By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee A political rift within the tribe operating the Thunder Valley Casino Resort is fueling acrimony over a $1 million sponsorship pledge for the Sacramento Kings and triggering a recall drive against tribal council members. The turmoil within the United Auburn Indian Community, whose Placer County casino is one of the […]
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By Betsy Z. Russell, Spokesman-Review BOISE – Tens of thousands of boat inspections later, Idaho and Washington have come through another boating season without getting invasive quagga or zebra mussels established in either state’s waters – but there were plenty of close calls. Idaho intercepted 24 mussel-contaminated boats entering the state, and Washington decontaminated 20. […]
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By Kate McGinty, Desert Sun A 23-year-old man was hurt Monday when he jumped from a cliff in Joshua Tree National Park. William Fleming was attempting “an unauthorized base jump” about 8am in the Oyster Bar area of the park, spokesman Joe Zarki said. His parachute was blown by the wind into the rocks. Fleming, […]
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By Diana Lambert, Sacramento Bee Few local educators are surprised by a recent UC Berkeley study that says most California children aren’t getting a decent science education. Gretchen Bly, a first-grade teacher at Rancho Cordova Elementary School, generally teaches about 90 minutes of science a week, integrating it into the curriculum as much as possible. […]
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By Kathryn Reed The League to Save Lake Tahoe amended its lawsuit against South Lake Tahoe in regards to the General Plan to state it has a right to contest the documents because the General Plan impacts the nonprofit’s members who live within the city limits. This led to the city having to refile its […]
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By Kathryn Reed Inconsistent code enforcement in South Lake Tahoe may be rectified soon. The City Council at a workshop last week was given an update by staff on where the city stands in streamlining this issue. Hilary Roverud, Development Services director, told the electeds developing a dedicated code enforcement division will help bring consistency […]
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By Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee Raley’s will stop providing health coverage to its retired hourly employees 65 and older in July 2012, the supermarket chain said in a letter to retirees. The letter, dated Oct. 24 and signed by Michael Teel, Raley’s president and chief executive officer, said the chain is struggling to maintain profitability […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Board of Supervisors waited until the last possible date to give its blessing to Measure R, and even then the discussion nearly spun out of control. The board – whose approval is necessary for R to be valid if approved by voters on Tuesday – voted 5-0 Nov. 1 […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval said last week he would revive the 11-member Gaming Policy Committee to advise regulators, legislators and him on how Nevada can maintain its edge as the leader of gaming regulatory policy at a time when technology is expanding industry boundaries. Sandoval told the State Bar […]
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By Kathryn Reed With two part-time employees needing to make their job pay for itself, more parking tickets are being issued in South Lake Tahoe. “Absolutely, we are writing more tickets because we are going from nonexistent to a full blown program,” Police Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News. The city has parking restrictions […]
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