By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun In 2011, at the behest of Google, Nevada became the first state to legalize autonomous vehicle road-testing. Seeing the potential economic benefits, several states followed, including California, Michigan and Florida. At least 15 more now are considering legislation related to the cars. With more states embracing autonomous cars and […]
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By Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times Experts have warned for years that the state’s largest public pension plan has overestimated how much its investments will earn, leaving taxpayers to pay billions of dollars more than expected. Now the board of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System is reconsidering. As soon as today, the fund’s board […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – The Tahoe Transportation District board might take over BlueGo, the South Shore bus service, instead of relying on a third party. When George Fink with TTD last week told the board going this route would give “the board more control”, board member Nancy McDermid, replied, “Been there, done that.” She […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle A new era is at hand for boating in California. Most call it the “Boater Driver’s License.” Its official name is the California Vessel Operator Card (CVOC). The Division of Boating and Waterways sent out its annual two-year registration certificates this month to the state’s 820,000 registered boat owners. […]
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By Thomas Lee, San Francisco Chronicle Say the word “librarian” to anyone born before 1980 and they’ll conjure up images of card catalogs, dimly lit study rooms and Encyclopedia Britannicas. Hardly the stuff of the 21st century. In fact, thanks to the Internet, plenty of millennials have probably never set foot in a library or […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s not enough to just get high on pot. The latest trend on the South Shore is dabbing. This is using the byproduct extracted from the marijuana plant. It is concentrated cannabis so it gives the user a stronger high. The end product is called wax because that is what the substance […]
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By Craig Karmin and Ezequiel Minaya, Wall Street Journal Marriott International Inc. said Monday that it has agreed to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. in a deal worth $12.2 billion that will create the world’s largest hotel company with more than a million rooms globally. Under the terms, Marriott will forward 0.92 share […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – The El Dorado County board of education today unanimously accepted Superintendent Jeremy Meyers’ resignation. Meyers had not been to work since his last driving under the influence arrest on Nov. 5. He oversees education in a county that for the students and staff there is a zero tolerance policy for […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – For the last five years BlueGo bus drivers have dropped off Whittell High School students at the school. That ended recently and the parents of these students are not happy. “Complaints from commuters prompted staff to review the stop. It was determined the stop only generated ridership four days […]
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By Dale Kasler and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Despite forecasts of a wet winter, Californians can expect another year of water conservation in 2016 under an executive order issued Friday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Californian are currently under orders to reduce consumption by an average of 25 percent, as compared with 2013. Brown’s order would […]
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