By Chris Mittelstaedt For more than 100 years, farmers in Graton and Sebastopol have been raising and harvesting the fickle and short-lived Gravenstein apple. In the 1940s, when this Sonoma County region shipped dried Gravenstein apples and applesauce to American troops, there were more than 10,000 acres in production. Today there are 900 acres, with […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Gino DiMatteo pleaded not guilty Sept. 4 to the drug and bribery charges levied against him, while the charges against his wife, Irene, were dropped. He was formally charged with bribery, possession of marijuana for sale, possession of a controlled substance and possession of ammunition. The latter charge has to […]
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• South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority bike committee will meet Sept. 5, 9-11am at Lake Tahoe Airport. • The annual Peaks and Paws fundraiser at Squaw raised $10,000 Truckee-Tahoe Humane Society. • Enrollment at Lake Tahoe Unified School District after the first week is 3,813. The last school year ended with 3,740 […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee An El Dorado Hills woman. injured more than a month ago in an off-road crash on the Rubicon Trail, has died, according to the Sacramento County Coroner’s office. Rachel Anne Gray, 21, died at 12:08am Sunday. She had last been reported in critical condition after her vehicle rolled off the […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee In a make-or-break bid for labor peace, union leaders at Save Mart Supermarkets have ordered another vote on a contract agreement that members have already rejected. Warning that the Modesto grocery chain is in difficult financial shape, leaders of Local 5 of the United Food and Commercial Workers in San […]
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South Lake Tahoe resident Deonte Brown is behind bars on charges of possession of stolen property, possession of narcotics and resisting arrest. Officers said they found a 2002 Lexus convertible parked in his apartment complex on Manzanita Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. The vehicle had been stolen during a residential burglary in Zephyr Cove two […]
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By Kavitha Cardoza, NPR One in three children in the United States is overweight or obese. Significant numbers of those young people are grappling with health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes. Those conditions can be difficult for children to manage in any setting, but they can pose particular challenges for children […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee Tens of thousands of homeowners in the Sacramento area are headed into another year of an expensive tax cycle – one of paying those hefty property tax bills that help fuel government operations. For those who believe their property assessments are too high, this is also the time of year […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee The fastest-growing profession in California doesn’t require a college degree and provides constant validation that you are making a difference in someone’s life. But the same job pays little more than minimum wage and demands intense exposure to the sick and dying. Home health aides visit the elderly and disabled […]
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It’s time to “HOPE” again. HopeFest 2012 is Sept. 7 at the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center. This annual benefit concert is one of the biggest game changers for people in the area because 100 percent of the money raised directly supports local cancer patients in need. For many, in addition to the stress of the […]
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