El Dorado County voters are being asked on June 5 to approve two measures that would help small businesses. Measure C is a countywide measure that would alter El Dorado County’s Charter that was approved in 1994. It would allow department heads to approve expenditures of $10,000 or less. As it is now, anyone doing […]
Read more
Updated May 24, 2012, 7:30pm: The Topaz Ranch Estates Fire is burning west of Rickey Canyon in the Pinenut Mountain Range in Wellington.. The burn area is estimated to be approximately 7,500 acres, and the fire is estimated to be approximately 35 percent contained. No additional structures have burned. The fire has had no active […]
Read more
By Phil Taylor, Sports Illustrated I remember sitting at the dinner table with my family six years ago when my son Ben finally said the words I had been expecting, and dreading, for years. He had played basketball, baseball and soccer almost from the day he could walk, and my wife and I were beginning […]
Read more
Space Science for Schools in collaboration with Sand Harbor Nevada State Park are sponsoring a free public astronomical viewing of the last Venus Transit of the solar disc this century. The event in the past was used to establish the size of the Solar System and measurements of the size of the Sun and Venus. […]
Read more
Caltrans is advising motorists that winter weather with the potential for snow is projected starting May 25. Caltrans urges motorists traveling over the Interstate 80 and Highway 50 this weekend that chain controls may be in effect due to ice and snow at the summits. Motorists should plan ahead for adverse driving conditions by packing […]
Read more
A company called “School District Publishing” from Riesel, Texas, has been soliciting advertising from businesses claiming they are representing Lake Tahoe Unified School District. LTUSD officials are warning that this company does not have the authority or the permission of the Lake Tahoe Unified School District to solicit donations, or to sell or market products […]
Read more
Publisher’s note: This editorial is from May 23, 2012, Washington Post. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has an interesting definition of what constitutes the middle class. She believes it includes people earning anything less than $1 million a year — at least when it comes to tax cuts. The California Democrat sent a letter Wednesday […]
Read more
Bijou Bash has been renamed Lake Tahoe Lifestyle Festival. The annual South Lake Tahoe event is now a city and Barton Health event. The Lake Tahoe Lifestyle Festival mission is to promote a healthy lifestyle and environment for residents and visitors to South Lake Tahoe. Participants can look forward to interactive booths and an overall […]
Read more
Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s elementary and middle school spring concerts are May 23. The free musical events will be in the multipurpose room of South Tahoe Middle School. Grades 4-6 start at 6pm, and grades 6-8 are at 7:30pm.
Read more
There are two places in El Dorado County to recognize those who died in battle fighting for the United States. One Memorial Day event is at Happy Homestead Cemetery on May 28 at 11am. The other is at the El Dorado County Veterans Monument in Placerville on May 28 at 11am.
Read more