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Folsom neighbors raise $4,775 for woman after Parkstone Way fire

A week after fire heavily damaged Janeen Silliman Goebel's mobile home on Parkstone Way in Folsom, a GoFundMe organized by friend Diana Rich has raised $4,775 toward an $8,000 goal, while arson investigators continue to probe the Sept. 26 blaze.

Red fire engine parked inside a fire station bay with an exhaust hose attached.

Folsom neighbors raise $4,775 for woman after Parkstone Way fire

A week after fire heavily damaged Janeen Silliman Goebel's mobile home on Parkstone Way in Folsom, a GoFundMe organized by friend Diana Rich has raised $4,775 toward an $8,000 goal, while arson investigators continue to probe the Sept. 26 blaze.

Red fire engine parked inside a fire station bay with an exhaust hose attached.

Folsom neighbors raise $4,775 for woman after Parkstone Way fire

A week after fire heavily damaged Janeen Silliman Goebel's mobile home on Parkstone Way in Folsom, a GoFundMe organized by friend Diana Rich has raised $4,775 toward an $8,000 goal, while arson investigators continue to probe the Sept. 26 blaze.

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Folsom Lake holds 87% of average storage as water year ends

Folsom Lake ended the 2025-2026 water year at 87% of its historical average storage despite near-normal rainfall across Northern California, with an early snowpack peak and dry March cutting into runoff.

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Newsom signs wildfire victim bill carried by Patterson, Gallagher

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2700 on Sept. 30, requiring the CPUC to determine full compensation for victims of utility-caused wildfires without raising rates. The bipartisan bill was championed by Assemblyman Joe Patterson, who represents El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park, and Rep. James Gallagher, whose district includes Folsom.

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Vista del Lago teacher lets students run the music program

Vista del Lago High School music instructor Vince Martini created the Contemporary Music Ensemble when the Folsom campus opened, giving students the freedom to choose, arrange and perform their own music in a band-style setting.

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Folsom Education Academy takes top two spots at SMUD wind contest

Two teams from Folsom Education Academy claimed first and second place at SMUD's KidWind Challenge Jr. on Sept. 11, outperforming more than 130 middle schoolers from across the Sacramento region in a wind-turbine design competition at the Aerospace Museum of California.

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NWS heat advisory covers Folsom area through Monday

The National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for the Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park area from 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, through 10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, with highs expected between 94 and 100 degrees.

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Folsom police investigate repeated thefts at Folsom Boulevard store

The Folsom Police Department's Sept. 29 log includes a grand theft investigation tied to three separate store thefts on Folsom Boulevard, a purse theft with credit card fraud on East Bidwell Street, four arrests and a vehicle vandalism.

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Folsom neighbors raise $4,775 for woman after Parkstone Way fire

A week after fire heavily damaged Janeen Silliman Goebel's mobile home on Parkstone Way in Folsom, a GoFundMe organized by friend Diana Rich has raised $4,775 toward an $8,000 goal, while arson investigators continue to probe the Sept. 26 blaze.

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Supervisors send $300K to save Placerville mental health facility

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Sept. 22 to allocate up to $300,000 in contingency funds to keep Clubhouse El Dorado, a Placerville mental health facility operated by NAMI, open through June 2027 after state funding expired.

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Folsom Lake College women's soccer enters Big 8 play at 9-0

Folsom Lake College women's soccer enters Big 8 Conference play at 9-0 with a 31-0 scoring margin in eight on-field games, led by freshman Jada Ardoin's eight goals and a goalkeeper rotation that has not allowed a goal all season.

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Folsom Lake College volleyball falls to 0-4 in Big 8 play

Folsom Lake College volleyball opened Big 8 Conference play 0-4 despite competitive showings, with freshman Aubrey Ballew leading the Falcons in kills in three of four matches and sophomore libero Madi Hyer recording double-figure digs in every contest.

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Democrat Slavensky challenges Hoover in Assembly District 7 race

Democrat Amy Slavensky, a retired school superintendent from Fair Oaks, is challenging Republican Assemblymember Josh Hoover for the District 7 seat covering Folsom, Citrus Heights and Rancho Cordova, running on education funding, affordability and homelessness response.

Hoover seeks re-election on Prop. 36 funding, affordability

Assemblymember Josh Hoover, R-Folsom, outlined his re-election priorities for Assembly District 7 in a Folsom Times interview, naming Proposition 36 funding, affordability and protecting Historic Folsom from housing mandates as top issues ahead of the Nov. 3 general election against Democrat Amy Slavensky.

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