By Alison Griswold, Slate In mid-June, Amanda Hite, president and chief operating officer of Smith Travel Research, delivered some exciting news at an annual hospitality conference in New York: U.S. hotels were killing it. For the 12 months ending in April, hoteliers had hit all-time highs in occupancy, average daily room rates, and the […]
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By Roger Yu, USA Today Americans’ support for the First Amendment rebounded strongly over the past year, a new study says. Three-quarters of Americans say it “does not go too far” in ensuring Americans’ freedom. That’s a jump from 57% last year after the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 stirred public debate about the role […]
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By Fenit Nirappil, AP Saving water doesn’t always mean saving money in parched California. Millions of Californians expecting relief on their water bills for taking conservation measures instead are finding higher rates and drought surcharges. Water departments are increasing rates and adding fees because they’re losing money as their customers conserve. They say they still […]
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By Kathryn Reed New regulations are designed to keep bears and other critters out of commercial and multifamily residential trash bins on the South Shore. The Waste Management Joint Powers Authority last week voted that the lids, which can be plastic, must be shut at dusk or when the business closes. They may be opened no […]
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Fewer drivers in El Dorado County have been arrested on driving under the influence charges this Fourth of July period compared to 2014. From 12:01am July 3 through midnight July 4, officers representing three county law enforcement agencies had arrested six people who were allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Last year, 16 individuals were […]
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Several people were injured in a three-vehicle accident Saturday night in Truckee. Truckee police officers said alcohol likely contributed to the first vehicle rear-ending another, which caused the middle car to strike the one in front of it. No names or hometowns of those involved have been released. The driver accused of starting the chain […]
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By Kathryn Reed ZEPHYR COVE – It was hard to know an alcohol ban was in place at Zephyr Cove beach on July 4. “Why can’t I drink today and yesterday I could?” Neil Fenton asked. The Irishman, one of about a group of 25 on the South Shore beach, practically begged U.S. Forest Service […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Friday on felony charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol causing injury. Benjamin Bassett, 27, had a blood alcohol level of 0.11 percent, according to police officers. He was going west on Pioneer Trail near Woodbine Road on July 3 about 2am when he reported lost […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee HOMEWOOD — The California Highway Patrol on Tuesday arrested a Mill Valley man on suspicion of fleeing the scene after striking a road-construction worker the day before, causing serious injuries. The incident occurred on Highway 89 in a busy construction zone in Homewood, on Lake Tahoe’s west shore, about 1:35pm […]
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Three people were arrested on driving under the influence charges in El Dorado County in the 24-hour period of July 3. This was the work of local routine traffic enforcement and special Avoid the 6 DUI deployments. In 2014, five people were arrested in the same 24-hour period. DUI arrest data collection will continue through midnight July 5. Law […]
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