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S.T.A.R. program.celebrates 25 years in El Dorado County
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/23/2019 - 3:41pm
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office started the S.T.A.R. program (Sheriff’s Team of Active Retirees) in 1994 with volunteers in Placerville and South Lake Tahoe. The volunteers help law enforcement officers, firefighters, and paramedics to ensure public safety, by performing traffic controls and maintaining roadblocks.
Mt. Tallac students learn how important their voice is
Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 6:56pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - While many students across the country hit the streets on National Student Walkout Day, Mt. Tallac students were in the classroom focusing how they can be the future change makers.
Students America Rojas, 17, and Kai Heiden, 17, created a slide show for their classmates and staff. There were 19 slides, representing the 17 students who lost their lives one month ago in Parkland, Florida, along with the copy of a poem written by one of the victims (seen at the end of this story).
Authorities find runaway who threatened a school shooting
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/15/2015 - 8:18pm
9:45 p.m. update 10/15/15: Douglas County Sheriff's Office reports that the young man who ran away from China Spring Youth Camp was found at the Walmart on Topsy Lane and taken into custody. He was arrested without incident or injuries.
Numerous tips received by law enforcement led to his capture.
Original Story:
A 15-year-old runaway from the China Spring Youth Camp is being sought by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
School and Community Safety at the Forefront
Submitted by paula on Mon, 10/21/2013 - 5:09pm
It was just 3 minutes from the time a gun was shot today in Sparks, Nevada until the first police officer arrived at Sparks Middle School. In that 3 minutes, one math teacher was killed, two students were shot and the young shooter shot and killed himself.
Democrats reintroduce assault weapons ban
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 10:51amWASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds even after last month's mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn.The meas...
Minden company comforts one of their own in wake of school shooting
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/18/2012 - 10:48amA mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school on Friday has reminded employees at a Minden sail factory how small and fragile the world really is."As the events unfolded on Friday, I, like ...
Candlelight vigil in South Tahoe to honor school shooting victims
Submitted by admin on Sat, 12/15/2012 - 12:26pmConn. school shooting suspect was son of teacher
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 5:23pmWASHINGTON - The man suspected of killing his mother and then gunning down more than two dozen people Friday at the Connecticut elementary school where she taught may have suffered from a person...
LTUSD on 'yellow alert' after school shooting in Conn.
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 4:05pmLake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent James Tarwater ordered all schools in the district on yellow alert after the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school left 20 children dead. Sch...
Official: 27 dead in Conn. school shooting
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 10:10amNEWTOWN, Conn. - A shooting at a Connecticut elementary school Friday left 27 people dead, including 18 children, an official said.The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investiga...
Cops: 7 dead, 3 hurt in Oakland Christian school shooting
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 2:28pmOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A gunman opened fire Monday at a Christian university in California, killing at least seven people, wounding three more and setting off an intense, chaotic manhunt that ended...
