By Ari Levi, Bloomberg News Betfair Group PLC, a British online-gambling company, is wagering that it can revitalize California’s slumping horse-racing industry. The London company, which has spent a decade bringing legal sports betting to the Web, set its sights on California after the state passed a bill in September allowing horse betting through online […]
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By Erin Kelly, Gannett News Service WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday postponed until next week a vote on the DREAM Act, which would allow young immigrants brought to this country illegally as children to earn legal status if they attend college or serve in the U.S. military. The Senate had been scheduled to […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Jona Scher, an El Dorado Sheriff’s Office community services officer, was served with a notice of intent to terminate employment on Thursday, tantamount to being fired. Scher is the third employee of the Sheriff’s Office served with a termination notice in a week. Each of them is a plaintiff in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College has reversed its policy regarding mailing quarterly class schedules. In what was touted as a green initiative in terms of money and fewer trees being destroyed is no longer the direction the two-year institution is pursuing. Tom Greene, who became vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Services […]
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By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Jerry Brown ran for governor promising to revive the economy through an aggressive expansion of California’s green-energy industry — but that agenda could prove costly to consumers. Brown wants the state to make major new investments in solar and wind power: building large-scale power plants that run […]
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The Nevada Highway Patrol is looking for information regarding a hit and run accident on Dec. 7 in Douglas County. The collision was at 5:35pm at Highway 395 and Buckeye Road. Two vehicles were stopped in the left northbound travel lane for a red traffic signal light when a silver Chevrolet or Dodge pickup failed […]
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Stateline casino revenue continues to decline year-over-year, according to information released today by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. While the October gaming winnings statewide for Nevada are up 11 percent, they are down 5.4 percent in Stateline. The North Shore casinos come in with an 8.04 percent increase. The statewide gaming win is up almost […]
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By Kathryn Reed MV Transportation has offered an extension to all parties named in the lawsuit involving the BlueGo bus system on the South Shore. Responses are expected to start coming in Dec. 10. All responses are due by the end of the month. Once those are on file, discovery will begin. The Fairfield-based company […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second of a two-part series about the South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena. By Kathryn Reed In the 2010-11 South Lake Tahoe budget the “Recreation Summary” calls for projected revenues to be $996,200, expenditures $2,073,558. This equals a deficit of $1,077,358. The majority of expenses are for personnel services — $1,472,855. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Although citizens concerned about the heavy equipment being used for the thinning project at Washoe Meadow State Park thought it was all over, that was not entirely the case on Wednesday. The contractor was back at the South Shore site Dec. 8. This time it was to haul out the logs he […]
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