Placer County, working in partnership with the California Tahoe Conservancy and North Tahoe Public Utility District, is hosting an informational open house regarding the proposed Dollar Creek Shared-Use Trail. Residents and others interested are encouraged to attend, receive information, and share their thoughts regarding the trail. The open house is Oct. 18 from 4-6pm at […]
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By Jim Sanders, Sacramento Bee The Assembly has balked at releasing additional information about the office spending of its 80 members. The decision comes in the wake of an analysis by The Bee that concluded member expenditures released Aug. 26 underreported the amount of money spent to run legislators’ offices and overreported committee spending. The […]
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CalFire will be down staffing its two engines in the Lake Tahoe Basin (Station No. 5 in South Lake Tahoe and Station No. 55 in Carnelian Bay)starting Oct. 17 for winter. Staffing levels are sufficient to respond to local emergencies and CalFire is prepared to call back additional resources if fire weather conditions change.
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has announced that it will use a $40,000 grant from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to fight underage drinking and alcohol sales to minors. The problem was apparent during a recent Sheriff’s Office decoy operation in the Lake Tahoe area, where 40 percent of […]
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By Jill Oberly, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s a Tuesday morning, and for about 60 Sun Valley Elementary School fifth-graders, that typically means sitting in a classroom studying pictures of photosynthesis or some other scientific phenomenon in a textbook. This day, however, is different. It is the start of a four-day, three-night excursion along the eastern shore […]
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Placer County, working in partnership with the California Tahoe Conservancy and North Tahoe Public Utility District, is hosting an informational open house regarding the proposed Dollar Creek Shared-Use Trail. Residents and others interested are encouraged to attend, receive information, and share their thoughts regarding the trail. The open house is Oct. 18 from 4-6pm at […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal The East Shore continued to outperform the rest of the Lake Tahoe real estate market, which saw home values fall overall during the third quarter. The median price for a single-family home in Lake Tahoe fell 10 percent to $370,500 from July to September, according to Chase International’s latest housing […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Board of Supervisors say there is no way the county has the money to pay for the unfunded mandate to reduce sediment from entering Lake Tahoe. It’s the same message they delivered in 2010. The supes met Oct. 11 in South Lake Tahoe for their once-a-year venture outside the […]
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By Laura Petrecca, USA Today Joanne Paholak agonized for months. This decision would save time and money. But it could also hurt the feelings — as well as affect the income — of someone she cared about. Finally last spring, she did it. Paholak broke ties with the hairstylist she’d seen for about 25 years. […]
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To the community, I have read City Manager Tony O’Rourke’s letter to the community on the budget. He projects a deficit of $5.2 million and average deficits of $3.4 million “between fiscal years 2012 and 2016.” The problem with the numbers is they can’t be verified. And there are lies, damned lies, and statistics. The […]
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