Updated Feb. 28 10:50am By Kathryn Reed If Highway 50 were to go behind Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and MontBleu casinos, would this be a good financial decision? Yes, according to the study done by Economic & Planning Systems Inc., a Sacramento-based land economics-consulting firm hired by the Tahoe Transportation District. The report says retail sales […]
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By Joel Grover, NBC-4 A bill that would for the first time require California ski areas to report all deaths and injuries to the state has been introduced in the state Senate. California’s 24 ski areas are largely unregulated, making the Golden State the only major ski state with no ski safety law. Previous attempts […]
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El Dorado County’s financial situation is looking the best it has in years. In a presentation Feb. 25 by Chief Budget Officer Laura Schwartz to the Board of Supervisors it was revealed the current projections are that the general fund revenues will exceed budget by 1 percent for a total of $223,322,518. General fund expenses […]
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By Kathryn Reed EMERALD BAY STATE PARK – While it would have been nice to be able to start a fire at the campsite to warm up a bit, it was even better having the entire campground to ourselves. As we descended to the shore of Emerald Bay, we were walking through a blizzard. Not […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee The state attorney general’s office has launched a criminal investigation of California parks officials after the “hidden funds” case seemingly reached a dead end when state and local prosecutors did not pursue charges last month. Peter Southworth, a supervising deputy at the attorney general’s office, disclosed to a joint legislative […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Even though the Legislature rushed through a bill on Internet poker Thursday, the state has yet to approve the software to allow the game to be offered to the public. The Assembly and the Senate gave unanimous approval to the emergency measure, and Gov. Brian Sandoval […]
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By Kathryn Reed A desire to do something for his community. That is how the now 10-year-old St. Joseph Community Land Trust came into being. Lyn Barnett learned about land trusts at a planning convention in 2001. He was convinced during a lecture that a land trust is what Tahoe needed. “A lot of long-term […]
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By Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury News Jerry Brown is pushing an appealing idea: Local control for local schools. Bucking a national trend, the governor wants to back the state away from making schools account for their spending and for punishing them if their students lag in achievement. But, perhaps surprisingly, school officials aren’t jumping […]
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By Kathryn Reed Two California state senators introduced a bill on Friday that would bring changes to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. SB630 amends a series of sections of government code relating to the California Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The bill is authored by state Sens. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, and Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento. It […]
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By Susan Wood BEAVER CREEK – After two hours of chatter hearing “turn,” “exit” and “continue” in the car from Denver, the GPS chimed: “You’ve arrived.” Upon pulling into the circular driveway of the Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch, the navigation device couldn’t have been more sound in judgment. So, this is how the 1 percent lives. […]
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