Lotus girl attempts Alcatraz to San Francisco swim
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By Bill Lindelof - Updated: 2:36 pm

A girl from the tiny community of Lotus in El Dorado County hopes to make a big splash by becoming one of the youngest people to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco on Memorial Day.

Concrete work begins on new Folsom Dam spillway
By Matt Weiser - Updated: 2:13 pm
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After four years of digging, the concrete has begun flowing at Folsom Dam to construct a new flood control spillway.
Ray Nutting, George Turnboo battle for El Dorado County supervisor seat
By Carlos Alcalá - Published: Friday, May 25 2012 - 12:00 am
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Both candidates boast of El Dorado County roots going back generations. Both support conservative political positions.
El Dorado County folks riled by U.N. agenda for sustainable growth
By Carlos Alcalá - Published: Thursday, May 24 2012 - 12:00 am
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The United Nations is haunting El Dorado County. Critics of a 20-year-old U.N. document called Agenda 21 are becoming more vocal, blaming it for any number of ills in the county.
Most devoted poll worker? At age 99, Orangevale woman a shoo-in
By Anita Creamer - Updated: Tuesday, May 22 2012 - 12:47 pm
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Of the 2,500 precinct clerks and polling inspectors who will staff the June primary at Sacramento County's 467 polling places, Virginia Nielsen is the oldest: a veteran of more presidential and gubernatorial primaries and elections than she can remember.

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