Melvin Seals & JGB.

The festival’s staggered set times between its two stages ensure that folks will be able to see each band without any overlap, a truly fantastic feature for which organizers should receive their due credit. Even without any schedule conflicts to deal with, below are five bands that you definitely do not want to miss.

Railroad Earth

As official host of the festival, Railroad Earth has traditionally treated its guests to three sets of music over the course of the weekend. This year will be no different, although those sets will mean something different this time. Earlier this month, the band announced the sad news that multi-instrumentalist and Railroad Earth co-founder Andy Goessling had died after a courageous fight against cancer.

“His gifts and insights have been heard live and on recordings around the world, and he has touched so many by expressing his gentle, humorous soul through his playing,” said the obituary posted to the band’s website.

Many at the festival will have their own experiences with Goessling and his music that they’ll be reliving throughout the weekend, especially his bandmates onstage. It’s not yet clear how Goessling’s musical void might be filled, but RRE’s sets certainly will be a time to celebrate his life and work, and will provide an opportunity to start the healing process. An area will be set up for people to commemorate and pay tribute to the adored musician. No tribute, though, might be more fitting than the music Goessling helped create ringing through the Sierra Nevada once again.

The Claypool Lennon Delerium

Hangtown always boasts a lineup heavy on the funk, bluegrass and roots-rock based music, much to the delight of its mountain-dwelling based constituency. Psych-prog monster The Claypool Lennon Delerium is a far left-of-center musical beast compared to the festival’s traditional leanings, although it provides an opportunity for the Halloween/Dia De Los Muertos-themed festival to truly get demented in a way it never has before.

Spawned from the similarly odd worlds of Les Claypool and Sean Lennon, the band and music is a surreal soundscape of fuzzed-out hooks and mutant rhythms stitched together with the psychedelic synchronicity of its two leaders. It’s definitely the biggest, weirdest band the festival has ever secured and it might be the first time at Hangtown that the music will melt someone’s actual face off. All the ghouls and goblins should be out for this one.

Five Alarm Funk

Canada’s greatest third greatest export (after hockey and John Candy) — and  No. 1 musical experience — Five Alarm Funk will roll into Hangtown this year for what’s sure to be a smashing debut. These grizzled, larger-than-life heathens have been party-rockin’ and show-stoppin’ for more than a decade with their gnarled form of funk, their impressively hard grooves forged in the fires of Afrobeat and Parliament/Funkadelic. Take the music and combine it with the confidence and charisma of a gonzo-action flick and the band’s whole show hits you with the awesome power of Sharknado battling King Kong in a scorched-Earth-version of “Vancouver.” Five Alarm Funk will bring the ridiculousness, the fun and a whole lot of sweat.

Ron Artis II

If you were to see and meet Ron Artis II on the street, his big smile and affable demeanor would naturally make you want to hang out and be friends with the guy. If you were to then see him take the stage and burn it down in a fiery sermon on blues, soul and rock, you would want to become his disciple. Artis II is a charismatic performer who can sing with the passion and audacity of Sam Cooke and shred the guitar with bluesy groove like Steve Cropper. In playing with his trio, he’s cut the fat off the music and delivers the most kinetic, powerful elements of soul, blues and rock like an electrical wire that’s been stripped of its insulation. Artis II is the full package and anyone who disagrees with that is just denying the truth.

Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe

Just like their fans, many bands love to dress up on Halloween and they use the festivities as an opportunity to don a musical costume and play cover-heavy sets of influential artists. Hangtown will feature a number of acts getting in on the action, with Keller Williams and The Hillbenders doing a whole set bluegrass-inspired covers of Tom Petty, and Pink Talking Phish doing its stylized reimaginings of Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, and Phish songs. But the most intriguing musical costume has to be Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe presents Eat a Bunch of Peaches, which sees the sax man and his band picking through The Allman Brothers’ catalog to harvest the ones ripest for reinterpretation.

Denson’s West Coast, acid-jazz boogaloo sound might not be the first thing you think of when you recall the Southern-fried blues of The Allman Brothers. That makes the whole setup all the more enticing. One thing both bands have in common is the need to improvise and stretch things out onstage. It will be interesting to hear what kind of new places the Allmans’ music can go inside the Tiny Universe. All anyone will be able to do is sit back, eat a peach and enjoy the jams.

— Garrett Bethmann

ABOUT GARRETT BETHMANN

Garrett Bethmann is a graduate of University of Mary Washington with a degree in English. He moved to Lake Tahoe in summer 2012.

[EID]
 
Placerville, Calif. — Earlier this year, EID customer Darwin Throne brought a lawsuit against the District contesting the validity of EID’s water rates.

At its meeting on October 22, 2018, the EID Board of Directors voted to approve a settlement agreement. Under the terms of the settlement, Mr. Throne has agreed to dismiss his lawsuit against EID in exchange for the District’s commitment that each party will bear its own costs, including attorney’s fees, incurred to date in the case.

“We are glad that Mr. Throne has decided to walk away from this lawsuit,” said EID General Manager Jim Abercrombie. “The District has been confident in the legality of the cost-of-service study undertaken in 2010/2011—a study conducted by independent experts and advised by a community-based panel—as well as the subsequent rate implementation. EID has strongly maintained throughout that its water commodity charges are valid under the law and consistent with the requirements of Proposition 218. This settlement reaffirms that validity.”

Plans are underway to conduct another cost-of-service study in 2019, with implementation of any recommended changes in 2020.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 22, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

First Name    Last Name        Sex    
Date Booked    Status        Age
First Charges    Description of First Charges      Bail Amount

MEREDITH    DANIELLE    ABRAM    F
PV    20181022    INCUSTODY    37    P
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00

TIMOTHY    ANTHONY    BOTEN    M
LT    20181022    INCUSTODY    53    E
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT/ BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $5,000.00

TROY    JAMES    BURKS    M
PV    20181022    INCUSTODY    27    E
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    

RYAN    FELIX    DETTLING    M
LT    20181022    INCUSTODY    27    E
148(A)(1)    M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC

GINA    MARIE    EGGIMANN    F
PV    20181022    RELEASED    41    E
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    $10,000.00

CHARLES    H E    HOLLAND    M
LT    20181022    INCUSTODY    49    E
496(A)    F    REC KNWN STOLN PROP    $25,000.00
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $5,000.00

GARY    LEE    LOGSDON    M
PV    20181022    INCUSTODY    55    E
21310    F    CARRY CON/DIRK OR DAGGER    $10,000.00
3455    F    POST RELEASE REVOCATION    
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $150,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $100,000.00
HANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $250,000.00

KOREY    JAMES    MAZZONI    M
LP    20181022    INCUSTODY    27    E
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    

JACK    HAYDEN    PIERCE    M
PV    20181022    INCUSTODY    34    E
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

RONNIE    ALLEN    RAWLIN    M
PV    20181022    INCUSTODY    18    E
187(A)    F    MURDER:FIRST DEGREE    

NICHOLAS    STEVEN    ROMERO    M
PV    20181022    INCUSTODY    21    E
DESERTION    F    DESERTION

MICHAEL    JUSTIN    VERMEERSCH    M
PV    20181022    RELEASED    30    E
242    M    BATTERY ON PERSON    $5,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for  10/22/2018

@ 0122 11364(A) HS POSS UNLAW PARAPHERN \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809432
A MALE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED.
S01 ARRESTED PIERCE, JACK SEX=M AGE=34

@ 0429 21310 PC CARRY CON/DIRK OR DA \ GOLDEN CENTER DR, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809433
SUBJECT FROM STANISLAUS COUNTY ARRESTED AND BOOKED FOR POSSESSION OF A CONCEALED HOMEMADE STABBING INSTRUMENT.
S01 ARRESTED LOGSDON, GARY SEX=M AGE=55

@ 0722 27491 GC DOCTOR'S CASE \ PLACERVILLE EM1809435
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 94

@ 0730 27491 GC DOCTOR'S CASE \, CAMERON PARK EG1809434
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 88

@ 0745 28 VC REPOSSESSION \ CIMMARRON RD, CAMERON PARK EG1809437
REPOSSESSION

@ 1052 INFO IN SCHOOL THREATS \, PLACERVILLE EG1809448
STUDENT MADE A VAGUE THREAT REGARDING A FIREARM TO ANOTHER STUDENT.

@ 1115 11377(A) HS FOUND METHAMPHETAMIN \ GOLDEN CENTER DR, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809442
FOUND SUSPECTED METHAMPHETAMINE. BOOKED FOR DESTRUCTION.

@ 1215 530 PC PERSONATE GET MONEY/ \ CAMINO HEIGHTS DR, CAMINO EG1809443
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED ATTEMPTED IDENTITY THEFT. DOCUMENTATION REPORT ONLY.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 54

@ 1221 484G PC THFT:USE ACCESS CARD \ SHAD WY, SLY PARK EG1809444
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A ACCOUNT. DOCUMENTATION REPORT ONLY.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 72

@ 1233 459 PC BURGLARY \ COLOMA EG1809445
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED BURGLARY- DOCUMENTATION REPORT ONLY.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 41

@ 1307 11378 HS POSS CNTL SUB FOR SA \ FAIR LN, PLACERVILLE EG1809280

@ 1356 13700 PC VERBAL DISPUTE \ PERKS CT, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809453
DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A 911 HANGUP CALL. A VERBAL BETWEEN TRANSIENTS WAS DOCUMENTED.

@ 1409 487 PC GRAND THEFT \ CAMERON PARK EG1809450
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED GRAND THEFT- DOCUMENTATION REPORT ONLY.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 65

@ 1500 459 PC VEHICLE BURGLARY \ DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809454
SUSPECT(S) PRYED OPEN THE LOCKED EXTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF A TRAVEL TRAILER
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 68
S01 SEX= SUSPECT AGE=0

@ 2026 11364(A) HS POSS UNLAW PARAPHERN \ INDUSTRIAL AV, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1809464
AN ADULT MALE WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE PARAPHERNALIA.
S01 ARRESTED BOTEN, TIMOTHY SEX=M AGE=53

@ 2317 14601.1(A VC DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ \ HIGHWAY 50 , MEYERS EG1809430
AN ADULT MALE WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING ON A SUSPENDED DRIVERS LICENSE.
S01 ARRESTED HOLLAND, CHARLES SEX=M AGE=49 

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.
 

[Ken Wong]

"During today's Board meeting, Tifany Wong was recognized by the El Dorado Union High School District, for her advocacy of the Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Initiative for our schools! Today is also her birthday and she can't ask for a better present than this!"

Suicide Prevention Awareness for Parents/Caregivers

Suicide is a serious public health problem that takes an enormous toll on families, friends, classmates, co-workers and communities, as well as on our military personnel and veterans. Suicide prevention is the collective efforts of local community organizations, mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through education, awareness, and services.

SUICIDE IS PREVENTABLE

Warning Signs

Warning signs are observable behaviors that may signal the presence of suicidal thinking. They might be considered “cries for help” or “invitations to intervene.” These warning signs signal the need to inquire directly about whether the individual has thoughts of suicide. If such thinking is acknowledged, then suicide interventions will be required.

• Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, helplessness
• Significant changes in behavior, appearance, thoughts, and/or feelings
• Social withdrawal and isolation
• Suicide threats (direct and indirect)
• Suicide notes and plans
• History of suicidal idealization/behavior
• Self-injurious behavior
• Preoccupation with death
• Making final arrangements (e.g., giving away prized possessions, posting plans on social media, sending text messages to friends)

Risk Factors

While the path that leads to suicidal behavior is long and complex and there is no “profile” that predicts suicidal behavior with certainty, there are certain risk factors associated with increased suicide risk. In isolation, these factors are not signs of suicidal thinking. However, when present they signal the need to be vigilant for the warning signs of suicide.

• Access to means (e.g., firearms, knives, medication)
• Stressors (e.g., loss, peer relations, school, gender identity issues)
• History of depression, mental illness or substance/alcohol abuse
• History of suicide in the family or of a close friend
• History of mental illness in the family

Here’s What You Can Do:

LISTEN

• Assess for suicidal risk.
• Listen without judgement.
• Ask open-ended questions.

PROTECT

• Take action immediately.
• Supervise, do not leave your child alone.
• Consider developing a safety plan at school and home, if needed. 

CONNECT

• Communicate and collaborate with your child’s school administration, mental health personnel or counselor for support.
• Contact Department of Mental Health, law enforcement or protective services, as needed.
• Help your child identify adult they trust at home and at school.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 23, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

First Name    Last Name        Sex    
Date Booked    Status        Age
First Charges    Description of First Charges      Bail Amount

LEXI    NOEL    BARCLAY    F
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    22    P
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    
459.5    M    SHOPLIFTING    $20,500.00
22610(A)    M    FELON POSS/ETC STUN GUN

OMARI    RASHAD    BATES    M
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    28    E
3455    F    POST RELEASE REVOCATION

SHANNON    MARIE    DIXON    F
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    38    M
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $10,000.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

JASON        EWEN    M
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    42    P
166(A)(4)    M    CONTEMPT:DISOBEY CRT ORDR    $3,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT - FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $2,500.00

SCOTT    WILLIAM    LLEWELLYN, JR    M
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    25    E
1170(H)(5)    F    MCS VIOLATION    

JULIE    ANN    MERRINER    F
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    49    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $10,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT/ FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $2,500.00

JESSE    DEWAYNE    MORGAN    M
PV    20181023    RELEASED    21    P
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    $25,000.00

DAVID    ANTHONY    RAMIREZ    M
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    63    I
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    $10,000.00

JEREMY    TELFORD    SYKES    M
PV    20181023    INCUSTODY    39    E
3056    F    VIOLATION OF PAROLE:FEL

SEAN    FRANCIS    WANAMAKER    M
LT    20181023    INCUSTODY    34    S
14601.2(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DUI:VIO    $10,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for  10/23/2018

@ 0012 148(A)(1) PC OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFC \ HIGHWAY 50 , PLACERVILLE EG1809467
EDSO DEPUTY ENGAGED IN A FOOT PURSUIT WITH A SUSPECTED HIGH RISK WANTED FELON.
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=34

@ 0630 242 PC BATTERY \, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809470
BATTERY WITH NO PROSECUTION DESIRED
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 58
V02 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 47
S01 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=47
S02 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=58

@ 0808 4573.6 PC POSS CNTL SUB IN PRI \, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1809471
S01 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=22
S02 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=33
S03 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=40
S04 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=26

@ 0846 488 PC PETTY THEFT \ VALLEY VIEW PK, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809472
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED PETTY THEFT. DOCUMENTATION REPORT ONLY.

@ 0856 487 PC GRAND THEFT \ , SHINGLE SPRINGS EG1809473
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED GRAND THEFT.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =35

@ 1144 0000 IN LOST PROPERTY \ JOHNSON BL, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1809478
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 33

@ 1202 INFO IN INFORMATION REPORT \ ALHAMBRA DR, CAMERON PARK EG1809480
INFORMATION REPORT.

@ 1248 10.16.010 CO VEHICLE ABATEMENT \ RIDGEWAY DR, POLLOCK PINES EG1809489
VEHICLE ABATEMENT REPORT FOR AN ABANDONED BOAT.

@ 1328 594(A) PC VANDALISM \ POST CT, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809487
GRAFITTI AT A BUSINESS.

@ 1355 487 PC GRAND THEFT \ PLEASANT VALLEY RD, PLACERVILLE EG1809488
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- VICTIM REPORTED GRAND THEFT.
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =46

@ 1700 10.16.140 CC PRIVATE PROPERTY TOW \ STREBOR LN, SOMERSET EG1809491
PRIVATE PROPERTY TOW

@ 1701 INFO IN FIREARM TURN IN \ FAIR LN, PLACERVILLE EG1809493

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 24, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

First Name    Last Name        Sex    
Date Booked    Status        Age
First Charges    Description of First Charges      Bail Amount

RAFAEL    TIRADO    CEDENO    M
PV    20181024    INCUSTODY    44    E
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $500,000.00
422(A)    F    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    

BRENDAN    JEFFREY    FAGEN    M
LT    20181024    RELEASED    25    S
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $20,000.00

ELIJAH    CORYLANE    KIDWELL    M
PV    20181024    INCUSTODY    23    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DRUG    $500.00

DANIEL        ORTEGA    M
PV    20181024    RELEASED    19    I
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG SECOND OFFENCE    $10,000.00
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $2,500.00
11350(A)    M    POSSESS NARCOTIC CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
HANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

ABRAM    LOUIS    SASSENBERG    M
PV    20181024    INCUSTODY    37    E
3455    F    POST RELEASE REVOCATION

CHRISTINE    LYNETTE    SPENCER    F
PV    20181024    INCUSTODY    52    E
1551    F    FUG JUST:WARRANT ARREST

EDSO Actvity Log for  10/24/2018

@ 0900 10.16.140 CC PRIVATE PROPERTY TOW \ RIDGECREST , POLLOCK PINES EG1809509

@ 1018 INFO IN INFO REPORT \, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809505
R/P DAUGHTER CONTACTED BY UNKNOWN SUBJECT ON INTERNET.

@ 1050 28 VC REPOSSESSION \ RICHARD AVE , PLACERVILLE EG1809506
REPOSSESSION

@ 1111 13700 PC VERBAL DOMESTIC \ KELSEY EG1809507
VERBAL DOMESTIC

@ 1155 530.5(A) PC GET CREDIT/ETC OTHER \, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809511
FRAUDULENT CREDIT CARD ACCESS
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =56

@ 1312 530.5(A) PC OBT CREDIT/ETC:OTHER \ CAMERON PARK EG1809514
VICTIM REPORTED PERSON(S) USED PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION TO OPEN A CELLPHONE ACCOUNT.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 77

@ 1322 0000 IN VEHICLE ABATEMENT \ BONANZA TL, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1809513
A VEHICLE PARKED UPON A PUBLIC ROADWAY FOR MORE THAN 72 HOURS WAS TAGGED FOR ABATEMENT.

@ 1423 470(D) PC FALSE CHECK/RECS/CER \, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809519
HISPANIC MALE ADULT PASSED A COUNTERFEIT BILL
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=0

@ 1450 273.5(A) PC CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB \ EL DORADO HILLS EG1809527
DEPUTIES WERE DISPATCHED TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REPORT. A MALE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 42
S01 ARRESTED CEDENO, RAFAEL SEX=M AGE=44

@ 1510 28 VC REPOSSESSION \ SANDSTONE DR, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809525
REPOSSESSION

@ 1521 0 IN DESTROY MEDS \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809522
FENTANYL PATCHES WERE COLLECTED AND BOOKED FOR DESTRUCTION 

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.
 

[Cris Alarcon]

Board Of Supervisor member Sue Novasel’s re-election campaign was disrupted by her direct involvement in the removal of opposition campaign signage just before Vote-By-Mail ballots arrived.  Although the removal by the Supervisor does not constitute a “crime” it was extremely bad PR and brought her motives into question at a critical time for any election cycle only to be exploited by her opposition.  In many ways an election is more about public perception than actual facts. By her direct involvement in the removal of campaign signs she has given her opposition the opportunity to call her on the carpet in a very public manner.  By doing so he has exposed his own political leanings in a way he has denied in the past.

In the case of Incumbent Novasel it has exposed that she is thin-skin when it comes to the harsh realites of politics as she labels a relatively mild campaign opposition sign as “hate” speech.  For her challenger it pierces his claim of being a Conservative as he leans on the very Liberal State’s Attorney General as he accuses the County’s DA of being unable to do his job due to fear of having his budget cut by the County’s Supervisors.

The heat of a political campaign is intense and often exposes the weakness in candidates.  This is the power of our system of political contests and benefits the public. Both the incumbent and the challenger exposed more than they may have intended.

All political professionals are taught that the oppositions signs are sacrosanct and a Hands-Off policy is not just applied to the candidates, but also strongly instructed to the campaign’s volunteers.  Our election history is replete with elections lost by front-runners when an impropriety involving anti-candidate signs becomes newsworthy at a critical time during the election cycle. Theft and defacing of campaign signs is a stable of every election.  That is not even newsworthy as it is so common. It is news when the acts are tied to the candidate directly.

When that happens, it is a self-inflicted wound.

This is the position that Supervisor Sue Novasel has put herself into.  As would be expected, her opponent, Kenny Curtzwiler is working hard to use it against her.  In doing so he has also exposed his own weaknesses in some areas.

During an election cycle there are many rules in place that both allow for the candidates for public office to make known to the public their position of pertinent subject matter related to the election, and rules of disclosure relating to who is paying for the message being presented.  In the former a public disclosure is required of who is paying for the message in the form of a “FPPC Number” included on the sign that publicly discloses those paying for the message distribution. Without this discernible number the sign is not legal for public presentation. The exception to this rule is that anyone may make claims related to candidates or election issues with their own money and place it on property they own.

When using the “public” property, including lands and mail are used to propagate the message in California, a FPPC number must be included so the public may find out who is paying for the message.

In our county a private property owner may remove and destroy an unwanted political sign at their own will.  Prudent campaigners will get permission in writing before placing a sign in order to defend their candidate if a future dispute should arise.  If the sign is improperly placed in a Public Right of Way the DOT is charged with sign removal. Sometimes they will take the sign down and simply “lay it down” in place for the sign placer or candidate’s workers to retrieve.  In other cases they may take the signs to the DOT yard and inform the candidate that they have impounded the signs and they are able to be retrieved at the DOT yard.

These are the general practices of political sign placement and removal in our county.  Anything else is unusual and often therefore newsworthy.

Campaigning is truly a high-stress activity and takes a thick skin and prudence in reactionary statements.  A seasoned campaign manager servers as an insulator between the candidate and the harsh stresses of the campaign trail.  They will make sure that if a candidate gets directly involved with a sign removal, that the Press is called to be at the scene to take pictures and statements, as they know that the Press will inevitably get involved and it is better to present the activity in a light that benefits the candidate’s campaign.

Supervisor Novasel decided to take matters into her own hands and now opponent Curtzwiler is making hay as the sun shines on the election.

In response to her challenger's accusation of “Stealing” a sign Supervisor Novasel wrote, “I believe in 1st Amendment rights  and respect differences of opinion in the midst of a campaign. However, disturbing hate signs have recently emerged in various places. Driving down Pioneer Trail last week, I saw a sign with a red circle and red slash running from top left to bottom right  with the diagonal red slash crossing over my last name Novasel. The sign did not advocate for a political candidate or ballot issue. There was nothing on the sign to represent ownership, nor was it labeled as linked to a political action committee or my opponent. From my viewpoint, this sign amounted to a target placed anonymously to frighten my family and me... In my opinion, the sign was representing hate speech and threatening towards all members of my family. It was offensive in its placement… I removed the sign not knowing whom it belonged to and drove it to the El Dorado County Department of Transportation Office in Meyers.”

Although she acted on her own she added, “the Department of Transportation is responsible for right of way property on county roads.”  

When the District Attorney was pressed by Curtzwiler to press charges against Novasel over the sign removal the DA responded, “No charges will be filed because the sign was posted in a right of way, which is improper. Any public employee may remove a sign that is posted in a prohibited area, such as this one. The person who posted the sign did not realize it was a right of  way and has seen other signs posted in this same area, leading them to believe it would be ok to put the sign there."

Dissatisfied by this response Curtzwiler accused the DA of Bias, accused the position of being on the Board of Supervisors by above the law, and appealed to the State’s Attorney General, Xavier Becerra to press charges.

The following is in response to the removal of an anti-Sue Novasel campaign sign and an  investigation by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office. The DA's office made the following statement - "No charges will be filed because the sign was posted in a right of way, which is improper. Any public employee may remove a sign that is posted in a prohibited area, such as this one. The person who posted the sign did not realize it was a right of  way and has seen other signs posted in this same area, leading them to believe it would be ok to put the sign there."

In a Media Release issued on October 22 by Kenny Curtzwiler, candidate for El Dorado County Supervisor, District 5 wrote:

"the county’s district attorney refuses to prosecute and has defended Novasels 'lawless conduct’… local District Attorney Vern Pierson, who Curtzwiler said depends on Supervisor Novasel to approve the budget for his office."

"Becerra is being asked to intervene because the local prosecutor should have recused himself due to a conflict of interest" Curtzwiler said. "As a candidate for the Board of Supervisors, 5th District... it is very alarming when my opponent, incumbent Supervisor Sue Novasel, is caught red handed stealing private property, a political sign she did not like.  What made it even more outrageous, our District Attorney refused to prosecute, implicitly condoning lawlessness, with some baseless arguments... Supervisors approve the budget for District Attorney Vern Pierson and a wide range of activities by that office... The conflicts of interest present here are significant. Supervisors approve the budget for District Attorney Vern Pierson and a wide range of activities by that office.  Both the elected office holders, Novasel and Pierson, although from different political parties, share some of the same special interests to finance their campaigns... Therefore, I am requesting that your office investigate the facts and vigorously prosecute as the evidence warrants and seek an immediate injunctive relief to prevent Sue Novasal and any other persons from vandalizing political signs.

Curtzwiler added, "our District Attorney refused to prosecute, implicitly condoning lawlessness, with some baseless arguments... While District Attorney Pierson has recused himself in some cases involving politicians, asking your office to handle matters where it would appear to be improper for his office to do so, he regrettably refused to do so here, giving some flimsy excuses that appear fabrications for his defense of Supervisor Novasel. The odor is unmistakable. The county has a code enforcement department to handle these issues, there is no reason for her to do that work.   The DA’s excuse that any “public employee” can do this is specious since she was not acting in her official capacity and because she is an elected office holder, not a public employee as the law defines those words.

[PR Pond]
 
This September, El Dorado Arts Council will introduce a new attraction to Main Street: The Confidence Lab, a dedicated space for temporary “pop-up” arts projects, including installations, student works, play readings, live music, and other activities. The space will occupy the bottom level of Main Street’s historic Confidence Hall, and will be managed and programmed by El Dorado Arts Council in a public-private partnership with the City of Placerville.

Designed to enliven downtown Placerville, the Confidence Lab will feature compelling artistic projects that are as entertaining as they are enriching. For its maiden voyage, Confidence Lab will host theatrical performances during the Applecore Fringe Festival in September. In the future, it is hoped that Confidence Lab will be joined on Main Street by an ensemble of new spaces dedicated to the cultivation of arts and culture in El Dorado County. Together, these spaces would constitute a Cultural District in downtown Placerville, a project that would preserve and celebrate Placerville’s rich history while simultaneously propelling Placerville into a new era of artistic expression and cultural engagement.

The Confidence Lab is merely the newest tenant of Confidence Hall, a building that has housed everything from fire engines to city council members over the last century and a half. Built in 1857, and rebuilt in 1860 following a fire, Confidence Hall, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, is one of Placerville’s most recognizable and beloved historic buildings. Beginning its life as the home of the eponymous Confidence fire engine, the building later hosted Seventh Day Adventists, county fairs, and the police department before becoming the Placerville City Hall in 1902. Since the 2005 relocation of City Hall to its current Center Street location, Confidence Hall has been awaiting the next phase of its historic life. As it always has in the past, Confidence Hall will once again play a vital role in the Placerville community when the Confidence Lab opens in September. 

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 25, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

SHAWN    MICHAEL    ALKIRE    M
LT    20181025    RELEASED    49    S
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DRUG    $500.00

ALLEN    EARL    BAYLESS    M
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    66    E
273.6(A)    M    VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES VIOL    $25,000.00

MEGAN    E    BUCKS    F
PV    20181025    RELEASED    34    I
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    $5,000.00

RIGOBERTO        CAMPOS DOMINGUEZ    M
LT    20181025    RELEASED    31    S
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

JAMES    WALKER    CHALMERS    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    64    P
459.5    M    SHOPLIFTING    $25,000.00
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $1,000.00
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $3,000.00
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $1,000.00
7(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $2,000.00

NORMAN    JOHN    CRAIG    M
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    62    E
422(A)    F    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    $50,000.00
417.4    M    BRANDISHING F/ARM REPLICA    $10,000.00
594(A)(2)    F    VANDALISM:DAMAGE PROPERTY    $10,000.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
7(H)    M    LOITER/ETC PRIVATE PROP    $2,000.00

TERRY    LYNN    CRAWFORD    F
PV    20181025    RELEASED    58    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

JARED    CHARLES    DICKS    M
LT    20181025    RELEASED    34    S
466    M    POSSESS BURGLARY TOOLS    $2,000.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

WAYNE    BERTRAM    DURSTON    M
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    57    E
243(E)(1)    M    BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DATE/ETC    $7,500.00
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

MELANIE    LYNN    EISSLER    F
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    45    P
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    
594(A)(1)    F    VANDALISM:DEFACE PROPERTY    $10,000.00
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00

DEBRA    LYNN    GALLIAZZO    F
LT    20181025    RELEASED    57    S
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $10,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

MICHAEL    JASON    HUGHES    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    29    E
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $2,000.00

KENNETH    ALAN    JACOBS    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    53    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    
20002    M    HIT AND RUN    $2,500.00

JACOB    TYLER    LEWIS    M
LT    20181025    RELEASED    27    E
14601(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:RECKLES    $2,500.00
23573(I)    M    FAIL INSTAL INTRLCK DEVCE    $2,000.00
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11350(A)    M    POSSESS NARCOTIC CNTL SUB    $2,500.00

SHANE    RAY    MENDONCA    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    46    K
3454(C)    F    FLASH INCARCERATION    

CHARLES    BARD    MITCHELL    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    77    G
4330    M    TAKE DEER W/O LICENSE    
2001(A)    M    POSS WILDLIFE ILLEGALLY    

BROOK    PETER    RYAN    My
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    40    E
3000.08    F    VIOLATION OF PAROLE    

MICHAEL    JOHN    SMITH    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    41    E
273.5    F    INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/COHAB    $50,000.00

CYRUS    AL    STOCKDALE    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    30    P
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $5,000.00
22210    M    MFG/ETC LEADED CANE/ETC    $10,000.00

COREY    JAMES    THOMAS    M
PV    20181025    INCUSTODY    48    P
459    F    BURGLARY    $50,000.00
4573    F    BRING CNTL SUB/ETC JAIL    $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $40,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $45,000.00

TREVOR    THOMAS    WILSON    M
PV    20181025    RELEASED    29    P
647(H)    M    LOITER/ETC PRIVATE PROP    $2,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for  10/25/2018

@ 0723 14205 PC MISSING PERSON \, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1809536
R/P REPORTED A MISSING PERSON.

@ 0839 INFO IN INFORMATION REPORT \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809537

@ 0844 243(E)(1) PC BAT:SPOUSE/EX SP/DAT \ POLLOCK PINES EG1809541
ADULT MALE AND ADULT FEMALE IN DATING RELATIONSHIP GOT INTO A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 48
S01 ARRESTED DURSTON, WAYNE SEX=M AGE=57

@ 0900 28 VC REPOSSESSION \ MT. AUKUM CT, SOMERSET EG1809542

@ 0929 14210 PC MISSING PERSON \, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809540
MISSING PERSON LOCATED
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 26

@ 1026 14601.2(A VC DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DU \ TREEHAVEN DR, SO LAKE TAHOE EG1809543
EDSO DEPUTIES INITIATED A VEHICLE STOP FOR A TRAFFIC VIOLATION. DRIVER WAS SUBSEQUENTLY ARRESTED
S01 ARRESTED LEWIS, JACOB SEX=M AGE=27

@ 1132 273.5 PC INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/ \, PLACERVILLE EG1809545
S1 PLACED UNDER ARREST.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 41
S01 ARRESTED SMITH, MICHAEL SEX=M AGE=41

@ 1149 594(A) PC VANDALISM \ LOTUS RD, LOTUS EG1809544
VIA EDSO ON LINE REPORTING SYSTEM- R/P REPORTED VANDALISM. DOCUMENTATION REPORT ONLY.

@ 1152 459 PC BURGLARY \ LARSEN DR, CAMINO EG1809548
SUSPECT(S) ENTERED INTO VICTIM'S VENDOR TENT AND REMOVED MERCHANDISE.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 45

@ 2237 273.5 PC INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/ \, SHINGLE SPRINGS EG1809533
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 32
S01 SEX=M SUSPECT AGE=39 

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[Bill George]
 
I want to begin by thanking TuCare for 30 years of work to educate policy makers on the importance of sound, scientific management of our forests.  You have been kind to invite me to address this group and to participate in its educational endeavors on many occasions, and much of what I have learned leading the House Sub-Committee on Federal Lands these last four years has come from your good work.

You have asked what Washington must do.  I can answer in three words: scientific forest management.

Over the past 45 years, we have seen an 80 percent reduction in timber harvested from our national forests, and in the same period a concomitant increase in acreage destroyed by fire.  This phenomenon far predates the Western drought and was best summed up by a forester long ago who observed, “All that excess timber comes out of the forests one way or the other.  It is either CARRIED OUT or it is BURNED OUT.  But it comes OUT.”

When we carried it out, we had healthy forests and a thriving economy.  Timber sales not only thinned overgrown forests, giving trees room to grow – it provided millions of dollars to the federal government with which to manage the public lands and it generated economic activity throughout forest regions from which mountain communities prospered.

 Often timber contracts included provisions to assure that the removal of commercially viable forest products also paid for the removal of ladder fuels that ignite destructive crown fires. 

Well maintained timber roads provided access to all parts of our forests, giving the public full access to the public lands and giving firefighters an immediate way to reach the heart of a fire at its earliest stages.  And when a fire had killed timber, we quickly removed it while it still had value, using the revenues to reforest the land before it was claimed by brush.

Beginning in the 1970’s a radical and retrograde ideology began slowly to replace modern forestry science with a policy that can best be described as benign neglect.  In the name of protecting endangered species, we placed increasing tracts of land off limits to forest management, allowing our forests to become dangerously overcrowded and overgrown.  We abandoned the timber roads desperately needed by firefighters until they became impassable.  We devastated the economies of mountain communities, requiring increasingly expensive federal financial aid, such as the Secure Rural Schools program, to make up for revenues lost to these communities.  The forests are now densely overgrown, and dying trees now fight for their lives in desperate competition for crowded ground. Our forests are dying and burning and our remaining tourist economy struggles. 

Ironically, the endangered species in whose name we have imposed these misguided policies are even bigger losers than the human population.  The Sub-Committee on Federal Lands has repeatedly noted the abysmal record of species recovery under the Endangered Species Act.  One reason is forest fires that have resulted from these policies have incinerated hundreds of square miles of endangered species habitat.  For example, the Rim Fire alone incinerated 46 protected spotted owl habitats and the King Fire another 32.

Forest managers today complain that they only have a fraction of the money needed to remove ladder fuels.  Only three percent of the highest risk acreage is currently scheduled for thinning. Thirty years ago, this wasn’t a problem, because timber companies paid us to thin national forest lands.  They did so because they were allowed to remove a portion of the commercially viable trees.  Today, the commercially viable trees are largely off limits, requiring us to pay others to treat forest acreage.  And there’s not enough money to make a dent in this need.

The full impact of these neglectful policies can be seen in the contrast between privately managed forest lands and the public lands.  After each of our major fires, private landowners salvage fire-killed trees and used a portion of the proceeds to suppress brush growth and replant the forest.  On the federal lands, the scorched trees still rot in place while six feet of dry brush accumulates around them.  It will likely be an entire century before our forests naturally occupy this land again.    

Time and again, we see vivid boundaries between the young, healthy, growing forests managed without these restrictions, and the choked, dying or burned public forests managed with these restrictions.

The point was brought home to me again last month when I met with officials from the Placer County Water Agency.  Its principal watershed is on Forest Service land, and its proper management is essential to the ability of PCWA to protect its water supply.  Its current forest management plan has identified $2 million worth of commercial timber that it can sell at auction.  But instead of making $2 million from the auction, it will cost the district a net of $9 million because of the costs of meeting the environmental studies, restrictions and mitigations – all paid for by district ratepayers.

We know what works and we know what doesn’t.  The American people want our forests returned to health.  We want the growing scourge of wildfire brought back under control.  We want the destruction of mountain habitats by fire, disease and pestilence arrested and reversed.  We want the prosperity of our mountain regions restored.  And that will require a dramatic change in current policy, which Congress is now well underway toward making. 

The House has repeatedly passed major legislation to restore our forests to health by restoring sound forest management as the cornerstone of our federal lands policy.  The Resilient Federal Forests Acts passed by the House in the 114th and 115th sessions would streamline regulations that have made it cost-prohibitive to restore our forests to optimal tree densities.  Each session, it has died in the Senate because of opposition from environmental extremists.  So too has my bill to expeditiously salvage fire-killed timber while it still has commercial value.   The only reason these bills have not reached the President for his signature is the failure of Senate Democrats to provide the votes necessary to take up these bills, and the failure of Senate Republicans to reform the cloture rule so that the minority cannot obstruct the will of the elected majorities of both the House and the Senate.

My legislation to require full public transparency of the data used to make Endangered Species Act (ESA) listing decisions passed the House Natural Resources Committee last month and I expect to see it passed out of the House when we return to session in November.  The legislation also requires the Federal Government to consider ALL best available scientific and commercial data in making its decisions, rather than picking only those points that support a pre-determined conclusion.  This, along with other ESA reforms, though likely to pass the House, are likely to die in the Senate, for the same reasons.

But I can offer one bit of good news.  The provisions of my bill on Lake Tahoe restoration were ultimately included in the WIIN Act of 2016 and signed into law.  These provisions provide for a categorical exclusion from NEPA for forest thinning projects up to 10,000 acres at a time.  Using this new authority, the Forest Service reports that their environmental assessment has gone from more than 800 pages to less than 40, and the time required to conduct these studies has gone from years to months.  Its success now dramatically strengthens our argument to extend this streamlined process across ALL of our national forests.

That’s what Washington must do.  Whether the House will be able to continue to pass these reforms will depend on the outcome of the election in eleven days.   And whether these reforms can actually get to the President to be signed depends on whether Senate Republicans will reform the cloture rule that has stopped almost all of the land management reforms passed by the House.

And this is where we need to turn our attention to voters.  I have often pointed out that the debate in Washington is merely a reflection of the real debate that occurs among the American people; it is on the outcome of this debate that the future of our nation is decided.

Much of what I know of these issues I have learned because of the tremendous job that each of you have done over the last 30 years to educate policy makers and civic leaders.  But now we need to harness this cadre of Tu-Care educated experts to go out and educate their friends and neighbors and family members and co-workers. 

I know that you’re as frustrated as I am by the by the staggering amount of sheer ignorance and deliberate misinformation published in local newspapers and on the Internet about the condition of our forests and the public policies that are responsible for their condition. TuCare is founded on two simple and self-evident principles: That there is a powerful antidote for ignorance -- it is EDUCATION; and that there is a powerful antidote for mis-information -- it is TRUTH. 

We have got to reach out to the general public to educate people on the truth of the forest crisis we are facing.  Every day we see letters to the editor, columns and editorials – not to mention countless assertions on the Internet that our forest crisis is due to lack of funds.  Yet rarely is it mentioned that proper forest management used to make us money – with 25 percent going directly into local government coffers and 75 percent funding the forest service and going back into managing our forests – not to mention the millions of dollars of commerce that drove our local economies. 

We constantly see attacks on our beleaguered timber industry as a despoiler of the environment.  Rarely does anyone mention the vital role that logging once played in removing excess timber before it could choke off and kill our forests. 

We constantly see global warming blamed for the condition of our forests.  Rarely does anyone point out that if our climate is becoming warmer and dryer, it is all the more important to match the timber density to the ability of the land to support it.  Nor is it often pointed out that a single forest fire makes a mockery of all of our expensive laws to reduce carbon emissions.

I know that I’m preaching to the choir.  But that’s precisely the point: we have to reach beyond the choir, beyond the congregation to the general public in a way we haven’t done before.  You know this stuff backwards and forwards or you wouldn’t be here today.  And each of you has done yeoman service to raise these issues among the public officials and civic leaders of our community.

Now we must take the next step and take these same issues to rank and file voters: writing letters to the editor, calling into talk shows, standing up at public meetings, posting blogs every day to counter the veritable Mt. Vesuvius of misinformation we see from the green left.

Our objective should not only be to educate policy-makers, but to educate the voters who select those policy-makers.  Once we’ve done this, policy-makers won’t need to be educated.  And until we’ve done this, our task will remain a Sisyphean effort.

What Washington must do is self-evident to anyone who has studied forest management.  What Washington CAN do depends on educating the general public, and countering the ignorance and misinformation on this subject in every public forum every day.  TuCare has led the way in public education, and now is the time to take it to the rank and file voters as they choose our policy makers.

Rep. McClintock

About TuCARE

TuCARE was established to enlighten and advise the public on conservation and the wise use of natural resources.

TuCARE believes in the multiple-use of the many natural resources on our public lands. Multiple-use policies allow for everyone to benefit. People can enjoy a wide variety of recreational opportunities. The wood products industry can provide us with needed building materials. Livestock owners can use summer pasture to produce food for us to eat. Miners can extract minerals necessary for the production of everyday goods that we all use. Everyone who uses water or power generated by the harnessing of the Sierra snow melt is a beneficiary.

[PR Pond]

Bill Cook, a resident of Cameron Park, passed away surrounded by his family, after a long battle with liver disease and interstitial lung disease, at Mercy (Dignity Health) Hospital in Folsom, Calif. 

Left to cherish his memory are his loving wife Gail M. Cook, his loving sister Christine Cook Miller, his brother James Cook, his sons Thomas D. Cook, Bryan M. Cook and Erin P. Cook; three grandchildren; two nephews; and many cousins and friends. Bill was the oldest of seven children. He was born into a military family. Bill moved frequently while growing up including Germany and Ethiopia, as well as Arlington Virginia. During junior high school, the family settled in Petaluma, CA, where Bill graduated from Petaluma high school in 1965. Bill held a bachelors of science degree from California State University, San Jose in electronics. With his technical knowledge he landed a job at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale, Calif., for more than 20 years as a quality engineer. Bill loved his job. He was able to travel a lot, which he loved. He was even chosen to work on the Hubble Space Telescope. 

Locally, Bill was a member of Elk Lodge 1712 located in Shingle Springs, Calif. He was a member for about five years, two of which he acted as the treasurer. Bill along with his wife Gail were devout animal advocate/activists. They were past volunteers at the El Dorado County Animal Shelter and attended animal abuse trials at the Sacramento Superior Court; writing and visiting with judges, lawyers and district attorneys.  They also started a public group, “Friends Who Love Animals,” now at over 1,400 members, which began locally and has expanded to a national level.

He loved traveling to Hawaii, and most recently in 2017, he and his wife Gail took their dream trip to England. Bill had a wonderful sense of humor. 

A celebration of life will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at the Chapel of the Pines, 2855 Cold Springs Road, Placerville, Calif. 95667, (530) 622–3813. Burial will immediately follow around 12:30 p.m. at the Westwood Hills Memorial Park, which is located across the street from the Chapel.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 26, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

LINDA    ANN    BANKS    F
PV    20181026    RELEASED    56    E
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    $25,000.00

BRIAN    CHRISTOPHE    BARNES    M
PV    20181026    RELEASED    23    P
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

MERSEDEZ    THESIA    DAVIS    F
PV    20181026    RELEASED    26    I
14601.2(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DUI:VIO    
14601.5(A)    M    DRIV:LIC SUS/ETC:UI/RFUSL

JEFFREY    VERL    DAVIS    M
PV    20181026    INCUSTODY    25    E
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    
14601.2(A)    M    DRIV:SUSP/ETC LIC:DUI:VIO    
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    
03.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    

MICHAELINA    ANN    DIAZ    F
LP    20181026    INCUSTODY    24    E
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT

MARQUI    SHEVONE    FULLINGTON    F
PV    20181026    INCUSTODY    35    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00
1170(H)(5)    F    MCS VIOLATION    

AMANDA    LYN    GADE    F
PV    20181026    INCUSTODY    38    E
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $5,000.00

KEARA    MARIE    HENDRICKS    F
PV    20181026    RELEASED    33    E
466    M    POSSESS BURGLARY TOOLS    $15,000.00
14601.1(A)    M    DRIVE:LIC SUSPENDED/ETC    $2,500.00

MARK    ANTHONY    LABUDA    M
LT    20181026    INCUSTODY    61    S
1203.2(A)    M    VIOL OF PROBATION    $7,500.00
11351    F    POS/PUR F/SALE NARC/C/SUB    $75,000.00
11378    F    POSS CNTL SUB FOR SALE    $20,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $105,000.00
HANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $70,000.00

ERIC    JOHN    LAMBERT    M
LT    20181026    RELEASED    46    S
484(A)    M    PETTY THEFT    $2,000.00

FELICIA    REYNA    MARINO    F
PV    20181026    RELEASED    30    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

TIMOTHY    PETER    MARTIN    M
PV    20181026    RELEASED    42    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DRUG    $500.00

VINCE    EDWARD    MUSSAT    M
PV    20181026    INCUSTODY    38    P
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

CHRISTINE    MARIE    RACINE    F
PV    20181026    INCUSTODY    38    E
10851(A)    F    VEHICLE THEFT    
1551    F    FUG JUST:WARRANT ARREST    
10851(A)    F    VEHICLE THEFT    
496(A)    F    REC KNWN STOLN PROP    
0.5(A)    F    GET CREDIT/ETC OTHER'S ID    

CODY    LEE STEPHA    RICKMAN    M
PV    20181026    RELEASED    33    I
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    $5,000.00

CHARLES    PARKER    ROSENBERG    M
PV    20181026    RELEASED    22    I
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    $10,000.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 10/26/2018

@ 0334 11377(A) HS POSSESS CNTL SUB \ OLSON LN, EL DORADO HILLS EG1809559
A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE WAS REPORTED AND LOCATED IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE SUBJECTS WERE LOCATED. ONE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR WARRANTS AND THE OTHER FOR POSSESSION OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
S01 ARRESTED MARINO, FELICIA SEX=F AGE=30
S02 ARRESTED HENDRICKS, KEARA SEX=F AGE=33

@ 0512 27491 GC DEATH INVESTIGATION \SO LAKE TAHOE EM1809560
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =69

@ 1001 11377(A) HS POSSESS CNTL SUB \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809564
SUBJECT ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION FOUND TO POSSESS METHAMPHETAMINE.
S01 ARRESTED MARTIN, TIMOTHY SEX=M AGE=42

@ 1023 FOUND IN FOUND PROPERTY \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809571
A BACKPACK CONTAINING LARGE AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL ITEMS WAS FOUND EMPTIED ON THE FLOOR OF A PORTABLE TOILET. NO IDENTIFYING ITEMS LOCATED. BOOKED FOR SAFEKEEPING. 

@ 1108 245(A)(1) PC ADW NOT FIREARM \ DEER TRAIL LN, CAMERON PARK EG1809566
AN ADULT FEMALE WAS ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 23
S01 ARRESTED BANKS, LINDA SEX=F AGE=56

@ 1130 10.16.140 CC PRIVATE PROPERTY TOW \ HIGHWAY 49 , DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809565

@ 1230 FOUND IN FOUND PROPERTY \ HIGHWAY 50 , KYBURZ EG1809570
A USFS OFFICER TURNED OVER FOUND PROPERTY SHE BELIEVED TO BE DISCARDED STOLEN PROPERTY. UNABLE TO LOCATE THE OWNER. BOOKED FOR SAFEKEEPING.

@ 1700 FOUND IN FOUND PROPERTY \ PALMER DR, CAMERON PARK EG1809579
FOUND PROPERTY - MANNEQUIN

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.

[Bill Gabbert, Fire Aviation]
 
The aircraft will inspect lines in El Dorado County in the areas of Camino, Cedar Grove, Pollock Pines, Sly Park, Newtown, Old Fort Jim, Sierra Springs ...

Following reports that at least 12 of the wildfires that devastated areas of the California wine country last year were caused by Pacific Gas & Electric power lines, the company has decided to initiate helicopter patrols. The aircraft will inspect lines in El Dorado County in the areas of Camino, Cedar Grove, Pollock Pines, Sly Park, Newtown, Old Fort Jim, Sierra Springs, Pleasant Valley, Sweeneys Crossing and Happy Valley through October 28.

The National Weather Service predicts breezy conditions and elevated wildfire danger in some areas of Northern California Sunday and also Tuesday through Thursday of next week.

In the past PG&E has contracted for at least one Blackhawk helicopter that they use for heavy lift operations.

Blackhawk helicopter under contract to PG&E.

In July of 2017 a helicopter under contract to PG&E crashed near Donner Summit in California.  The CHP said the six people on board had only minor injuries and none were transported to a hospital.

Crash of helicopter under contract to PG&E July 11, 2017. near Donner Summit. CHP photo.

3 thoughts on “PG&E to patrol power lines with helicopter”

1. Joel C Curtissays:

   October 27, 2018 at 3:20 pm

   I’m trying to think this through as to how these patrols can help. First, transmission lines clearly are susceptible to extreme wind. I would expect that they are at least engineered up to climatological extremes, that is, the strongest wind expected within reasonable range. I think that the October 8th 2017 event was enhanced by a mountain wave, where the extreme wind speed, wind shifts, shear, and turbulence were well past engineering parameters. So, it would make sense to generate the patrols for wind events, BUT that would be the most hazardous time to fly at low levels, especially in mountain wave conditions with helos. Flights should be delayed for safety, yet you want the ignition detection ASAP. I wonder if there is a better method, like sensors along the lines, or that the grid itself signals a disruption. I have questions, not answers, but wire-ignition detection is critical. This is also a big problem in the plains where grass fires have such rapid runs.

   Reply

2. Dave Kauffman Jrsays:

   October 27, 2018 at 7:22 pm

   dont get why its El Dorado county only?..during that big event,Nevada county was hit with two large fires,both were out done (lack of a better word) by the fires over in wine country,there may well have been some smaller fires across the river,place had a few but nothing big,but i heard nothing from over there…why did they pick A&E to do this?

   and about the PG&E helicopter crash.i was at my desk in my rv and saw the pg&e helicopter coming in to land at the sacramento street yard,i watched it make the approach when i heard on my local unicom for auburn airport (they didnt normally say anything when landing there as its not close,but he called out a mayday and said he was going down and asked if anyone heard him to call calfire,i called the amador el dorado dispatch and told them he was going down near china bar on there side.as i was on the phone with them,calfire NEU called and confirmed my report,,then i hurried over the the auburn dam overlook and could see the helo on its side on a river bar.tail boom broken off..was sorta exciting

   Reply

3. Hans Laetzsays:

   October 27, 2018 at 7:52 pm

   These patrols will not necessarily be during wind conditions. I would posit that they will probably be to check for tree problems BEFORE the winds arrive. The article is unclear, perhaps PGE was intentionally unclear.

4.  

[Chris Nichols]
 
We are honored to announce that The Medicine Horse Project has earned greatnonprofits.org 2018 Top Rate Non-Profit award.

This badge of honor is awarded to non-profit organization making a difference in their communities, measured by their community

We are incredibly passionate about improving the lives of horses and humans. We are blessed with amazing volunteers and supporters who believe in and are faithful to our mission.

Rescuing horses goes far beyond the initial rescue, transport and arrival at the ranch. Its on-going, high quality feed, supplements, farrier care and veterinary care. It's an immense commitment of time rehabilitating horses that have been given up on, abandoned, neglected, or left to die in the slaughter pipeline. When we take in a new horse the commitment we and our team of volunteers are making is to the lifetime of that horse. If their forever home never comes, they have a forever home right here as part of the MHP family. Even when forever finds them, our adopters become part of our family and we remain a resource, of love, guidance and support for now both adopter and adoptee. It's our commitment to the horses and humans who come here. We know you expect and wouldn't want anything less.

Receiving the greatnonprofits.org 2018 Top Non-Profit Award should give you confidence in your choice to support The Medicine Horse Project, our horses and our programs. Your donor dollars go directly to the horses and programs. We pay no salaries with your donor $$'s. Every person involved at MHP is a volunteer, including our fearless leaders, myself, and Morgan Nichols. We also donate the use of our ranch to the organization at no cost. Why? Because the horses and humans are our number one priority. This is the work that feeds our souls.

Write a Review: https://greatnonprofits.org/reviews/write/medicine-horse-project?fbclid=IwAR0EVdLFsxZUu9lg-p_oQmGtDOXhTFkQBvPC20RZXBA0ODHKCHKF5N361_I

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 27, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

MAKENNA    ROSE    BOGEN    F
PV    20181027    RELEASED    19    I
23152(F)    M    DUI ANY DRUG    $5,000.00

VANESSA    MARIE    BURGESS    F
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    25    E
23152(E)    M    DUI DRUG    $3,500.00
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $3,000.00

TERESA    LEE    CONG    F
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    42    E
273.5    F    INFLICT CRPL INJ SP/COHAB    $50,000.00

NIKOLAS    ERIN    FITZPATRICK    M
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    22    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $7,500.00

ULISES    GONZALEZ    GONZALEZ    M
PV    20181027    RELEASED    21    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

JASON    KENDRICK    HOLTON    M
LT    20181027    RELEASED    38    S
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

ANNETTE    LEANNE    HUTCHINSON    F
LT    20181027    INCUSTODY    53    E
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $7,500.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT    $5,000.00

FRANCES    LAYLA    JOHNSON    F
PV    20181027    RELEASED    32    P
245(A)(1)    F    ADW NOT FIREARM    

JEREMY    JAMES    LACEY    M
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    28    P
148(A)(1)    M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC    $10,500.00
148(A)(1)    M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC    $10,000.00

ROBYN    ROSEMARY    MCMANN    F
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    24    P
11550(A)    M    UNDER INFLUENCE CNTL SUB    $2,000.00
148(A)(1)    M    OBSTRUCT/ETC PUB OFCR/ETC    $3,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

BRIANNA    ASHLEIGH    PARDO    F
PV    20181027    RELEASED    25    P
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $10,500.00

DANIEL        PATTERSON    M
PV    20181027    RELEASED    48    E
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

BRITTANY    ANN    PEREZ    F
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    31    E
1170(H)(5)    F    MCS VIOLATION    

RICHARD    DEAN    SANTOS    M
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    37    E
273.6(A)    M    VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES VIOL    $25,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    M    ENHANCEMENT    $2,500.00

GAVIN    MICHAEL    SELLERS    M
PV    20181027    RELEASED    25    P
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $10,000.00

KYLE    MICHAEL    THOMPSON    M
LT    20181027    INCUSTODY    26    S
594(A)(2)    F    VANDALISM:DAMAGE PROPERTY    $10,000.00

VINCENT    BURTON    TULLO    M
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    39    E
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00
ENHANCEMENT    F    ENHANCEMENT/FOR BAIL PURPOSES ONLY    $10,000.00

IRENE    MARGARETE    ZEEVAERT    F
PV    20181027    INCUSTODY    59    E
647    M    DISORDERLY CONDUCT    $500.00

EDSO Actvity Log for 10/27/2018

@ 0840 10-65 IN RUNAWAY JUVENILE \ PLACERVILLE EG1809596
TWO JUVENILE MALE SUBJECTS RAN AWAY FROM A GROUP HOME. DEPUTIES LOCATED BOTH SUBJECTS AND RETURNED THEM TO THE GROUP HOME.

@ 0853 647(F) PC DISORD CONDUCT:UI/DR \ COLD SPRINGS RD, COLOMA EG1809595
A FEMALE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR BEING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC.
S01 ARRESTED ZEEVAERT, IRENE SEX=F AGE=59

@ 1213 5.56.110 CO VACATION RENTAL \ COLD CREEK TL, SOUTH LAKE TAHO EG1809600
EDSO RESPONDED TO AN ORDINANCE VIOLATION AT A VACATION HOME RENTAL IN SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. THE RENTING PARTY WAS ADVISED AND CORRECTED THE ISSUE.
S01 SEX=F SUSPECT AGE=54

@ 1215 459 PC BURGLARY \ WENTWORTH SPRINGS RD, GEORGETOWN EG1809603
VICTIM HAD HER ELECTRIC BLANKET STOLEN OUT OF HER MOBILE HOME. NO SUSPECT INFORMATION.
V01 SEX=F VICTIM AGE = 52

@ 1512 273.6(A) PC VIO ORD:PREVNT DOMES \ SLY PARK EG1809605
A MALE SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ORDER.
S01 ARRESTED SANTOS, RICHARD SEX=M AGE=37

@ 1801 459 PC BURGLARY \ EMERALD BAY RD, TAHOMA EG1809611

UNKNOWN SUSPECT(S) BROKE THE WINDOW ON A VEHICLE AND REMOVED A PILLOW.

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.
 

[Juline Aguila, Foster & Kinship Care Education]
 
Foster & Kinship Care Education This Week and In November.

Santa's Open House Holiday Boutique and Craft Fair 

Benefiting Foster Kids of El Dorado County November 2 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. November 3 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 
Placerville Elks Lodge No 0700 3800 Quest Court Shingle Springs 
Now accepting gently used furniture, household items, tools and jewelry Call Angela at (916)804-3013

Skills For Healthy Boundaries…Rebuilding A Child’s Self-Identity

Thursday, November 1st, 6:30pm-8:30pm…(doors open at 6pm for meet and greet)

Location: El Dorado County Office of Education, 6767 Green Valley Rd., Placerville, Building B-1

Boundaries are largely formed in childhood. How a child is treated by others shapes how their boundaries are defined. Any type of abuse - physical, emotional, or sexual, is a boundary invasion. Victims of abuse experience a loss of control over their own bodies and lives. Our presenter, Judy Knapp, will share the Circles Program and other skill building techniques so we can learn how to help kids of all abilities gain power over their bodies and have healthy relationships. This class counts towards annual training hours (as do all our classes!).

Supporting A Loved One With a Mental Health Condition

A NAMI Family and Friends Seminar

Thursday, November 8^th, 6:30-8:00pm (doors open at 6pm for meet and greet)

 Please RSVP to Jan from NAMI El Dorado: (530) 306-7710

Location: El Dorado County Office of Education, 6767 Green Valley Rd., Placerville, Building B-2

Presented by NAMI El Dorado certified trainers, join us to gain information and support in caring for a loved one with a mental health condition. We will discuss common symptoms, treatment, recovery and much more. Come find out about local resources and ongoing support. You are not alone!

LGBTQ Foster Youth Awareness… this satisfies one RFA Required Annual Training topic

Wednesday, November 14^th, 2018, 9:00am-12:00pm

Location: Green Valley Community Church, 3500 Missouri Flat Rd., Placerville, Room 304, use lower level parking, classrooms are in wing to the left.  Continued on the next page…

Calling all Resource Families! Our speakers from the Foster Youth Collaborative will help us gain knowledge and understanding of our Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning youth in foster care. Learn about the population and how we can better support these youth while in care and reduce barriers to their permanency. 

[Tim Hauserman]

Fifty years ago this October, the U.S. Track and Field team went to the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City and proceeded to have America's greatest-ever Summer Games.

"I speak for what the experts say now: more gold medals, more world records, more silver medals, more bronze medals, more American records, the greatest team in Olympic history," 1968 Olympic track coach Payton Jordan famously said when he revisited the site of the Echo Summit track in 2000.

The Americans were indeed dominant, winning 24 medals — including 12 golds — and setting six world records during the course of the 1968 Games.

Perhaps part of that success can be attributed to where the athletes trained before heading to the high altitude venues of Mexico City — about 15 miles south of South Lake Tahoe at Echo Summit, where the U.S. Men's Olympic Track & Field Trials were held from Sept. 6-16, 1968.

At 7,300 feet, Echo Summit closely matched the elevation of Mexico City. While training at that altitude was grueling, the athletes fell in love with the unique track setting and the beauty of Lake Tahoe.

'LAKE TAHOE WAS A DREAM'

For the event, the National Forest Service gave permission for the installation of a temporary all-weather Tartan track that was laid out at the location of what was then Echo Summit Ski Area, with the understanding that the event would have as little impact on the environment as possible.

Author Bob Burns — whose book, "A Track in the Forest: The Creation of a Legendary 1968 Olympic Team," will be published in October — writes the following about the temporary track: "The Echo Summit Track had hundreds of pines dotting the infield. Runners disappeared from sight on the curves and backstretch. Javelins came flying out of the trees."

Fans would climb onto giant granite boulders among the tall trees, or sit on the slanted hillside to watch the event. There was limited grandstand space, and the middle of the forest atmosphere was different from the usual venue for track and field events: a stadium in the middle of a city.

Bill Toomey, the American gold medalist in the 1968 Olympic decathlon, held such fond memories of his experience at Echo Summit a half-century ago that he moved to Incline Village on Lake Tahoe's North Shore several years ago.

"Lake Tahoe was a dream," Toomey said in an interview with Tahoe Magazine. "Making the Olympic team there ingratiated me into the whole environment; you would get lost in the trees and find yourself on the way back."

It was not all fun and games, however. Toomey recalls the 1968 event near Lake Tahoe as the, "roughest trials in the history of trials because of the altitude, especially for distance runners."

The trials also took an emotional toll, Toomey recalls, since athletes' dreams to make the Olympics were either realized or dashed while atop Echo Summit. While Toomey just missed qualifying for the Olympics in 1964, he found success in September 1968 at Echo Summit, leading to his gold medal feat a month later in Mexico City.

WALT LITTLE — 'THE DRIVING FORCE'

What made this improbable event happen 50 years ago was largely due to the hard work of Walt Little, who served as parks director for the then-3-year-old city of South Lake Tahoe.

Little had been a sports writer and was a close friend of U.S. Track and Field's Jordan. Little's son also worked at the Echo Summit Ski Area at the time and suggested it to his father as a potential site.

The Littles worked to convince the U.S. Olympic Planning Commission to go with Echo Summit, obtained financial support from Harrah's resort on Tahoe's South Shore, and instituted a 5 percent hotel tax to provide the $250,000 needed to purchase the aforementioned temporary Tartan track.

Trailers went up onsite for some of the athletes to live in, while others stayed in hotels in South Lake Tahoe. Walt Little even arranged part-time jobs for some of the athletes to make ends meet.

And when the budget couldn't pay for athletes' meals, Little paid for them himself, Toomey recalled.

"Walt Little was the driving force to make it happen — he knew what the impact of the trials would be on the community," said Toomey. "He is the unknown hero of the entire trials."

Inspired by the unique conditions in the forest, the American track and field athletes set four world records on Echo Summit, en route to their dominant medal-winning run in Mexico City.

FOREVER A HISTORIC LANDMARK

A half-century ago, 1968 was the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, and a time of great political and racial unrest.

With that, the 1968 Olympics are not only known as the best-ever for the American track and field team, but the Games are remembered for the iconic, gloved-fist protest on the podium by American Gold and Bronze medalists Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

Echo Summit, however, served as a respite for the athletes. Burns writes: "It was a troubling and confusing time in 1968. For a brief few weeks a California mountaintop provided a remarkable group of individuals shelter from the storm."

Fifty years later, the only vestige of this great moment in Tahoe history is a plaque at the Echo Summit site, which in 2013 was designated as a California Historic Landmark.

Eleven members of the 1968 Track and Field Team came back to Echo Summit and Lake Tahoe the following year to commemorate the landmark designation, including sprinters Smith and Carlos, as well as teammates Ed Burke (hammer throw), Ron Whitney (400-meter hurdles), Ed Caruthers (high jump), Norm Tate (triple jump), Larry Young (50-kilometer walk), Reynaldo Brown (high jump), Dave Maggard (shot put) and Vince Matthews (4×400 relay).

These days, the site also doubles as a summer trailhead for the Tahoe Rim Trail/Pacific Crest Trail, and the winter home of the Adventure Mountain Tahoe sledding resort.

But, as Bill Toomey looks across the lake from his home in Incline Village, he remembers the location served a much more important purpose five decades ago: "Tahoe was a place that made gold medals."

Editor's note: This story is adapted from the summer 2018 edition of Tahoe Magazine, a specialty publication of the Sierra Nevada Media Group. The magazine, which is packed with plenty of features and advertisements about all that the Tahoe-Truckee summer has to offer, is on newsstands now across Lake Tahoe, Truckee and Reno. Go to tahoemagazine.com to read it online.

[MATTIE QUINN]
 
There’s a lot that’s indisputable about childhood trauma. Emotional or physical abuse early in life impacts health outcomes as children grow up. Community- and family-based approaches to dealing with trauma are better than institutional settings. And children of color are more likely to face traumatizing childhood experiences.

Those events can include something as common as divorce, but also encompass circumstances such as having an incarcerated parent, living with someone with a substance abuse disorder or being exposed to domestic violence. Traumatized children, experts know, are not only more likely to develop mental health problems but also to suffer from physical health challenges such as diabetes or heart disease later in life.

But despite what experts know, there’s still a lot they don’t, and in the past year or so there’s been a groundswell in the research and advocacy communities to understand more about what causes trauma in childhood and what are effective ways to address it. “The science is clear, but what we don’t know is how to apply it at the policy and practice level,” says Jennifer Jones, director of child and family systems innovation at the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities.

Last year, Wisconsin first lady Tonette Walker convened 11 governors’ spouses to learn from specialists about the science of childhood trauma and explore promising community approaches. This summer, “untreated trauma is the underbelly of violence” was the tagline for a public awareness campaign in New Orleans highlighting the need for people to talk to the “difficult” children in their neighborhoods. The Washington State Institute for Public Policy completed an in-depth cost-benefit analysis of all of the state’s trauma care programs. And there’s been a push around reshaping how to speak to traumatized children, such as asking, “What happened to you?,” rather than the more traditional -- and loaded -- question, “What’s wrong with you?”

Complicating the situation is federal legislation affecting how states will treat children needing foster care, who disproportionately have traumatic childhood experiences. Under the Family First Prevention Services Act passed in February, the feds will stop reimbursing states for children who stay for more than two weeks in group homes that aren’t certified to serve youngsters with severe mental health needs. The federal government will, however, offer financial incentives for states to try evidence-based programs that keep families together.

While child welfare advocates applaud upstream efforts like family preservation, the move away from group homes will be difficult for states to achieve before the October 2019 deadline, given how hard it already is to find foster families: From 2012 to 2017, half of the states saw decreases in their rolls of foster families, according to The Chronicle of Social Change.

The new federal rules “would be like if the Affordable Care Act said it wasn’t going to cover hospital stays,” says Matthew Stagner, vice president and director of human services at Mathematica Policy Research. “Of course we want to move away from residential housing, just like we want to reduce hospital stays. But this is a pretty blunt instrument.”

For now, those who research and deal with childhood trauma and its lifelong aftermath hope Washington will allow states to be creative. “We have to ensure that these promising practices are science-aligned and using the latest advances in neural science,” says Jones of the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities. “We also want to make sure we’re leaving room for innovative solutions, since we are still learning what works.”

[University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio]
 
Adults in their 40s and 50s with higher levels of cortisol -- a hormone linked to stress -- performed worse on memory and other cognitive tasks than peers of the same age with average cortisol levels, research found. Higher cortisol in the blood also was associated with smaller brain volumes, according to the study, published Oct. 24 in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

"In our quest to understand cognitive aging, one of the factors attracting significant interest and concern is the increasing stress of modern life," said study senior author Sudha Seshadri, M.D., professor of neurology at UT Health San Antonio and founding director of the university's Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases. "One of the things we know in animals is that stress can lead to cognitive decline. In this study, higher morning cortisol levels in a large sample of people were associated with worse brain structure and cognition."

The cognitive data are from 2,231 participants in the Framingham Heart Study, for which Dr. Seshadri is a senior investigator; 2,018 participants also underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to measure brain volume. The team included Framingham collaborators at Harvard Medical School; the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Boston University School of Medicine; the University of California, Davis, at Sacramento; and UT Health San Antonio.

Blood serum cortisol, which varies in level throughout the day, was measured in early morning (between 7:30 and 9 a.m.) in each fasting participant. The study featured a relatively young sample of male and female participants (mean age 48.5).

"Cortisol affects many different functions, so it is important to fully investigate how high levels of the hormone may affect the brain," said study lead author Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School. "While other studies have examined cortisol and memory, we believe our large, community-based study is the first to explore, in middle-aged people, fasting blood cortisol levels and brain volume, as well as memory and thinking skills."

Memory loss and brain shrinkage were found in the study's middle-age participants before the onset of any symptoms, Dr. Echouffo-Tcheugui noted. He said it is important for physicians to counsel people with higher cortisol levels on ways to reduce stress, such as getting enough sleep and engaging in moderate exercise.

"The faster pace of life today probably means more stress, and when we are stressed, cortisol levels increase because that is our fight-or-flight response," Dr. Seshadri said. "When we are afraid, when we are threatened in any way, our cortisol levels go up. This study adds to the prevailing wisdom that it's never too early to be mindful of reducing stress."

Findings were adjusted for factors including age, sex, smoking and body mass index. The team asked whether having APOE4, a genetic risk factor for cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease, might be associated with higher cortisol level. This did not prove to be the case.

[PRpond]

The following people are on the arrest log of OCTOBER 28, 2018, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:

LOGAN    CHRISTOPHE    BINGHAM    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    18    E
25662(A)    M    MINOR POSSESS ALCOHOL

MICHAEL    JAMES    BRADY    M
LT    20181028    RELEASED    46    S
1551    F    FUG JUST:WARRANT ARREST    $1,145.00

ADAM    VINCENT    CAMPAGNA    M
PV    20181028    INCUSTODY    29    E
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    
1203.2(A)    F    VIOL OF PROBATION    

ASHLEE    ANN    GEIST    F
PV    20181028    RELEASED    29    E
273.5(A)    F    CRPL INJ:SPOUS/COHAB/DATE    $50,000.00

RON    MICHAEL    HOHN    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    61    I
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT

BOBBY    JO    LIDIKAY    F
LT    20181028    RELEASED    44    E
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

ALFRED    BRYAN    LOPEZ    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    34    E
11377(A)    M    POSSESS CNTL SUB    $2,500.00
11364(A)    M    POSS UNLAW PARAPHERNALIA    $2,000.00

TONY    V    LOR    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    53    G
33410    F    POSSESS SILENCER    
2000(A)    M    UNLAWFULLY TAKE BIRD/ETC

BRIAN    WADE    MASSEY    M
PV    20181028    INCUSTODY    47    E
3056    F    VIOLATION OF PAROLE:FEL

CHARLES    BARD    MITCHELL    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    77    G
4330    M    TAKE DEER W/O LICENSE    
2001(C)    M    POSS WILDLIFE ILLEGALLY

DEANNA    ALISA    MORSE    F
PV    20181028    RELEASED    46    I
23152(A)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    

TERRILL    FRANK    PEDRETTI    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    54    E
422(A)    F    THRTN CRIME:INT:TERRORIZE    $50,000.00
273A(A)    F    CHILD CRUELTY:POS INJ/DTH    $50,000.00
242    M    BATTERY ON PERSON    $5,000.00

KIMBERLY        RICHART    F
PV    20181028    RELEASED    45    I
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

RORY    DUANE    SEWELL JR    M
PV    20181028    INCUSTODY    38    E
14601.5(A)    M    DRIV:LIC SUS/ETC:UI/RFUSL    $25,000.00

DANIIL        TARASOV    M
PV    20181028    RELEASED    33    P
23152(A)/23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL    $5,000.00

ERICA    CHRISTINE    WINDT    F
LT    20181028    INCUSTODY    48    E
23152(B)    M    DUI ALCOHOL/0.08 PERCENT    

EDSO Actvity Log for 10/28/2018

@ 0054 23152(A) VC DUI ALCOHOL \ CHEYENNE DR, MEYERS EG1809625
A FEMALE WAS ARRESTED FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE INTOXICATED.
S01 ARRESTED LIDIKAY, BOBBY SEX=F AGE=44

@ 1258 27491 IN DEATH INVESTIGATION \POLLOCK PINES EM1809633
V01 SEX=M VICTIM AGE =71

@ 1340 00 IN FOUND PROPERTY \ PONY EXPRESS TL, CEDAR GROVE EG1809632
FOUND PROPERTY REPORT.

@ 2236 848 PC WARRANT ARREST \ MISSOURI FLAT RD, DIAMOND SPRINGS EG1809643
MALE WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND BOOKED INTO THE PLACERVILLE JAIL.
S01 ARRESTED MASSEY, BRIAN SEX=M AGE=47

@ 2324 647(F) PC DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOH \ MARSHALL WY, PLACERVILLE EG1809590
SUBJECT DETAINED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION AND LATER RELEASED PURSUANT TO 849 PC. RELEASED 849 48 

[Distribution of personal information related to juveniles, victims of Domestic Violence and\or victims of sexual assault is unlawful.]

Please Note: Arrests are made based upon probable cause. All are entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty in a court of law.