By KOLO-TV WEST SACRAMENTO — The Raley’s chain of supermarkets has recently discovered that a portion of its computer network systems may have been the target of a complex, criminal cyber attack. According to a news release, the company immediately initiated an investigation to determine whether cyber criminals may have obtained customer credit and debit […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee California officials on Monday launched a new program to analyze and overhaul the state parks system, to be led by a volunteer commission. Called Parks Forward, the effort is required by the California State Parks Stewardship Act, passed last year in the wake of a financial scandal that upended the […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education meets later this month, the five electeds will be asked to decide how to deal with the debt incurred by South Tahoe High School’s Associated Student Body and what the future policy will be. Consultant Terri Ryland gave a presentation last week […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times California could use $44.5 billion to fix aging water systems over the next two decades, according to a federal survey that placed the state at the top of a national list of water infrastructure needs. Texas, at nearly $34 billion, and New York, with about $22 billion, were next […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee It was an awkward public spectacle Tuesday for El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting. One week after the district attorney had him arrested on four felony charges of violating political disclosure and conflict of interest laws, the veteran supervisor publicly declared his innocence. Then he recused himself from participating in […]
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By Kathryn Reed The nearly $9.5 million Aspens affordable housing project is likely to be the last such project to be built in South Lake Tahoe for decades. This 48-unit development at the corner of Pioneer Trail and Ski Run Boulevard has been talked about for years. Then the state did away with redevelopment agencies. […]
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By Susan Wood MONTEREY – Still evolving while turning 30 in 2014, that’s the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The Central Coast’s famed aquarium plans to go dark Labor Day weekend on one of its most popular exhibitions to date – the Secret Life of Seahorses. The 15 species of these elusive creatures and kin – the […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — A bill to legalize online poker after Congress failed to do it? Check. A bill to protect big casino resorts from slot machine parlors and bars with sports betting kiosks? Check. A $233 million lawsuit settlement that eliminates a disputed tax on comped meals? Check. (Well, […]
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By Kathryn Reed While modern golf dates to the Middle Ages in Scotland, Tahoe’s links history isn’t quite 100 years old. “There were kids around in the neighborhood who would get odd jobs as caddies. I did that. One time I caddied for Max Baer the fighter. He trained in the summertime with Mr. Goldman […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Ray Nutting, the embattled El Dorado County supervisor who collected state money to clear brush from his family ranch, is going to get a bill for causing a wildfire while performing the work. Nutting, 53, faces four felony charges for failing to properly disclose about $70,000 in income received under […]
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