By Elyce Kirchner, Jeremy Carroll and Kevin Nious, NBC-Bay Area A bill aimed at improving safety standards at ski resorts moved one step closer toward becoming law on Wednesday. This comes following an NBC Bay Area investigation that exposed numerous safety hazards at resorts across the state. Senate Bill 564 would require ski areas to […]
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• Senate Bill 125 would have exempted a property owner of a structure that is within a State Responsibility Area as designated by CalFire and within the boundaries of a local fire protection district from having to pay the $150 tax. But the bill by state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Rocklin, didn’t make it out of […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Placerville-based El Dorado Savings Bank reported a quarterly profit of $1.66 million for the three months ended March 31. That was a 22 percent decrease from a profit of $2.13 million in the first quarter of 2012. “The drop in earnings is the result of the low- interest-rate environment that […]
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Do you want to take your leadership skills to the next level? Are you interested in learning more about the South Shore community? Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2013-14 Leadership Lake Tahoe program. This professional development program is designed to increase knowledge and awareness of the issues and […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a few stories about construction planned for the Lake Tahoe Basin this summer. By Kathryn Reed Inadequate bids are forcing the state streets water project in South Lake Tahoe to be delayed for what will probably be at least until 2014. While it’s possible the South Tahoe Public Utility […]
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By Ted Long This week’s meeting of the Sheriff’s Citizen Academy was with the drug enforcement unit of the sheriff’s office. Led by two young, undercover drug officers, it was the hottest so far. The leaders were, like all those before, very likable and willing to answer questions. While I cannot say they admitted that […]
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By Diana Meza Cabrera On March 29, President Obama nationally proclaimed April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month in an effort to bring these global issues to the national spotlight for all Americans. Our leaders have demonstrated that there are steps to be taken toward achieving a safer nation. This year’s […]
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By Andrew Doughman and Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Nevada’s health department on Wednesday reversed its practice of sending patients discharged from state psychiatric hospitals alone on bus trips out of Nevada. Gov. Brian Sandoval’s spokeswoman said today that the state will now require escorts to accompany patients who are bused out […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is offering a series of summer youth backcountry camps. They are an opportunity for teens to develop backcountry skills mountains of Lake Tahoe. Youth will be introduced to wilderness survival and first aid; backpacking; maps, gps and compass; backcountry cooking; leave no trace; and more. Maintaining part of the Tahoe […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee CalFire will begin defensible space inspections Monday in Amador County and on the West Slope of El Dorado County. “Hopefully people have been working on their defensible space this spring as it has been a relatively dry one,” Kelly Keenan, chief of CalFire’s Amador-El Dorado Unit, said in a written […]
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