By Kimberly Kindy and Brady Dennis, Washington Post Recent salmonella outbreaks that sickened at least 523 people and sent dozens to the hospital underscore “serious weaknesses” in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s oversight of poultry plants, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Charitable Trusts, which also criticized the government’s failure to push […]
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By Hudson Sangree and Mary Lynne Vellinga, Sacramento Bee California borrowers, including those in El Dorado and Placer counties, could receive as much as $268 million from Ocwen Financial Corp., the nation’s fourth largest mortgage servicer, which specializes in subprime and delinquent loans. A $2.1 billion settlement was announced Thursday between the mortgage servicing giant, […]
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By Michele Lerner, Realtor.com The U.S. real estate market made a robust comeback in 2013, surpassing expectations of many economists, as the combination of low inventories and historically low interest rates caused home prices to rise and even helped fuel bidding wars in some markets, surpassing the expectations of many economists. While positive trends, such […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times Canadian researchers think they have found a great way to trace the travels of treated sewage after it is discharged into rivers: Follow the artificial sweeteners. The scientists found elevated concentrations of four sweeteners — cyclamate, saccharin, sucralose, and acesulfame – in water samples collected along the length of […]
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Truckee officials are considering raising the sales tax by one-quarter cent. The money would be used to construct and maintain trails. There will be a town hall meeting Jan. 7 at 5:30pm at Truckee Town Hall. Officials would like to put the question to voters on the June ballot. The town council will discuss the […]
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By Curtis Tate, Sacramento Bee After a lengthy and destructive wildfire season in California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., inserted language into a defense bill that will double the size of the U.S. Forest Service fleet of large air tankers. Feinstein said that the amendment, which she cosponsored with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., would transfer seven […]
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Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus kicks off its 9th annual Winter MusicFest with the “Brrroque Masters” concert series Jan. 4, 5, 7 and 10. The program opens with Vivaldi’s famous Concerto for Two Trumpets, featuring baroque trumpeters Mark Lord and William van Meter. Organist David Brock will interpret Händel’s Organ Concerto Op. 4 No. 4 […]
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By USSA VAL GARDENA, Italy — Five-time Olympic medalist Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) continued to build speed on the Road to Sochi with a fifth place Saturday in the 46th Saslong Classic downhill in Val Gardena, Italy. After falling behind in the upper gliding portion of the course, Miller found the gas pedal through the […]
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By USSA COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. -– Brita Sigourney (Carmel) gained ground on Maddie Bowman (South Lake Tahoe) in the U.S. Olympic qualification standings after her victory in Friday’s halfpipe final at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix Series. Sigourney and Bowman took first and second in the FIS World Cup event with Marie Martinod of […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – While the president of Liberty Utilities said he didn’t want to be an alarmist, he did say if power lines are not upgraded, brown outs or black outs in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee areas are possible. “Even without any new growth I’m at the limit with 650,” Mike Smart, president of […]
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