Updated 9:30pm: Although access to the power line that feeds the Floriston-Portola area presented a significant challenge, Liberty Utilities was able to restore power about 5:30pm Saturday. Most of the Tahoma area has been restored, with the rest of the West Shore expected to be back online in 24 hours or so. The Tahoe Pines […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times In the final report before the end of his term in office, President Obama’s National Economic Council lashed out against “hidden fees” charged by airlines, hotels and other businesses. The council, made up of various department and agency heads within Obama’s administration, said fees that are not readily […]
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By Tracy Rucinski, Reuters Caesars Entertainment Corp’s main operating unit has cleared the way for the casino operator to exit bankruptcy protection with an agreement that ends the last objection to its reorganization plan, lawyers told a U.S. judge on Friday. The U.S. government’s bankruptcy watchdog had objected to the reorganization of Caesars Entertainment Operating […]
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By Kathryn Reed Former El Dorado County Supervisor Ron Briggs wants the state Supreme Court to overturn Proposition 66, which voters narrowly approved in November. “Prop. 66 is a sloppily written document, failing several constitutional tests,” Briggs told Lake Tahoe News. “… from firsthand experiences we know it takes approximately 17 years post penalty phase […]
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By Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times James Mussenden doesn’t bring up his pension in casual conversation. No point getting his golf partners’ blood boiling. The retired city manager of El Monte collects more than $216,000 a year, plus cost-of-living increases and fully paid health insurance. “It’s giving me an opportunity to do a number of […]
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A change to change Placer County’s zoning ordinance will allow more flexibility for temporary, emergency homeless shelter stays. The change was approved by a 4-1 vote by the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 10, with Supervisor Jim Holmes dissenting. Supervisors want to move the current temporary shelter at the Placer County Government Center campus to a more suitable […]
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Update 9:35pm: Liberty Utilities restoration efforts continue throughout North and South shores. Teams went into River Road by helicopter on Friday to assess the plan for getting crews in safely. A helicopter is coming in from Southern California early afternoon Saturday and will drop crews and equipment into the region to begin restoration that is […]
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While Douglas County School District trustees and administration are eager to sell Kingsbury Middle School, officials don’t want to make further financial commitments to make that happen. At this week’s board meeting the electeds voted not to allocate any money for environmental documents related to the site. The board’s belief is that the environmental impact statement for […]
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Highway 50 is closed between Round Hill and Glenbrook because of three accidents. Two of them are property damage, the third involves an injury that is not life threatening. “Because of the temperatures it’s freezing all of the water over to ice,” Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Dan Gordon told Lake Tahoe News. He did not […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – Everybody talks about the weather. And few can accurately analyze it – especially when we speak of the climate, which is technically the statistics of weather. But that’s just what many tried to do Thursday morning at Harveys as Operation Sierra Storm wrapped up amid an unprecedented series of storms that knocked […]
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