Douglas County’s 2016 Transportation Master Plan Update will be the topic of an Oct. 11, 6pm meeting. Parson’s Transportation Group Inc., who prepared the update, will give a presentation at the CVIC Hall, 1602 Esmeralda Ave. in Minden. The plan outlines the improvements needed to the Douglas County Transportation Network from the present day until 2040 […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times Californians’ water conservation slipped for the third consecutive month in August, prompting new alarm from regulators about whether relaxed water restrictions may be causing residents to revert to old habits as the state enters its sixth year of severe drought. The trend raises new questions about Californians’ willingness to continue austere conservation after spending […]
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By Kathryn Reed In what was touted to be a signature project to showcase how redevelopment can work to benefit the environment and the economy, and how competing agencies could work together is now the ultimate example of Tahoe drama that has collectively cost taxpayers and the would-be developer nearly $1 million. South Lake Tahoe […]
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A Washington state man is going to prison for posting several threatening statements on a news website in which he expressed his intent to kill an officer of Placerville-based company Stem Express LLC. According to court documents, Scott Anthony Orton, 57, wrote, “The management of StemExpress should be taken by force and killed in the […]
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By Alejandro Lazo and Anne Tergesen, Wall Street Journal Gov. Jerry Brown approved a bill creating state-sponsored retirement plans for about 6.8 million Californians who don’t have them through their private employers. The nation’s most populous state becomes the eighth state to establish such a program. The AARP estimates about 55 million full- and part-time private-sector workers […]
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Only two South Shore candidates on the California side filed campaign financials that were due Sept. 29. According to the El Dorado County Elections Department, Annie Davidson and Nancy Dalton are the two who say they have campaign committees. Fines can be administered by the Fair Political Practices Commission if a candidate is delinquent with […]
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By Steven Church and Christopher Palmeri, Bloomberg Getting Apollo Global Management LLC and TPG Capital to give up control of gambling giant Caesars Entertainment Corp. was hard enough. Now comes the challenge of deciding who replaces them. Creditors will own about 70 percent of Las Vegas-based Caesars after the company and its bankrupt operating unit […]
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Work can finally begin on the Highway 89-Fanny Bridge project in Tahoe City. The $30.1 million construction contract was awarded to Martin Brothers Construction. Work is to begin this fall and be done in summer 2018. Once the project is completed, the stretch of road starting on the north side of Fanny Bridge extending to […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Every October in California, leaves and temperatures fall, pumpkins dot the fields and college football season takes stride. But despite the trappings of autumn, October is California’s most dangerous month for wildfires, posing a deadly mixture of heavy seasonal winds, unpredictable weather patterns and bone dry vegetation. If history is a guide, […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times There were high hopes going into water year 2016. To hear some forecasters and scientists tell it, El Niño was coming to save California. With a little luck and a lot of rain, the drought might finally recede in its fifth year — or at least loosen its grip […]
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