Placerville (El Dorado, California)

The couple charged with kidnapping Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years have confessed to police about the crime, an attorney for one of the defendants said Monday. Phillip and Nancy Garrido are charged with......

Accused kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido is expected to plead guilty to snatching an 11-year-old schoolgirl from her South Lake Tahoe area street, holding her captive for nearly two decades and fathering her two daughters, according to an attorney...

At least one person was injured at a shooting at an elementary school in Placerville, Calif., on Wednesday morning, authorities said. The shooting victim was a school employee, and all students were safe, according to an official with the Placerville........

The principal of a school in the Northern California city of Placerville was fatally shot on campus Wednesday, and authorities have arrested a school janitor in the case. No students at Louisiana Schnell School were hurt, according to an official......

A janitor who allegedly shot and killed the principal of a Northern California elementary school was being held Thursday without bail, authorities said. John Harold Luebbers, 44, who worked at Louisiana Schnell Elementary School in Placerville, was...

At times, the voice is young and terrified -– an 11-year-old girl who was kidnapped during the last week of school , raped for years and kept in line under threat of pain. At times, the voice is brave and......

The painter Thomas Kinkade, whose mass-produced landscapes have made him one of the most-collected artists in America, has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Kinkade, 52, was pulled over outside Carmel on Friday night because his 2006 Mercedes-...

Nearly 20 years after abducting an 11-year-old girl from her street in South Lake Tahoe, Phillip and Nancy Garrido were sentenced for their crimes. Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in 1991, and held captive for 18 years before she was discovered. The...

GETTING THERE From LAX, Southwest, United, Delta fly nonstop to Sacramento. United and US Airways offer connecting flights (change of planes). Restricted round-trip fares begin at $98. From there, Placerville is an hour's drive. WHERE TO STAY Cary...

Placerville, Calif. In the foothills of the Sierra, in a small city once known as Hangtown, I sit quietly in the corner of an abandoned mine tunnel sipping a cappuccino. It is just after 9 on a Saturday morning and the Cozmic Café has been open more...

A plan to have controversial grave markers remade and replaced by California inmates will be discussed by County Officials next week. Tuesday, May 24th, the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will hear more details and discuss a proposal to have the...

Day one of the two week road closure has left Highway 50 eerily quiet. A one mile section of the rock wall separating the road from the plunging canyon below is in bad shape, patched in some place by sandbags. The signs west of Echo Summit say 'OPEN',...