Publisher’s note: This is the first of three articles from the Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire regarding the “Ready-Set-Go!” fire and life safety campaign. By Teri Mizuhara CAMINO – Unit Chief Kelly Keenan believes living in the Sierra Nevada foothills is a dream come true but with that dream comes a responsibility that many urban/suburban […]
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By Kevin Yamamura and Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee Senate Republicans blocked a tax solution to the deficit Friday, prompting Democrats to respond with a countermeasure expanding local taxation powers. Thus began Round 2 of the state budget battle, complete with readings of letters from sheriffs and taxpayers, parliamentary gamesmanship and failed amendments on abortion […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College math Professor Larry Green has created a collection of a few hundred calculus videos that he has put up for free on the Internet. A few months ago, a publisher contacted him about turning the collection into an app for the iPhone. “The app has become pretty popular amongst calculus students […]
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By Matt Drange, California Watch When it comes to protecting California watershed habitats, environmentalists rarely embrace budget cuts. But that is exactly what they are doing in response to a recent proposal to slash funding for gold mining permits. Last month, legislators amended the proposed state budget to prohibit the California Department of Fish and […]
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An agreement was reached by the South Lake Tahoe City Council, but enthusiasm was missing for any of El Dorado County’s five redistricting proposals. Per federal law, the county must assess its five supervisorial districts and redraw the lines to make each one contain approximately the same number of people. Some of the proposals would […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s Day 3 – or at least it’s forecasted to be. Day 3 of sunshine that is. Day 3 of feeling like summer might have arrived in Lake Tahoe before the calendar says it’s supposed to. The National Weather Service expects it will hit 71 in South Lake Tahoe on Monday. That’s […]
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Randi Noonan, 27, tried to mess with the wrong gas station clerk Wednesday. The South Lake Tahoe resident entered the American Gas station on Highway 50 June 8 at 4:45pm with a gun and demanded money, according to South Lake Tahoe police officers. The clerk essentially said, “Not on my watch.” The employee, whose name […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s deputies will be out in full force this weekend for the annual Carson Valley Days. The two major events are the Friday night celebration in old town Gardnerville and the Saturday morning parade along Highway 395 in town. On June 10 from approximately 7pm to 2am, in the business area along Highway […]
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A slower than normal start to the wildfire season in California has allowed about 1,200 firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service to assist with blazes in the Southwest, including the historic Wallow Fire, which has now burned more than 389,000 acres in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico. Among the resources that have been deployed […]
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Gaming revenues surged at Stateline in April by 14.99 percent or $14.3 million compared to the same time in 2010. Statewide, casinos collected $806 million from gamblers, which is a 0.58 percent decline compared with $810.7 million collected in April 2010, according to the state Gaming Control Board which released the April data this morning. […]
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