2nd Annual El Dorado County Chamber of Commerce - Charity Golf Tournament
A portion of the proceeds will benefit MORE. Entry fee includes: Green fees; cart fees; Range Balls' Commemorative golf hat; closest to pin; longest drive; raffle prizes; free beer, water & soda on the course; and dinner. Call for me details or sign upline. 10:30 a.m. Registration, 12:00 p.m. Shotgun Start, and Dinner 5:00 p.m. Apple Mountain Golf Resort, 3455 Carson Road, Camino, Ca $115.00 if paid by August 31st, after that becomes $135.00. Registration that day if space is available. Just dinner is $22 if you are not playing www.eldoradocounty.org For more information contact: Dave Nelson (530) 622-8650
With California on edge as a heat wave threatened to worsen firefighting efforts, hundreds of people north of the state capital evacuated Tuesday after a fire shifted direction.
The first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season continued to weaken Tuesday, dropping to a Category 1 storm with 85 mph winds, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported.
The West's fire season used to stretch from May into August or September, but now fires touch off in April or earlier, and the season sometimes stretches into October.
NBC Universal and two partners said Sunday they have reached a deal to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications Inc., ending a drawn-out process.
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