Firefighters rushed to the rescue a possibly injured man trapped on an island in the American River.
It all started with a 911 call from a rafter who saw someone having problems in the river.
Firefighters geared up in wetsuits and went out with paddles and boards to bring the man to shore after he was he was bitten by a snake.
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Sixty solar panels were stolen from the American River Parkway Foundation building this week.
The panels were all donated by SMUD to encourage solar electricity use in households. They provided power to the American River Foundation offices, according to Executive Director Dianna Poggetto.
“I am saddened that individuals continue to vandalize our building for a few hundred dollars’ worth of copper when it costs the Foundation thousands of dollars to repair,” Poggetto wrote in a news release.
The panels were attached to the shade structure just outside the building.
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Two men drowned in the American River in separate incidents over the weekend, officials said.
An unidentified 25-year-old man drowned Sunday while swimming near the Howe Avenue boat ramp, Sacramento fire officials said. He began struggling and slipped under the water while swimming in the river with another man and a minor, who were rescued from a nearby island, officials said.
On Saturday, a 23-year-old Rancho Cordova man apparently drowned while swimming in the American River near Lake Natoma, officials said.
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A 25 year old Sacramento man drowned in the American River Sunday around 3:30 p.m. during a swim with friends.
The victim, a friend and the friend’s 12-year-old daughter swam to an island off the Howe Avenue Boat Launch Facility, near La Riviera Drive, and were swimming back to shore when the man got into trouble. The friend tried to help the man, but wasn’t able to according to relatives.
Sacramento City Fire crews responded to the scene to search for the man. Around 4:45 p.m., crews recovered the man’s body.
The friend and the 12-year-old girl were not injured during the incident.
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Placer County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man Wednesday after he allegedly started a brush fire near the American River canyon.
A woman reported seeing the fire shortly after 11 a.m., and also saw a man jumping fences.
A Sheriff’s lieutenant who responded yelled at the man to stop, but he kept going.
A crew from the Sheriff’s Office was training with a helicopter nearby. One sergeant from the group confronted the man and got into a fight with him.
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Ready for summer navigation challenges? Learn or perfect map and compass skills at an Orienteering meet along the American River Parkway May 19.
The Orienteering meet, sponsored by Gold Country Orienteers (GCO), takes place at Rossmoor Bar in Rancho Cordova.
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A half century ago Placer County Water Agency leaders finalized documents that led to construction of the Middle Fork American River Hydroelectric Project. Their foresight ensured development of a new water supply for Placer County. The construction was funded through a revenue bond with debt service, operations and maintenance costs funded by the sale of electricity generated by the Project.
The public is invited to attend on Thursday (May 2) at 4 p.m., a special PCWA Board meeting to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the construction of the Agency’s Project.
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The American River Parkway Foundation will conduct a spring cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday along 23 miles of the parkway, from the confluence of the Sacramento River to east of the Nimbus Fish Hatchery. To register or for more information, go to www.arpf.org/SpringForm.shtml
Camp Pollock, formally the Boy Scout Camp, soon to be under SVC’s management is a new 11 acre acquisition by the State Lands Commission along the American River and can be found just north of downtown Sacramento, under Hwy 160.
As a volunteer, you will lend a hand to Camp Pollock’s projects. The tasks include: upgrade and expand camping areas, assemble a court yard with an interpretive native plant garden, build benches, construct picnic tables and create a trail in front of Lodge for public access.
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A popular recreation area along the south fork of the American River in El Dorado County will be closed for two days this week for weed-control work.
The Bureau of Land Management announced that it will close the Cronan Ranch and Greenwood Creek parcels to public access Tuesday and Wednesday, when herbicides will be applied to control invasive weeds.
A notice of intent to apply herbicides will be posted on signs at the trailhead at least 24 hours before the application, and closure signs will be posted during the herbicide application, according to a news release from the BLM’s Mother Lode Field Office.
Broadcast and spot herbicide applications are planned along approximately 14 miles of trail edges to reduce weeds and make trails more accessible for recreational use.
“We are taking an integrated weed management approach to control invasive weeds throughout the Cronan Ranch and Greenwood Creek areas,” Jeff Horn, outdoor recreation planner with the Mother Lode Field Office, said in a written statement.
The weed treatments are needed to reduce invasive plants, predominantly yellow star thistle and medusahead, he said.
Land use practices, Horn said, have created extensive infestations of these invasive weeds throughout the Cronan Ranch and Greenwood Creek areas.