By Associated Press A conservative think tank wants a judge to force Nevada’s Public Employees’ Retirement System to release details about retiree payouts. The Nevada Policy Research Institute filed a petition in Carson City court this week requesting the move. The group says the agency changed its record-keeping to hide information that’s supposed to be […]
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Snoopy is a handsome 8 month old Boxer mix who came to Tahoe from Contra Costa County to find his new home. He has lots of energy. He needs a patient owner who will give him lots of exercise and will take him to training classes. He walks nicely on the leash and he knows […]
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By Kathryn Reed Why El Dorado County has an elected superintendent of schools was the subject of a grand jury investigation this past year. In the recently released report, the grand jury recommends: “The El Dorado County board of education should thoroughly examine the pros and cons of retaining an elected superintendent of schools and […]
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By Kerry Jackson, Orange County Register In January 2013, Gov. Jerry Brown bragged about the state’s new commitment to fiscal responsibility. He talked about “living within our means and not spending what we don’t have.” A year later, in his State of the State address, Brown insisted that “fiscal discipline is not the enemy of […]
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By Ana Swanson, Washington Post Like the steam engine, the tin-can telephone and the first vaccine, the modern American beach holiday was actually invented in Britain. A beach vacation might seem like the most natural thing in the world — to head to the shore, play in the waves and splay your limbs out on […]
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A San Francisco woman died Saturday in a rafting accident on the South Fork of the American River in the Kyburz area. Elaine Yi Mau, 32, was found submerged in a section of heavy rapids at 4:45pm July 9, about 35 minutes after she was reported missing, according to authorities. She had been on an […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office is seeking new information in the 1982 deaths of two Stateline casino employees whose bodies were found in the south fork of the American River several months after they disappeared from their home. Julie Schossow and Marilyn Putt were close friends and both […]
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By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy News Service When Lynette Davies, co-operator of the Canna Care medical marijuana dispensary in Sacramento, pays her California taxes she needs to haul a bag with $20,000 in cash to the state tax office. “That’s really unsafe for me, and it’s unsafe for my employees to have this cash in the […]
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TOCCATA — Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus — will continue its 21-concert Summer MusicFest with a new series entitled Mozart in the Mountains. The first concert is Aug. 7, 4pm at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Incline Village (341 Village Blvd.). It opens with Mozart’s “Violin Concerto No. 5” in A major performed by soloist Alex […]
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The Truckee Donner Public Utility District has a new clean, cost-effective source of electricity for its customers. The Veyo Heat Recovery Project in southwestern Utah converts heat from an existing natural gas pipeline into electricity to provide reliable, safe, and cost-effective electricity. The $22.3 million project was constructed by the Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems, of […]
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