By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun It has attracted interest from a company from Canada and one from California, established operating agreements with two companies in Israel, begun negotiating with three companies from Europe, started examining partnerships in Dubai and opened an ongoing dialog with the public utility in Singapore. The Center of Excellence, a […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal The Placer County Water Agency has a new budget for 2016 that anticipates a drop in expected expenditures. The water agency’s budget for the coming year of $101.3 million represents an evolving financial landscape reflecting four years of drought in California. “Our water and energy sales were down in 2015 as […]
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By Kathryn Reed After more than nine years as CEO-president of the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce, B Gorman is being asked to move on. She is leaving in May when her contract is up. The board chose not to renew it. “Her tenure as CEO was an exceptionally long one for someone […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Monday took steps to reduce overtime in the fire department and ensure ambulances are staffed with appropriate medical personnel. In July the council voted to turn over the ambulance service to Lake Valley Fire Protection District. South Lake Tahoe and Lake Valley fire departments make […]
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Jamie Anderson won’t be defending her Dew Tour slopestyle title this week in Breckenridge, Colo. Instead, the Meyers resident will be recovering from surgery. In a training run the snowboarder fell and broke her clavicle. She had surgery at Vail Valley Medical Center. Anderson had won the event the last three years. — Lake Tahoe […]
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The latest El Dorado County home invasion involving pot occurred Dec. 4. According to the victims, they were asleep when someone kicked-open the door to the backyard at about 7am. At least two people, one armed with a shotgun, entered the house in Rescue, according to sheriff’ deputies. They searched the house, demanding the male […]
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By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times In a victory for gun-control advocates, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a Second Amendment challenge to laws that forbid the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons that carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The justices by a 7-2 vote refused to review rulings by judges in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Without unanimous support of their colleagues, Wendy David is now mayor of South Lake Tahoe and Austin Sass is mayor pro tem. Councilwoman JoAnn Conner abstained from both votes this morning without saying why. As is customary with the December council meeting, the electeds voted among themselves as to who will be […]
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By Carolyn Lochhead, San Francisco Chronicle WASHINGTON — Congress has agreed for the first time since 2005 on a long-term transportation bill that will raise federal spending on highways by 5 percent and transit by 8 percent in its first year. Over the bill’s five-year life, California will get $26 billion in federal funds for […]
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By Ben Miller, Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. said its season pass sales were up 13 percent in unit sales volume and up 19 percent in dollar sales volume, and the summer season was a success, but the company still reported a loss for its most recent quarter. The Broomfield, Colo.-based company Monday posted […]
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