Many families celebrated the Fourth of July on local waterways, but nearly a dozen people got caught in strong currents on the American River Friday afternoon.

The Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Gold River has closed its visitor center, parking lot and several fish ponds, also known as raceways, due to maintenance and contract issues.

(FOX40.COM) — Ancestral lands in El Dorado County were successfully transferred from the American River Conservancy to the native-led conservation nonprofit Cosumnes Culture and WaterWays after ...