A comprehensive medical marijuana regulatory framework for the unincorporated areas of Placer County was adopted this week by the Board of Supervisors. The board’s decision allows county staff to work with the community to begin to define what the regulation should look like. “What we discussed (Dec. 8) was putting in a placeholder legislation in January […]
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By Kathryn Reed Enrollment in Lake Tahoe Unified School District is escalating to the point that officials are wondering if Al Tahoe Elementary School might need to be reopened. The South Lake Tahoe school closed starting with the 2004-05 school year because of budget deficits and declining enrollment. There are currently 3,988 students in the district, which […]
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There was no reportable action from today’s emergency South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. They were meeting Dec. 11 to discuss the suit filed by fellow Councilwoman JoAnn Conner regarding her censure and ban from talking to city staff. Mayor Wendy David after the nearly three-hour meeting told Lake Tahoe News, “There was not reportable […]
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By Robert Rodriguez, Fresno Bee Farmers are no strangers to struggle or drought. But this four-year drought is different than others, they say. It’s more widespread, touching nearly everyone who turns on the tap or starts an irrigation pump. This past summer, wells dried up and farmland sat idle. The drought also came to mean […]
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By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News Backed by a conservative legal group, a San Jose couple has taken their six-year feud with Lake Tahoe regional planners to federal court, arguing that a policy keeping them from building a house for their elderly mothers on vacant property is unconstitutional. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Congressional lawmakers took another intense look Wednesday at a controversial bill that would ban online gaming, including in Nevada and the other two states where it is already legal. The bill was discussed in a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing that focused largely on the legal […]
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By Robert Handa, NBC Bay Area CalFire is taking measures to clean up its reputation after a state investigation indicated that some academy cadets may have been cheating. CalFire is in the midst of getting ready for the winter, and El Niño, and officials definitely want to put the scandals behind them. But they also […]
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Updated: 7:29am A large part of Meyers is without power this morning. Liberty Utilities has no estimate of when it will be restored. Initially there were 3,500 customers in the dark. That is down to about 400 in the Christmas Valley area. They still don’t know the cause of the outage. All schools in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Carson Alexander had to choose between school and volunteering. He chose volunteering. The South Tahoe High School senior skipped class one day last week in order to help the El Dorado County Food Bank. He assisted several of the nearly 80 people who showed up at the American Legion Hall parking lot in South […]
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Updated: On Dec. 10 at 3:10pm with county counsel comments. By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to sue a fellow elected official, Auditor-Controller Joe Harn. At issue is payment of $169,859 in developer mitigation fees to Diamond Springs-El Dorado Fire District. This is not a new issue, but […]
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