Publisher’s note: This is the first of two stories about South Lake Tahoe’s fiscal situation. By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has 43 days to figure out how to close a $5.2 million budget deficit. That’s the start of the next fiscal – Oct. 1. The reality is the deadline is 25 days from now […]
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El Dorado County supervisors are expected to vote Sept. 13 on the redistricting plan, with the first reading Aug. 23. On the agenda for next week is having the current district that encompasses the South Shore expanding west. It would have the district now represented by Norma Santiago include the entire basin. Some of the […]
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Updated: 8:30pm Aug. 18 By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Making good progress against a wildfire raging in Douglas County’s Pine Nut Mountains, fire officials said Thursday they expect to have the blaze fully surrounded by fire lines by 6pm Friday. The Ray May Fire was reported 70 percent contained Thursday after burning more than 3,600 […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Placerville Mayor David J. Machado has been arrested on allegations of perjury and conspiracy in connection with his interest in property within the Placerville Redevelopment Zone. Machado failed to disclose his interest in the property and tried to conceal evidence while voting to approve the zone and taking actions on […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The state Board of Examiners this week approved a 10-year, $27.6 million contract to install kiosks in grocery stores statewide where Nevadans will be able to renew car registrations, extend driver’s licenses and perform other tasks that might otherwise require a trip to a Department of […]
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By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times Two months after Phillip and Nancy Garrido were sentenced for the kidnap and rape of Jaycee Lee Dugard, a group of Northern California legislators introduced a bill to reform the state parole system and keep “dangerous, life-term prisoners” behind bars. “Although we can’t undo the mistakes of […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Updated 8:45pm Aug. 17: It could take close to a week to control a fast-moving wildfire in Douglas County authorities say was started by two teenagers who lit an illegal campfire at a makeshift fort. By late Wednesday the Ray May Fire had charred an estimated 2,730 acres with officials […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee Public pension reform in California, once a top-shelf cause on both sides of the statehouse aisle, has become something of a political orphan. While a handful of government pension bills await action when lawmakers return to the state Capitol this week, reformers say the measures mostly tinker at the margins […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun Food fight! The state says it has been stiffed tens of millions of dollars by casinos that give free meals to patrons and employees but don’t pay taxes on the value of the comps. And casino companies are trying to reclaim $210 million that they think the state […]
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Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Task Force will join nearly 10,000 other law enforcement agencies nationwide in support of an intensive crackdown on impaired driving Aug. 19–Sept. 5, known as “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” DUI-driver’s license checkpoints, multi-agency DUI task force deployments and local roving DUI patrols are schedule locally in […]
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