By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Placerville police report that a juvenile has been arrested in connection with graffiti that has appeared throughout the city during the past couple of weeks. The arrest was made Wednesday. Police said graffiti incidents had increased in recent weeks, and all the tagging was similar, indicating that it might have […]
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By Robert O’Harrow Jr., Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich, Washington Post Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred. Holder’s action represents the most sweeping check on police power to confiscate personal property […]
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By Valerie Strauss, Washington Post The Common Core State Standards call for kindergartners to learn how to read, but a new report by early childhood experts says that forcing some kids to read before they are ready could be harmful. Two organizations that advocate for early childhood education — Defending the Early Years and Alliance […]
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By Patricia Cohen, New York Times When it comes to the taxes closest to home, the less you earn, the harder you’re hit. That is the conclusion of an analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that evaluates the local tax burden in every state, from Washington, labeled the most regressive, to Delaware, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe’s isn’t likely to be barren anytime soon, but the type of moisture it receives in the future will be in the form of rain instead of snow, according to scientists. That’s one outcome of climate change. This in turn has consequences such as storage issues, flooding, more dry days than wet, […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Placer County Sheriff’s detectives have made an arrest in a 24-year-old cold case involving the execution-style killings of a Placer County couple. Joseph Victor Foster, 54, was arrested at Correctional Training Facility on Wednesday where he was serving a 50-years-to-life sentence for the 2006 kidnapping and raping of a family […]
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By Ed Joyce, Capital Public Radio The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the drought that started in 2011 in California will linger into summer. NOAA reports that after nearly four years of drought, the California water deficit can only be made up by “epic amounts of rain and snow” and that isn’t likely to […]
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By Will Evans, Center for Investigative Reporting Not many workers can rack up almost two years of paid vacation time. Yet two California state officials have done just that and stand to cash out their vacation for hundreds of thousands of dollars when they quit or retire. They are the top vacation hoarders in a […]
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By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times As the majority of California voters grow comfortable with the idea of pot legalization, their senior senator in Washington is making it clear that she most certainly is not. Dianne Feinstein is emerging as one of Washington’s toughest critics of the Obama administration’s tolerance for marijuana use. Long a […]
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Aramark officials have taken the Tahoe Queen out of service indefinitely because of the low lake level. The channel at Ski Run Marina in South Lake Tahoe is too narrow for the paddle-wheeler to operate, an Aramark official told Lake Tahoe News. The M.S. Dixie was put into service shortly after the Queen ran into […]
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