All Incline Village school are talking Monday as a snow day. Zephyr Cove and Whittell schools in Douglas County are on a one-hour delay and only the main bus stops are being serviced. The rest of the week in the Tahoe basin is expected to be cold. The next system is slated for Friday, bringing rain […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt PLACERVILLE — “What the hell are you doing? Why would you make El Dorado County like Los Angeles … Are you all crazy? What is your vision? More big-box stores, more dense housing, more people, more traffic? You are supposed to take care of the people who live in your county.” — […]
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By Ryan Nakashima, AP LOS ANGELES—The use of Internet-ready devices like smartphones appears to have seriously cut into the time Americans spend watching traditional TV, new Nielsen data show, potentially undercutting the notion that mobile devices merely serve as “second screens” while people are plopped in front of the set. Data provided to the Associated […]
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By Kathryn Reed A group of residents is trying to recall El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson and Auditor-Controller Joe Harn. The county elections department on Dec. 14 expects to give the petitioners approval to move forward with the process. To start the process 20 valid signatures from registered voters had to be obtained for […]
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Placer County is going to have to find another way to obtain hotel rooms. After the property owners of the A&A Motel in South Lake Tahoe declined the county’s request to extend the pre-purchase contingency period to April, the county quashed the deal. Placer needs tourist accommodation units for future projects in Kings Beach and Tahoe City. […]
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By Associated Press Nevada is defending its school choice program that offers parents several thousand dollars to send their children to private schools if they choose. State solicitor general Lawrence VanDyke argued Thursday in a Clark County court that a case filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church […]
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El Dorado County sheriff’s Deputy Tony Broadfoot was arrested Dec. 8 on driving under the influence charges. A California Highway Patrol officer made the stop in South Lake Tahoe that evening about 7. Broadfoot was driving his personal vehicle. “He is on paid administrative leave,” sheriff’s Lt. Bryan Golmitz told Lake Tahoe News. The CHP […]
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By Scott Lucas, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval has weak legal and public policy grounds to defend his decision to withhold text messages between himself and the leadership of NV Energy, according to open government experts, if the examples in other states and cities were to be followed in Nevada. Courts and attorneys general […]
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By Shirin Rajaee, CBS-13 Counties are facing backlogs for concealed weapons permits following recent attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. While some counties seem to be doing better than others, the soonest interview appointment in Placer County is not for nearly nine months. Once you complete an application online, you need to request an […]
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By Christopher Weber and Janie Har, AP The biggest storm to hit the slopes of the Sierra Nevada this season triggered cheers Friday from the snow-starved ski resorts of California and the businesses that surround them. Elsewhere in the drought-stricken state, rain and wind gusts prompted high surf warnings and repeated cautions from highway patrol […]
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