By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – While many people believe their job runs the gamut, Don Ashton’s literally goes from A to Z – animal control to Zika virus. Ashton is the director of Health and Human Services for El Dorado County. It’s the largest department in the county, with about 550 employees. Countywide there are […]
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El Dorado County search and rescue teams were called out to bring two groups of hikers to safety on Saturday. Five people from the Bay Area had to be rescued April 16 on the trail to Horsetail Falls. They got lost in the thick brush. The route to this waterfall off Highway 50 near Lover’s […]
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By Allen Young, Sacramento Business Journal Businesses would have a new tool to help avoid abusive ADA lawsuits under pending California legislation that has already drawn strong bipartisan support. The legislation by Democratic Sen. Richard Roth would give businesses a window of time to fix Americans With Disabilities Act compliance issues before being served with […]
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By Kathryn Reed It is up to the finance department of most agencies to have the pulse of the organization. South Lake Tahoe is no different. “We try to remain emotionally detached,” Mark Carlson, assistant city manager and director of Financial Services said. He admits the council has made decisions he disagrees with. All he […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times Republican state Sen. John Moorlach of Costa Mesa has emerged as a leading voice in the Legislature against skyrocketing debt piled up by public pension systems. But some in the pension reform movement say the former Orange County treasurer may be contributing to the problem: Moorlach receives an $83,827 […]
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Douglas County School District needs to find $1.7 million in revenue or expenses to cut before May 18 when the board is expected to approve the 2016-17 budget. At this week’s meeting Holly Luna, who heads the finance department, gave the bad news to the board members. Funding for a reading grant is ending, which […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tony Russo is prepared to unleash another round of robo calls targeting El Dorado County supervisors if they don’t start funding roads. “If the supervisors address the road fund and maintenance issues, I won’t do it again. If they don’t, I will,” the El Dorado Hills resident told Lake Tahoe News. For one […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Immediately after Burning Man 2016 main sale tickets sold out in late March, Burners were certain that something had gone wrong during the sale. And, although Burning Man denied that anything had gone wrong at the time, something had. In short, the online “waiting room” was a flop. The waiting room, […]
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Based on patient surveys conducted between April 2014 and March 2015, Barton Memorial Hospital earned a four star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “This is a new program that CMS has rolled out to compare hospitals with the same survey and criteria,” explained Katie Shea, Barton’s patient experience coordinator. Five stars […]
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By Juan Carlos Flores, KRNV-TV The Senate has passed the bipartisan Nevada Native Nations Land Act. The legislation would transfer land into a trust for six Nevada tribes: the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation, the Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, […]
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