By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County officials hope to take a firm step to right a 57-year-old wrong at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, with a proposal to replace 36 headstones at Mormon Island Cemetery that feature a racist slur stamped into the concrete. The markers are on anonymous graves relocated from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Movement is finally occurring at the old Bill’s casino in Stateline. Mike Laub bought the property in March 2010. His original plan was to turn the parcel into a strip club. Douglas County commissioners prevented that from happening. Douglas County Community Development has three building permits active for the building next to […]
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By Kathryn Reed When people in Homewood go to their box at the post office today they will receive a notice stating the U.S. Postal Service is beginning to investigate the possibility of closing the office. The same study is taking place regarding the Glenbrook office. “We are looking at locations that are stacked on […]
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By Rob Reuteman, CNBC.com The buyers’ market for vacation homes is likely to continue for years, with activity largely limited to buyers with enough cash to circumvent a tighter, post-recession lending environment. Thirty-six percent of all vacation-home buyers in 2010 did not use a mortgage — versus 29 percent the year before — while more […]
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By Kirk Johnson and Jesse McKinley, New York Times STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — For all the attention on epic flooding in the Mississippi Valley, a quiet threat has been growing here in the West where winter snows have piled up on mountain ranges throughout the region. Thanks to a blizzard-filled winter and an unusually cold […]
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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Water regulators have voted to require pollution permits for coastal fireworks displays in southern Orange County and San Diego County, in what they said was the first such regulation in the nation. Operators of seaside fireworks shows from Laguna Beach to the U.S.-Mexico border will have to pay a […]
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By Marsha Mercer, AARP Bulletin Despite signs the economy is brightening, state governments face a fourth straight year of financial crisis. To balance their budgets over the past three years, officials have cut programs that help their most vulnerable residents, including older people and the disabled. They’ve hiked university tuitions and sliced K-12 school spending. […]
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Echo Summit is open. This section of Highway 50 that connects the South Shore to points west will be open on weekends and subject to controlled traffic during the week. Motorists can expect 20-minute delays while work continues for up to six week. There will be no traffic restrictions on weekends including over the Memorial […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — The Tahoe Transportation District needs to find about $50,000 in the next month or it won’t be able to approve a balanced budget. The board was given the sobering news at its meeting this month. Another component that could affect the district is the May revise to the California budget […]
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By Sam Cohen, FOX40 News AMADOR COUNTY — The plane of a missing winery owner has been found in Amador County near Salt Spring Reservoir. Search and rescue aircraft flew over areas in Amador and Calaveras counties Friday looking for Robert H. “Budge” Brown and his plane. Friday afternoon, Brown’s son confirmed to FOX40 that […]
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