By Larry Weitzman About or shortly after the time Larry Combs was dismissed from his two-year stint as CAO of Merced County he was asked by the Board of Supervisors of Sutter County to help them find a new CAO. It was a paid consultancy. Combs recommended a man named Jim Arkens, who at the […]
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By Kevin Freking, AP WASHINGTON — Under President Dwight D. Eisehower, the nation prepared for the 50th birthday of the National Park Service with a spending splurge that refurbished Independence Hall in Philadelphia and helped complete the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway. This year, the world-famous system turns 100 and […]
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By Nancy Fink Huehnergarth, Forbes That next steak or pork chop you buy at the grocery store could be from Mexico and beyond, but you’ll never know it. On Friday, Congress repealed the country-of-origin-labeling rule (COOL) on beef and pork after the World Trade Organization (WTO) imposed $1 billion in retaliatory import tariffs against United […]
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By Kim Wyatt “M Train” By Patti Smith Knopf, 272 pages, $25 hardcover One-line review: Transcendent. It seemed fitting to begin “M Train” by Patti Smith at a diner, the kind with Formica counters and only 10 items on the menu. Smith is a diner and—more significantly—coffee aficionado, so I felt a kinship with her […]
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By Howard Stutz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Count the analysts at Fitch Ratings Service as predicting 2016 to be a stable environment for most U.S. gaming operators. Few casino openings are planned that could tip the scales in saturated gaming markets. Discretionary spending by consumers remains on an upswing. Companies saddled with a hefty long-term debt — […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee The median price for a home in the high-end Lake Tahoe market climbed modestly in 2015, according to Nevada-based Chase International Real Estate. The median price increased 3 percent year-over-year to $490,000. Unit sales also increased 3 percent year-over-year. Chase said the South shore and Tahoe City areas saw the […]
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By Georgia Diebelius, Daily Mail A collection of striking vintage ski posters that hark back to a golden age of winter holidays are expected to fetch a whopping $1 million at auction. The pictures of Europe’s top skiing destinations were created in the early 20th century when the first resorts began competing against one another to […]
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By Christine Mai-Duc, Los Angeles Times After one of the most destructive fire seasons in California history and with an eye toward the increased potential effects of climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown has proposed spending more on fighting wildfires than the state has in more than a decade. Brown’s $170.7 billion budget proposal includes a $719 million one-time […]
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· The Father-Daughter Sweetheart Dance at Harveys in Stateline is Feb. 5 from 7-9:30pm. Cost is $10 per person. For more info, call 775.586.7271. · TRYP’s January workshop is a community service open house where more than 12 nonprofits will discuss their services and try to bridge the gap between organizations. The workshop is free […]
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By Philip Bump, Washington Post The Constitution, in one of its less explicit sections, mandates that the president shall “from time to time” give Congress his assessment of the state of the union, and offer ideas for what to do about it. Nearly every president has taken this literally, giving either an address (as is […]
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