By Caroline Benner, High Country News Against the backdrop of a desert sunrise, two human silhouettes exchange double high-fives. By 8am, a bouncing crowd of a couple dozen has gathered around a group of wooden columns emblazoned with the crest of the Pacific Crest Trail — the monument that marks the start of the 2,650-mile […]
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· The deadline to sign up for the Tahoe Tennis Classic is July 23. More info is available online. · The annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit is Aug. 22 from 10am-noon at Valhalla. It’s free, but people are asked to register. · Douglas County Sheriff’s Office has added two K9s to its ranks. Beny is […]
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National Night Out is Aug. 1, 4-8pm at the Environmental Science Magnet School in Meyers. This is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out is designed to enhance the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a […]
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The North Tahoe Business Association has installed 15 original art banners on the streetlights throughout downtown Kings Beach. The art banners are throughout the one-mile commercial core, interspersed between promotional-style banners. The new art banners are the result of a call to artists issued by NTBA, inviting emerging and established artists, young and old, to […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Multi-sport athletes used to be the norm in high school; not so any more. But the pros, well, they are showing that they aren’t single sport wonders. Baseball, tennis, hockey and football players are in the top six spots after the first day of the American Century Championship. The three-day […]
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By Larry Weitzman Another “legacy” instituted by former El Dorado County CAO Larry Combs, which is running rampant in our senior community like a bad disease, is the PACE program. PACE is the acronym for Property Assessed Clean Energy. It is also known as the HERO program which acronym means Home Energy Renovation Opportunity. Whatever […]
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By Philip Marcelo, AP BOSTON — The two leading daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel have scrapped their proposed merger about a month after federal regulators sued to block it. The two companies said Thursday they were moving forward separately in the best interests of their customers, employees, and investors. Neither directly addressed the […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun Candidates for statewide offices are readying for a 2018 election season that’s been brewing for months, with Democrats seeking to secure gains from the 2016 cycle. With more than a year to go before the general election in 2018, races for the U.S. Senate and governor’s office have already […]
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Placer County is paying two nonprofit organizations to provide housing coordination services to residents who are at risk of becoming homeless or who have already become homeless. They will provide case management, budgeting and moving help, furnishings, deposits, credit checks, rental preparation classes and more. “As we make broad efforts to expand affordable housing for […]
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Thirty-one retired El Dorado County employees now rake in six figures in CalPERS benefits, with two people making more than $200,000. These defined benefits are practically bankrupting the county. This is taxpayer money being paid to people who aren’t doing anything for the county any more. The county’s unfunded obligation to its retirees is a […]
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