By Vicki Gonzalez, KCRA-TV CalFire has called in 400 seasonal firefighters, including dozens in Northern California, for an early start to the 2016 season. “We see vegetation fires occurring even in the month of January,” CalFire Cpt. John Hotchkiss said. “So compared to years ago, those seasons where we are not having vegetation fires are […]
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By John Harrell, USA Today RENO — It’s 5:30am at Reno-Tahoe International Airport. A ramp agent shepherds a line of nondescript boxes up a conveyor belt into the belly of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 that’s scheduled for a 5:55am departure to Las Vegas. Once that flight arrives to Vegas, those packages could be bound for almost any of the […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee The voice on the telephone recording could have been that of a stockbroker in a bull market. Instead, it was the head of a firm that collects signatures for proposed initiatives scrambling to qualify for California’s November ballot. Carl Towe’s call-in service provides updates on the unprecedented and rapidly rising […]
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El Dorado County is increasing fees for the public – some of which have remained the same price for more than 20 years. The decision came on a split vote this week with Supervisors Brian Veerkamp, Ron Mikulaco and Sue Novasel in favor of the measure and Supervisors Shiva Frentzen and Michael Ranalli in the […]
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By John Myers and Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times Lawmakers and labor unions have struck a tentative deal to raise the statewide minimum wage to $10.50 an hour next year and then gradually to $15, averting a costly political campaign this fall and possibly putting California at the forefront of a national movement. The deal […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times The El Niño-fueled storms that have swept through Northern California in recent weeks have swelled some of the state’s largest reservoirs to encouraging levels even as the state’s drought persists. One of the biggest beneficiaries has been Lake Shasta, a keystone reservoir of the Central Valley project, which serves California […]
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A South Tahoe High School senior was arrested March 25 on felony charges of possession of a knife at school. Lakota Wright, 18, posted the $10,000 bail. El Dorado County probation officers, who regularly are at the campus, questioned Wright and that is when the knife was discovered. The police report is not finalized so […]
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“We are really tired of having to sue our own county to get you to do the right thing.” — Sue Taylor, Save Our County, public comment at the Feb. 23, 2016, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A drone, on its own, has delivered a package to a residential location in a small western Nevada town in what its maker says is the first fully autonomous, federally approved urban drone delivery in the United States. Flirtey CEO Matt Sweeney announced Friday the six-rotor drone flew itself about one-half […]
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Tahoe Transportation District this month launched Ecolane, a scheduling system for riders using the on-demand system that is available to seniors and those with disabilities. The goal is to increase safety, efficiency, and overall quality of the service. Dispatchers will be asking additional questions when taking reservations to customize individual trips from arranged origin to set […]
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