By Anne D’Innocenzio, Associated Press NEW YORK — Despite an early start, sales data provided to the Associated Press shows that stores may once again have to rely on procrastinators to save the holiday shopping season. Sales were up 1.8 percent from Nov. 1 through Monday compared with the same period a year ago, according […]
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Eldorado National Forest is seeking comments as it prepares an environmental impact statement for the King Fire Restoration Project There will be an open house Jan. 13 at the Best Western Plus Placerville Inn, 6850 Green Leaf Drive, Placerville from 6-8pm. A presentation on the proposed action will be followed by questions and answers with the […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun By the skin of their teeth, congressional lawmakers passed a $1 trillion budget through next summer, OK’d all military spending and approved a series of tax breaks. Amid sometimes high-stakes drama, Congress got it all done in a flurry of last-minute legislating and back-room deals during the lame-duck session. […]
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By Mark Berman, Washington Post For the first time in more than two decades, more than one in 10 Americans say that race is the most pressing issue facing the country, according to a new Gallup poll. The poll showed that 13 percent of Americans think that race relations and racism are the most important […]
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AAA projects 98.6 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the year-end holiday season, an increase of 4 percent from the 94.8 million people who traveled last year. The holiday period is defined as Dec. 23-Jan. 4. This upward trend marks the highest forecast growth rate for the year-end holiday season […]
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Amazon’s Sunday delivery will be available in South Lake Tahoe starting in January. The packages come in the morning to the post office and are delivered that same afternoon. Las Vegas was the pilot for the service, and it has been rapidly expanding. Reno and Carson City has had the delivery for the last two Sundays. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Where will the stages for SnowGlobe 2015 be located? That is a question many people would like answered. Promoter Chad Donnelly has a three-year contract with South Lake Tahoe to bring the three-day music festival to the city. While this is the fourth year for SnowGlobe, it is the first year of […]
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A Plymouth man has been convicted in Amador Superior Court on multiple deer poaching charges. Gary Michael Creason Jr., 24, was fined $19,520 for activities involving the take of trophy deer out of season. Acting on a tip, wildlife officers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife contacted Creason at his home in July […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News There is a 75 percent probability of average or above-average precipitation between January and the end of March for California, according to a new report by federal scientists — the first time in five years such a wet outlook has been predicted in the state during the first […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Casino giant Caesars Entertainment, which for years has struggled with massive debt, announced today that its largest subsidiary reached an agreement with key creditors on a financial restructuring plan. The subsidiary, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company or CEOC, will file for bankruptcy in mid-January, the company said in a statement. […]
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