Tory Robert Mayes sneaked onto the EID facility and fell or jumped into an above-ground air vent in the pipe below Sly Park Dam, said Jesse Saich, irrigation district spokesman. The pipe carries ...

The El Dorado Irrigation District, El Dorado County's major water supplier, has received federal approval to buy the Sly Park Dam and Reservoir from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for $11.5 million.

Residents throughout El Dorado County, including Pollock Pines, Placerville, El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park, received phone ... Pines from Jenkinson Lake near Sly Park Dam.