By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee State government payroll increased by half a billion dollars last year, even as California cut thousands of state worker jobs, according to a Bee analysis of new data from the Controller’s Office. The payroll increase added about $140 million in wages to the Sacramento economy in 2011, contributing to a […]
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Amanda Lee Matthews died Jan. 26 after a long fight with juvenile diabetes. She was 25. Ms. Matthews was born Dec. 22, 1986, in South Lake Tahoe. She graduated from South Tahoe High School in 2005. Ms. Matthews cared deeply for her family and friends. She loved her cats and dogs very much. She was […]
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By Tina Susman, Los Angeles Times Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog famous for making midwinter weather forecasts, had his moment in the spotlight early Thursday and declared that winter is far from over. But the competition begs to differ. From Canada to Staten Island to the tiny town of Dunkirk, N.Y., on the shores of […]
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Volatile oil prices. Looming climate change. Worldwide economic and political unrest. Worsening traffic congestion. Crisis in transportation financing. All of that will be discussed Feb. 23 at the Two Billion Cars: Driving Toward Sustainability lecture. The 6pm event is at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, 291 Country Club Drive, Incline Village. Facing the consequences […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Putting farmers onto underused land was once a matter of creating homesteads. Now it has entered the computer age, with nonprofits using the Internet to match farmland with growers. The need, advocates say, comes in part from an aging farm population. California farmers age 65 or older outnumber farmers under […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will begin prescribed fire operations on the north end of Emerald Bay today. Operations may continue through the week, weather permitting. Residents and visitors can expect to see smoke from this prescribed fire project area. Smoke may be visible on Highway 89. The Forest Service strives to minimize the […]
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Heavenly Mountain Resort is teaming up with Nike Snowboarding to host the fifth stop of the Nike Winter Chosen Tour on Feb. 4. The slopestyle rail jam will take place from 4-7pm on World Cup. Nike’s Winter Chosen consists of two components: a video crew competition, in which riding and filming crews enter online for […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – While there was snow to survey, there wasn’t much. The water content measured near Sierra-at-Tahoe on Wednesday came in at 19 percent of normal. Statewide, the snowpack water content for Feb. 1 is 37 percent of normal. The water content as measured by the Department of Water Resources was […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Embattled Placer County Superior Court Judge Joseph O’Flaherty announced today that he will not seek a new six-year term in the upcoming June election. In September, the state commission overseeing judicial conduct issued a public censure of O’Flaherty — the stiffest punishment available, short of removal from office. It was […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee CalSTRS is thinking of cutting its investment forecast for the second time in barely a year, a move that will reflect the increase strain on the pension fund. The teachers’ pension system on Thursday will consider a recommendation from its actuarial consultant to cut the forecast by a quarter point, […]
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