By Elizabeth Zach, New York Times Disneyland is anything but underwhelming. Its deluxe fountains constantly spout, water rides regularly douse patrons, and plush gardens all lead children, and sometimes adults, to both squeal with delight and break down in tears. So you may suspect that a Southern California theme park that relies on evoking a […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man is going to prison for 19½ years for bilking 11 investors out of $3.6 million in a fraudulent scheme to buy a Douglas County golf course. In February 2014, Scott Hummerhays, 56, pleaded guilty to 24 federal charges, including wire fraud and money laundering. On May 18, he was sentenced […]
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By David Nakamura, Washington Post The Obama administration announced Monday it will ban federal transfers of certain types of military-style gear to local police departments, as the president seeks to respond to a spate of incidents that has frayed trust in communities across the country. The banned items are tracked armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, […]
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By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times Just a few months ago, the state’s top water officials said they had reason for optimism. Rain was cascading down on California in December and water conservation passed 20%. “I, for one, had high hopes,” Mark Cowin, director of the state Department of Water Resources, told a California Senate […]
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Liberty Utilities customers may find their bills going up 17.34 percent starting Jan. 1. The electric company that serves the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin, Truckee, Alpine County and other areas of the state has filed for a rate increase with the California Public Utilities Commission. Liberty wants to increase its revenue by […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy News Service WASHINGTON — Five months into a new Congress, and deep into a lasting drought, California water legislation still stymies and splits the state’s lawmakers. Draft copies are tightly held, as if stamped Top Secret. Myriad details are in flux. The legislative timing, though a June 2 Senate hearing could […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — A state panel appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown voted Monday to give the governor, state legislators and many other officials a 3% pay raise, saying it would make their salaries more competitive with leaders elsewhere. The increases will take effect Dec. 7. Thomas Dalzell, chairman of the […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — When Edmund G. Brown Sr. was governor of California, people were moving in at a pace of 1,000 a day. With a jubilant Brown officiating, California commemorated the moment it became the nation’s largest state, in 1962, with a church-bell-ringing, four-day celebration. He was the boom-boom […]
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By Kathryn Reed Kingsbury Middle School may be turned into a transportation hub of sorts. “For that location to work definitely the buildings would have to be modified,” Carl Hasty, executive director of Tahoe Transportation District, told Lake Tahoe News. “One thing we are getting into is some facilities planning for the bus yard. We […]
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By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee After a lengthy and contentious debate, the California Senate on Thursday approved a controversial proposal requiring vaccinations for nearly all California schoolchildren. Senate Bill 277, which would make California only the third state in the country without religious and personal belief exemptions from vaccinations, passed 25-10. The vote followed mostly […]
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