By Dawn Hodson, Mountain Democrat El Dorado Hills property owners who paid the Public Safety Development Impact Fee will have to wait a bit longer for promised refunds. At Tuesday’s El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting Chief Administrative Officer Don Ashton and County Counsel Mike Ciccozzi told the board refunds will be delayed as the county recently received […]
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The U.S. Forest Service wants to know the public’s opinion about charging a fee for the rental of Sardine Lookout in the Tahoe National Forest. Sardine Lookout would be the second lookout available for the public to rent, the first being Calpine Lookout, which is also on the Sierraville Ranger District. The proposed nightly fee is $45. The […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe is one step closer to improving environmental education in the basin for locals and visitors. It all started about a year ago when the California Tahoe Conservancy gave the Tahoe Fund an $85,000 grant to delve into what visitors’ centers should look like in the future. For Amy Berry, executive […]
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By Larry Weitzman El Dorado County officers are sworn to uphold the law, which includes following the federal and state Constitutions, the statutory and codified laws of the federal government and state of California and the various rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and the laws, regulations and ordinances of our local jurisdictions when and as […]
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By Hayley Miller, Huffington Post In an effort to combat income inequality, Portland on Thursday became the first jurisdiction to adopt a tax penalty on companies with excessive CEO-worker pay gaps. Under the new law, companies doing enough business in Portland to pay the city’s business fee will be taxed an additional 10 percent if […]
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By USSA BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. — Chas Guldemond (Reno) earned a hard-fought fourth-place finish at the Winter Dew Tour on Saturday. Guldemond, who landed his first triple cork in competition in the big air section on Friday, finished seventh in the rail portion on Saturday, for a combined score that placed him just off the podium. […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada casinos are kicking out and banning more people from their floors than possibly ever before. “Definitely in the last four years we’ve seen what I would consider a bit of an uptick in individuals that we put on the Excluded Persons List (commonly referred to as the Black Book),” […]
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Updated 4:56pm: By Kathryn Reed A skier who went into closed terrain at Mt. Rose ski resort Saturday has not been heard from since about 10:15am. A pair of 60-something year old men hiked up to the chutes area of the resort on Dec. 10. One friend saw the other disappear into what he told […]
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· South Lake Tahoe Fire and Rescue is collecting coats for kids from Dec. 15-Jan. 31. Drop off a gently used or new coats at Station No. 3, 2101 Lake Tahoe Blvd. · Tahoe Donner downhill ski area is now open. · The South Lake Tahoe warm room will open Dec. 15 at 7pm at […]
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Updated Dec. 12: By Kathryn Reed One of the eyesores entering Kings Beach will be gone by this time in 2018, according to the CTC. Placer County with state funds funneled to it via the California Tahoe Conservancy is planning to purchase two parcels on the corner of highways 28 and 267. An automotive shop […]
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