By Bay City News Service Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Hillsborough, introduced a bill last week to lift a ban on shipping alcohol through the U.S. Postal Service. Speier’s office said the bill would end a Prohibition-era ban. “Prohibition is history, and this ban should be too,” Speier said in a statement. “It’s ridiculous that we’re allowing UPS, […]
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· Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe is increasing its minimum wage to $11 an hour. The change represents a 33 percent increase over the $8.25 an hour mandated minimum wage in Nevada. · Clem Shute, who serves on the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, received a lifetime achievement award from the Environmental Section of the California […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment, the massive casino company whose Strip properties include Caesars Palace, the Flamingo and the Paris, reported its second quarter earnings this week. Revenue: $1.14 billion, up 17.4 percent from the second quarter of 2014 — but those numbers don’t include revenue from Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lakeview Lookout – the working name of the other bookend of Lakeview Commons – is being designed to be a community gathering spot with a lake view, but on a much smaller scale. The Alta Mira building came down in September 2014, opening up a view of the lake in South Lake […]
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By Alex Horton, Washington Post Alex Horton is a member of the Defense Council at the Truman National Security Project. He served as an infantryman in Iraq with the Army’s 3rd Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. I got home from the bar and fell into bed soon after Saturday night bled into Sunday morning. I didn’t […]
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This photo, taken Aug. 4, shows cattle grazing illegally in the Lake Tahoe Basin, specifically the Big Meadow area. Grazing was discontinued more than 10 years ago in Meiss Country where Big Meadow is located. The South Shore resident who took the photo and wants to remain anonymous said, “This situation has occurred numerous times […]
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Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition this week is starting weekly Wednesday Night Rides in South Lake Tahoe. Rides will be generally on paved paths and low traffic roads. The first ride is at 6pm Aug.5 and will continue through Sept. 30. There will be at least one regroup stop to get everyone back together. Riders of all levels […]
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An El Dorado County father and son are accused of running a marijuana operation on the West Slope. The two were arrested Friday, but have since posted bail. Members of the West El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team searched two properties in the 4500 block of Ingot Lane in the Garden Valley area near Coloma on July 23. They […]
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By Tamara Audi, Wall Street Journal LOS ANGELES — Wildfires scorching California this summer have already cost one life, 24 homes and millions of dollars. They are also consuming another precious resource: water. An entrenched drought, now in its fifth year, has dulled huge swaths of the Golden State, helping spur 21 blazes statewide. It […]
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The missing Bay Area teacher has been found dead next to his motorcycle on a rugged trail in El Dorado County. The sheriff’s department received a call Aug. 4 at 11:20am from a member of the family’s search crew who located a motorcycle matching the description of Edward Cavanaugh’s and a deceased person nearby. The […]
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