The wildfire started burning in a rural area several miles east of Highway 49 and southeast of Placerville. As of 4:30 p.m. the Cal Fire Amador-El Dorado Unit said the wildfire was burning at a moderate rate of spread.

A Cal Fire captain has been arrested after a woman and a child died in a shooting in Cameron Park, the El Dorado County Sheriff said Friday.

A janitorial supervisor at an El Dorado County elementary school is suspected of multiple child sex crimes, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said on Friday.

A Cal Fire employee has been arrested after a shooting in Cameron Park that left a woman and a boy dead. The possible new couple has an almost 50-year age gap. The high-stakes fight over political boundaries could shape control of the U.S. House – and determine Gov. Gavin Newsom's political future.

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Homeless Outreach Team has been working to dismantle encampments in the county and has been actively addressing campfires, prioritizing community safety.

A man has pleaded guilty in El Dorado County court to selling blue M30 oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that caused a 20-year-old woman to die in 2022, prosecutors said on Friday.

El Dorado County health officials on Tuesday announced that a South Lake Tahoe resident has tested positive for plague, a potentially life-threatening disease that occurs naturally in areas of the western United States.

A motorcycle crash was reported Thursday morning in the El Dorado Hills area of El Dorado County, California Highway Patrol logs show. CHP was dispatched around 7:24 a.m. to Salmon Falls and Hidden Bridge roads. A motorcycle hit a deer and possible minor injuries were reported.