By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee More than 40,000 California businesses that have not filed their 2008 state income tax returns are getting warning letters from the Franchise Tax Board. The notices give businesses 30 days to file a return or show why there is no tax filing requirement. Businesses that disregard the notices could face […]
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By Marjie Lundstrom and Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee At the Riverwood Inn in rural Humboldt County, where a Harley-Davidson flag flaps on a light pole beneath the Stars and Stripes, the proprietor is steaming mad. Some 15 miles south of Loreen Eliason’s roadhouse, the California Department of Transportation is planning to widen a twisty stretch […]
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There will be a free stargazing program at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa on Sept. 4. Members of the Astronomical Society of Nevada will set up high-powered telescopes for viewing the evening sky. The program will begin with a presentation and question/answer session at 7:30pm. Telescope viewing is expected to begin about 8pm […]
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By Paul Burgarino, Contra Costa Times ANTIOCH — Calm has returned to Walnut Avenue. Drive through the rural neighborhood during the day and you may spot a flock of chickens strutting across the road or a child riding a bicycle in the dirt. At night, activity is even more sparse. Nearly a year ago, that […]
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Last year, more than 3,000 volunteers around the Sierra came together to remove more than 100 tons of trash. More than 100 communities, across 22 counties and stretching across 500 river miles pull appliances, cigarette butts, beverage cans, baby diapers, tires, furniture, and more from the rivers and streams that supply California with 65 percent […]
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Buona Sera Ristorante & Bar in Minden is having a cooking class with the chef on Aug. 30 from 5-7pm. This is a practical course for a group, followed by a tasting dinner with the chef. Individual fee is $25, plus materials and ingredients fee not to exceed $22. Bring your apron and knives. Call […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal Jaycee Lee Dugard, born May 3, 1980, was 11 years old and attending Meyers Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe when she was abducted at 8 a.m. June 10, 1991. Dugard allegedly had two daughters by Phillip Garrido, who authorities said kidnapped her. The girls are now 15 and 12. Dugard and […]
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By Kathryn Reed One year ago today Jaycee Lee Dugard was released from the horror she had known for the previous 18 years. Those formative years from age 11 to 29 were spent cloistered in a ramshackle backyard compound in the Bay Area. After being kidnapped from her school bus stop in Meyers, she was […]
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High fire danger is the weather forecast for Thursday and Friday in the Tahoe-Reno area as a high-pressure system sits over the region. Wind gusts of 35-45mph are expected. With the dry air combined with wind, it is a threat to move the slightest fire faster and farther. But don’t get too comfortable with the […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Hopes of establishing fiber optic Internet service in rural areas of El Dorado County got a boost Friday with the announcement of a $46.6 million grant to a Central Valley project. The grant, part of federal stimulus funds, went to the Central Valley Independent Network of Fresno to establish what […]
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