By Kathryn Reed Being able to balance business and the law is what David Combellack believes will set him apart from the other candidates running for El Dorado County Superior Court judge. The 64-year-old is vying for the seat of retiring Judge Doug Phimister. The El Dorado County native has run his own law firm […]
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By Douglas Belkin, Wall Street Journal Nearly half of the nation’s colleges and universities are no longer generating enough tuition revenue to keep pace with inflation, highlighting the acceleration of a downward spiral that began as the recession ended, according to a survey by Moody’s Investors Service. The survey of nearly 300 schools reflects a […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Republicans nationwide are assailing President Obama for the deeply flawed rollout of his health care law. But that campaign is muted somewhat in Nevada, where Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval has expanded the federal-state Medicaid program and has embraced a state-based health insurance exchange marketplace to serve about 600,000 uninsured […]
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By Barb Tenney With so many dishes on the table, it can be challenging to find the perfect wines to pair with Thanksgiving dinner. And with only five days until the big meal, now is the time to figure out what you will be drinking. Since the only turkey on the table should be the […]
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By Gary Klein, Marin Independent Journal Calling him “an evil and disturbed man,” a Marin County judge sentenced convicted serial killer Joseph Naso to death Friday for the murders of six women, including one from the North Lake Tahoe area. Judge Andrew Sweet said the evidence proved that Naso inflicted “abhorrent and repugnant levels of […]
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By Jason Wells, Los Angeles Times A Costco in Simi Valley found itself in a flap this week after a local pastor posted a photo on Twitter showing Bibles at the big-box store labeled as fiction. Caleb Kaltenbach, pastor of Discovery Church, came across the Bibles while shopping for a gift and tweeted the picture […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – Douglas County is looking for money to repair its crumbling roads. After years of underfunding road maintenance, and reallocating about $1 million from the current fiscal year’s general fund for repairs, the county now wants a permanent fix to an old problem. This week the county had two public workshops, […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting’s appeal to have the motion to dismiss overturned was denied Thursday. Nutting wanted the 3rd Appellate Court in Sacramento to overturn the Sept. 20 El Dorado County Superior Court decision where the motion to dismiss the felony charges against him was denied. The appellate court upheld […]
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By Cotten Timberlake, Bloomberg U.S. retailers are discounting earlier than ever as they brace for the weakest holiday shopping season since 2009. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is dangling a 32-inch flat-screen TV for $98, down from $148 last year. Sears Holdings Corp. has waived layaway fees and its Kmart chain is introducing a rent-to-own program. More […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – A sense of hope filled the packed room Wednesday as the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board unanimously approved South Lake Tahoe’s Tourist Core Area Plan. Of the 16 people who spoke Nov. 20, only Jennifer Quashnick representing the Tahoe Area Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore was […]
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