Placer County Board of Supervisors last week committed $500,000 in state funding to support the Community House of Kings Beach, a proposed drop-in center for mental health and support services. The funds will help finance the purchase and renovation of a former motel and residence at 265 Bear St. in Kings Beach by the Community […]
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By Alice Park, Time Fifteen-year-old Taylor Santos let a classmate copy her homework, and she learned the hard way never to do it again. Santos, a student at Springtown High School in Texas, was punished by a vice principal with a swift swat to her bottom using a wooden paddle. The spanking left blisters and […]
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By Dana M. Nichols, Stockton Record SAN ANDREAS — Non-Republicans may cast the deciding votes in the 5th Assembly District in November, even though Republicans have by far the largest registration numbers in the district and a Republican is certain to win. That’s because two Republicans – Rico Oller of San Andreas and Frank Bigelow […]
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By Daniel B. Wood, Christian Science Monitor LOS ANGELES — Is the initiative process an invaluable tool that holds legislators to account and allows voters to take on the monied interests that dominate politics? Or has it become a tool of those special interests themselves, confusing voters and making states an ungovernable mess? Opinions on […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – The percentage of Douglas County School District students testing positive for drugs mirrors the national school district average of between 2 and 3 percent. DCSD was at 2.3 percent for the 2011-12 school year. Of the 15 positive tests – and that could be one student testing positive more […]
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By Ed Vogel, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval should increase funding for the state Division of Parole and Probation in the budget he prepares for the Legislature to consider next year, a commission of legislators, judges, police and the attorney general decided Wednesday. The Commission on the Administration of Justice proposed […]
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By Mark Anderson, Sacramento Business Journal Sutter Gold Mining Inc. says it is on track to begin gold mining and gold production before the end of the year. Construction has progressed on above-ground buildings and site work, and the company has made progress in expanding its underground shafts. The company anticipates its first gold pour […]
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A program started in 2001 by the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Department as a means for people to earmark a donation is now under the purview of the City Council. The change that took place this month is because there aren’t enough people to form a board of directors the old way. Members […]
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A 20-year-old Chico woman sustained serious injuries when she fell near the Emerald Bay overlook at Lake Tahoe on Oct. 13. According to El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies, she fell approximately 100 feet down the lower Eagle Falls. The woman’s name has not been released. The incident occurred about 2:15pm. “Due to the location of […]
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By AP California prison officials are investigating the recent death of a Soledad prison inmate as a homicide. Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials made the announcement Thursday after receiving an autopsy report. Rick Stockton, 52, was found unconscious in a bathroom at the medium-security Correctional Training Facility on Sunday. He was declared dead at […]
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