By Mike McPhate, New York Times After President Obama announced a goal last year to make community college free for all Americans, no state has moved as aggressively as California. In 2016, at least 20 programs offering support to incoming community college students were introduced in California, bringing the state’s total to about 30, according […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal It won’t be long before people will be able to bet on teams competing against each other when they play video games. Teams also will be able to bet against each other in a modified poker-style format in which the house will rake a percentage of the head-to-head […]
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· El Dorado County Supervisor Brian Veerkamp is having a town hall meeting Dec. 6 at 6:30pm in the temporary Board of Supervisors’ meeting room located in Building C at 2850 Fairlane Court in Placerville. · Chris Fajkos has been hired as project manager of Tahoe Prosperity Center. · Sister’s Christmas Catechism comedy show is […]
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By Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle SODA SPRINGS — A lot of people in wool beanies who hoped they weren’t about to sprain, tweak or break anything too important showed up on Friday to give it another shot. It was opening day of ski season at the Boreal Mountain Resort, and ski bunnies, male and […]
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While Barton Health wanted to support the Tahoe Chamber Independent Expenditure Committee, it has had to back pedal with its donation for legal reasons. The political action committee is an arm of the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce. The entity financially supported candidates Brooke Laine and Jason Collin for South Lake Tahoe City Council. […]
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A control burn in Truckee was quickly extinguished today after it became an actual vegetation fire. The Nov. 19 fire was off Ski Slope Way in the Tahoe Donner subdivision. Winds spread it to about one-quarter of an acre before firefighters got it back under control. Multiple fire vehicles are parked on Ski Slope Way […]
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Nevada Highway Patrol has a seat belt campaign going on now through Dec. 10. During this time, the officers will be watching for drivers and other occupants in vehicles who are not wearing their seat belts and/or children who are not properly secured in car or booster seats. Deputies will be stopping drivers for traffic offenses […]
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By Taryn Luna, Sacramento Bee California voters passed a measure on Election Day urging state politicians to use their authority to limit corporate and special interest spending in elections. Then they sided with the campaign that raised the most money on the majority of statewide ballot measure contests. Proposition 59 was advisory-only, aimed at overturning […]
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More than 250 pounds of marijuana were seized this week in Truckee. Placer County sheriff’s K-9 Chase sniffed out the weed that was stored in a false floor of a trailer. The California Highway Patrol has stopped the cargo trailer on Interstate 80 in Truckee and then requested the K-9. Deputy Josh Buckley responded with […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The financial health of Nevada’s public employee pension improved in fiscal year 2016, with the funded ratio increasing to 74.1 percent from 73.2 percent the prior year. The actuarial valuation report for the Public Employees’ Retirement System (PERS) was reviewed and approved Thursday by the seven-member […]
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