On Sept. 9, cyclists will get the chance to see if they have the steam to beat the old trains of Ely. Road bikers will begin with a short ride to the entrance of the Robinson Nevada copper mine where they will circle a 240-ton haul truck. On their descent toward Ely, they will be […]
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By Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee Some of the summer’s worst wildfires have spanned tens of thousands of acres in California. As heat waves continue in the dry season, a new weapon may soon be at firefighters’ disposal to help combat wildfires across the state. The Global SuperTanker – a converted Boeing 747-400 jet capable of […]
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Peaches is a year-old silver pit bull who is very pretty. She loves to play with other dogs and didn’t chase the cats that she met at the shelter. She is also very affectionate. The shelter’s Facebook page has a fun video of Peaches playing with a couple of the other dogs who are also […]
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By Eli Stillman, Paradise Post Thousands of rural residents including many homeowners in El Dorado County will no longer be paying an annual fire prevention fee that was enacted in 2014. The fire prevention fee of more than $153 for homeowners in the state responsibility area totals $83 million annually for state government. The fee […]
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By Larry Weitzman I want my readers to understand about county government functions. Services that provide a general benefit, like public safety (sheriff, DA, PD, probation) roads, infrastructure, zoning, business licensing and parks, to a lesser extent, provide a general benefit to all county residents and should be paid for by the general population and […]
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By Judy Peterson, Bay Area News Group A Los Gatos resident who is fed up with cut-through beach traffic has started a change.org petition that she plans to personally deliver to Waze and Google Maps officials, telling them they’re “ruining” the quality of life in Los Gatos. Debbie Moessinger launched the petition and spoke about gridlock […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle When a solar eclipse darkens the sky next month, California energy regulators have a small request: Don’t turn on the lights. Or, if you must, please make sure they’re LEDs. The Aug. 21 eclipse that will completely block the sun across a wide arc of North America arrives […]
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The luxury housing market in the Lake Tahoe Basin has helped the total sales for the first half of the year reach more than a half billion dollars. According to Chase International, the value of single-family residences in the basin for the first six months of 2017 was $511,139,859. For the same period in 2016 […]
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By Susan Wood SPARKS – From her gritty heartland rock to the resurging heartfelt soul, Melissa Etheridge’s love of her craft has stood the test of time. It shows in concert when she switches guitars, engages her audience with a wink, a nod and a roll of the eyes as well as those times she […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal With wildfires raging throughout the western U.S. a Reno-based National Guard unit will join the firefighting effort. The deployment of a specially equipped Nevada Air National Guard C-130 comes at the request of the U.S. Forest Service. The aircraft is equipped with Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems, referred to as MAFFS, […]
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