In the last two weeks several El Dorado County residents have been the target of scam artists attempting to obtain money from them. The scammers are not from the area and use Internet based phones, which allow them to select a local area code. The Scammers have been identifying themselves as local law enforcement. They tell […]
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By Travis Hoium, Motley Fool It appears that Caesars Entertainment Corp. is finally heading toward bankruptcy, an ending that has seemed imminent since the company’s IPO in 2012. A judge ruled this week that lawsuits challenging the formation of Caesars Entertainment Operating Company and Caesars Growth Partners could move forward while the CEOC subsidiary is in […]
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Updated 9:25pm: One lane of Highway 50 reopened Friday, with escorts alternating traffic in each direction. Motorists are being stopped in Meyers and Sly Park Road. Mandatory evacuations have been lifted. A voluntary evacuation order is in place for Sand Flat campground east to Strawberry. The fire is east of Whitehall on both sides of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Hard Rock’s pool has been losing 20,000 gallons a day for about a month, but it wasn’t until Thursday that hotel-casino authorities notified officials. “They noticed an increase use in water in the pool in the last 30 days. They concluded it must be a leak,” JoAnn Kittrell with the […]
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By Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle California was just one Mississippi away from dead last in a new national ranking of the economic well-being of children, an indicator of poverty and financial instability of families. Despite a reinvigorated economy, millions of California families are still digging out from the 2008 recession, with wages for many […]
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By Haley Branson-Potts and Rong-gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times It’s the middle of the summer, but it felt a bit like winter in the Sierra this week as a storm dumped 4 inches of hail on Interstate 80 around Donner Summit. There was so much pea-sized ice that the California Highway Patrol on Tuesday halted […]
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Pressure from South Lake Tahoe officials worked in getting Caltrans to stop construction on Highway 88 over the Carson Pass today. This is the route state highway officials had told people to use to get to and from the South Shore with Highway 50 being closed because of they Kyburz Fire. The paving project stopped at […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee In a setback to California water regulators’ conservation efforts, the state Supreme Court has kept intact a ruling that makes it harder for municipalities to impose tiered pricing to discourage heavy water use. The state’s high court upheld a closely watched ruling involving the Orange County city of San Juan […]
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South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado County officials are expected to get together soon to work on resolving issues pertaining to county-owned properties and facilities in the city. Up for discussions are Lakeview Commons, Campground by the Lake, and buildings that house the senior center, museum, art building and the visitors’ center. El Dorado County […]
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By Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle Even if California voters legalize cannabis in 2016, it will take “many years” of patience to figure out how to tax and regulate a multibillion-dollar industry that’s forever been largely underground. That’s the cautionary conclusion of a thorough examination of what it will take to legalize marijuana in the […]
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