By Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register It’s apparently not just the fine weather that makes Californians smile. California’s consumers are the most optimistic among eight large U.S. states, according to the widely watched Consumer Confidence Index. My trusty spreadsheet tells me it’s the first time the Golden State has been the confidence king in nine […]
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· Cats at El Dorado County Animal Services shelters may be adopted on Fridays and Saturdays for $20 throughout May. The shelter in Meyers is located at 1120 Shakori Drive and is open from 9:30am-noon and 1-4:30pm. · There will be a free mental health first aid class on May 31 from 8:30am-4:30pm in South […]
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By Terra Breeden INCLINE VILLAGE – Take a drive around Lake Tahoe and you’ll notice red and brown trees jutting out of the evergreen forests, their brittle pine needles dropping off dead branches. Since the snow melted, hundreds of dying trees have been exposed. They are everywhere, from Spooner Summit to Crystal Bay. Dead trees […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — The Tahoe Transportation District board on Friday took action regarding the proposed loop road in an attempt to avoid creating more blight in an already blighted area. In other words, board members don’t want another Ta-hole as was created with the Chateau project when it went belly up because financing […]
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It’s still unknown if El Dorado County taxpayers will be cutting another check to former supervisors Norma Santiago and Ron Briggs. Their attorney as well as special counsel for the county was in Placer County Superior Court on May 13 pleading their respective cases. The dispute is being heard in Auburn because El Dorado County judges said […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP The head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management says his agency has a billion-dollar problem. Neil Kornze says the BLM is fighting an uphill battle to protect federal rangeland across the West while managing tens of thousands of wild horses and caring for tens of thousands more already rounded up […]
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On June 4, volunteers in Kings Beach, Tahoe Vista, Carnelian Bay and Crystal Bay will take to the streets to pick up trash prior to the busy summer season. Registration for the clean up day is at 9am at Community House, 265 Bear St., Kings Beach. This registration location is for Carnelian Bay, Tahoe Vista, Kings Beach […]
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On April 20, 2010, one of the largest accidental marine oil spills in the history of petroleum industry occurred, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. It is estimated that 210 million gallons were discharged and multiple efforts to contain the flow failed. Ronald Tjeerdema counseled on the response to the spill and its aftermath and will […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though the funding for El Dorado County’s new public safety headquarters in Placerville has not been secured, the price has escalated by millions of dollars, all because of inaction by the chief administrative officer. Supervisor Shiva Frentzen wrote a letter to her colleagues and then read it into the record at […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A California Highway Patrol helicopter crew aided in the rescue of three people Thursday morning after their small utility vehicle rolled down an embankment along the American Canyon Trail near the El Dorado County community of Cool. As crew members of CHP Helicopter 20 were flying over the Folsom Lake […]
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