By Mary Lynne Vellinga, Sacramento Bee The family of a 13-year-old girl who died of an allergic reaction after eating a snack containing peanut butter has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the city of Sacramento, their lawyer announced Tuesday. In a prepared release, Dreyer said the city, which owns Camp Sacramento, would also announce reforms […]
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Douglas County’s 2016 Transportation Master Plan Update will be the topic of an Oct. 11, 6pm meeting. Parson’s Transportation Group Inc., who prepared the update, will give a presentation at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Ave. in Minden. The plan outlines the improvements needed to the Douglas County Transportation Network from the present day until 2040 […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Douglas County School District board. Parents of students in Douglas County schools at Lake Tahoe have for years had a love-hate relationship with the board of education and administrators in Minden. […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Four of the 17 measures on the Nov. 8 state ballot relate directly to financing Californians’ health care, and collectively they would have tens of billions of dollars in impact. But in a sense, that’s just peanuts, which takes a little explaining. Propositions 52, 55, 56 and 61 indirectly symbolize […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times Californians’ water conservation slipped for the third consecutive month in August, prompting new alarm from regulators about whether relaxed water restrictions may be causing residents to revert to old habits as the state enters its sixth year of severe drought. The trend raises new questions about Californians’ willingness to continue austere conservation after spending […]
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Participants in the various Lake Tahoe Marathon events on Oct. 7-9 could cause delays for motorists. On Friday there will be runners on the shoulder of the road between South Lake Tahoe and Incline Village. One westbound lane of Cave Rock will be coned off for runners between 8-9:30am. On Saturday runners will be on […]
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By Kathryn Reed In what was touted to be a signature project to showcase how redevelopment can work to benefit the environment and the economy, and how competing agencies could work together is now the ultimate example of Tahoe drama that has collectively cost taxpayers and the would-be developer nearly $1 million. South Lake Tahoe […]
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· The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors at the Oct. 10 meeting will consider declaring that a state of emergency continues to exist in the county as a result of unprecedented tree mortality due to drought conditions and related bark beetle infestations. · “Wolfdale’s Cuisine Unique” is an autobiography written by Tahoe City chef […]
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Alpenglow Sports and DPS Skis are putting on the first national screening of “DPS Cinematic”, a collection of inspirational ski film shorts designed by industry-leading filmmaker Ben Sturgulewski. The event is Oct. 26 at 7pm at the Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema in Tahoe City. Cinematic’s mission is to create an annual offering of fresh, festival-worthy film […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — When naturalist John Muir explored Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park about 150 years ago, the river of ice stretched as far as 10 football fields between the peaks of the Lyell Canyon, a glacier one might expect to see in Alaska, not California. Today, it’s […]
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