Sierra Central Credit Union will be opening a branch in South Lake Tahoe in September. A company representative said they are hoping to hire four people locally. The branch will be located in the shopping center on the corner of Ski Run Boulevard and Highway 50. It will serve members acquired in the recent acquisition […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee More than 235 million people – visitors and residents alike – traveled within California in 2013, spending an all-time record of $109.6 billion, according to a report released by Visit California, the nonprofit that helps develop the state’s travel and tourism marketing programs. Visit California said last year’s travel-related spending […]
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• The early bird tickets for SnowGlobe 2014 are sold out. More tickets will be released later in the year. • World-class paddlers will be at El Dorado Beach on June 28-29 for Race the Lake of the Sky. More info is online. • El Dorado County Board of Supervisors approved $800,000 for Marshall Medical […]
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By Denny Walsh and Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee High-flying developer Bart Wayne Volen pleaded guilty Thursday to three felonies in connection with a scheme that prosecutors say looted between $17 million and $19 million from the owners of Thunder Valley Casino near Lincoln. Volen, 55, also agreed to pay restitution of at least $17 million […]
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By Heidi Mills, Outside Shannon Scott thought training for a distance triathlon would help her drop the few extra pounds she’d always hoped to shed. Scott began working out for an hour and a half to two hours each day. When she didn’t lose weight, she cut back her daily calories to 900 a day. […]
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Publisher’s note: This is this first of an occasional series of stories about the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association. By Anne Knowles Last year’s room nights on the South Shore were worth celebrating. After more than a decade of declines, save for a minor uptick a few years ago, room […]
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By Petula Dvorak, Washington Post Yes, all women have been harassed. Yes, all women have been judged by our looks, not our merit. Yes, all women have been around men who have discounted, denied and demeaned us. Yes, all women are outraged by the misogynistic ravings of Elliot Rodger, the narcissistic 22-year-old who went on […]
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The 2014 Zephyr Point Writers’ Conference will run July 20-25. Each day will include a time of ecumenical Christian worship and inspirational words from a featured presenter. The Zephyr Point Writers’ Conference is led each year by writer and poet Marilyn McEntyre, tenured professor at the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program. McEntyre is the author […]
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By Justin Doom, Bloomberg Drought-stricken California has more than twice the water capacity needed to erase an annual deficit of more than 6 million acre-feet, through better conservation and management efforts, according to the Pacific Institute and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Almost half of the potential 13.7 million acre-feet in savings could come from […]
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The November runoff for El Dorado County supervisor District 5 seat has changed. As of 5pm June 12 the top two vote getters are Sue Novasel and Kenny Curtzwiler. The top two will face each other in November. Novasel retains a resounding lead as she did on election day, June 3. She currently has 28.51 […]
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