By Adam Ashton and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee On the eve of major pension changes that would crimp retirement benefits for new hires, a handful of California government agencies went on a holiday hiring spree. The Board of Equalization hired 25 new faces that week. Seventeen reported for their first day of work on New […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal This time of year, David Schwartz, the director of UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research, crunches more numbers than an accountant on a tax-filing deadline. If it has anything to do with revenue generated on a casino floor, Schwartz has a chart filled with historical data to explain its […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times In more than four decades as a top transportation planner in California, Will Kempton says the state’s roads have never been in as bad condition as they are right now. Kempton, 69, who is retiring as executive director of the advocacy group Transportation California, said he is “frustrated and disappointed” that […]
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By Jim Hemig, Moonshine Ink We all have stories of out-of-towners who can’t seem to get it right. You know the ones, the drivers who stop right in the middle of the roundabout to let you enter, which is nice, but wrong. Or those who don’t even bother to look on their way in, blasting […]
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By Larry Weitzman Kia Sportage was launched in the United States in about 1994, a year after Kia arrived in the United States with the Sephia. Now in in its fourth generation, which came out about a year ago, the Sportage has grown by an inch and a half in wheelbase and length over generation […]
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· South Tahoe High and South Tahoe Middle schools have been revalidated AVID National Demonstration Schools, a status each site has achieved since 2000 and 2001, respectively. · El Dorado County Fair received five first place, three second place and three third place awards at the Western Fairs Association’s Convention & Trade Show. · Douglas […]
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Updated 6:54pm Highway 50 in the Kyburz area will remain closed indefinitely due to multiple mudslides. This means the main route between the South Shore and Placerville is off limits at least as a thoroughfare. It is possible to access some points along the route from each direction. For example, Sierra-at-Tahoe is open. Crews are […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy Is American politics becoming clannish? Cliquish? Segregated? Disunited? Or perhaps we’re headed backward and the definitive word would be tribal. The question then is, did the 2016 election confirm the fact that we’re segregating ourselves into tribes? Resoundingly, yes, said Christopher Hare in hard hitting community presentation at Sierra Nevada College […]
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By Joe Mathews When I got the keys to California, I floored the accelerator until I was driving 100 mph. I felt exhilaration—and fear. This speed was totally unfamiliar to someone who has spent his life driving beaten-up Toyotas. In California we like to think we can go as fast as our imaginations can take […]
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By Byard Duncan, Reveal Sen. John McCain, who spent more than five years in Vietnamese captivity, is no stranger to traditional war. But when the Arizona Republican recently brought together officials from three intelligence agencies, his focus was on a more modern frontier: cyberspace. Given reports of Russian interference in last year’s presidential election, McCain […]
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