By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee As judicial races go, the contest in El Dorado County is remarkable – particularly because a sitting judge’s competency has been called into question by a colleague on the bench. Superior Court Judge Warren C. Stracener was appointed to the bench in December 2010 and is campaigning in the Nov. […]
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By Normitsu Onishi, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — Next month, California voters will be asked to consider 11 ballot propositions whose passage would carry the full force of law, an exercise in direct democracy that traces back to the Progressive Era of the early 20th century. Tom Steyer, the founder of Farallon Capital Management, […]
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Publisher’s note: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. People are affected by cancer in all sorts of ways and communities do various things to shine a spotlight on various cancers. This is the first of four stories about cancer. By Kathryn Reed We had so many requests for mammograms in the next 30 days. It […]
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More than 100 pounds of dried and finished marijuana were confiscated Tuesday from a residence in Markleeville and one person was arrested. This is the second illegal grow Alpine County sheriff’s deputies have uncovered in a matter of days. Deputies said they found “an elaborate indoor and outdoor facility for the cultivation, harvesting and processing […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s economic vitality is what Tuesday’s City Council meeting was all about. A variety of agenda items, while separate and not even lumped together, all focused on the city’s future. Carl Ribaudo with Strategic Marketing Group started the morning off Oct. 16 with a presentation about the economic impact of […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the South Shore bus service known as BlueGo was launched in 2003 it was supposed to be a state-of-the-art system with high-tech computer terminals at kiosks and a name that would tie into what was known as the Blue World ad campaign. It cost $4 million for the software and equipment […]
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By Thomas Peele and Daniel J. Willis, San Jose Mercury News They could leave their hearts in San Francisco – or any of the Golden State’s other big vacation spots – but thousands of California’s state workers won’t even leave their desks. An analysis of the last three years of government salary data shows state […]
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By Joe Mozingo, Los Angeles Times LAYTONVILLE — In the mountains of Mendocino County, a middle-aged couple stroll into the cool morning air to plant the year’s crop. Andrew grabs a shovel and begins to dig up rich black garden beds while Anna waters the seedlings, beginning a hallowed annual ritual here in marijuana’s Emerald […]
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By Kathryn Reed While Barton Health officials say money is not the overriding reason to become a trauma center, it is the primary reason they say four doctors as of Jan. 1 will no longer be affiliated with the South Lake Tahoe healthcare system. Clint Purvance, chief medical officer for Barton Memorial Hospital, said it […]
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Three Markleeville men are accused of growing marijuana at a barn in Alpine County. “The barn contained two downstairs grow rooms. One room was complete with lights, timers, humidity monitors, fans, a carbon dioxide enrichment system and filtered external ventilation. There was even air conditioning installed and operating in the one grow room that was […]
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