By Jesse Solomon, CNNMoney NEW YORK — In the rarefied world of the wealthy, timber is the hot new commodity. That’s according to Dennis Moon, head of Specialty Asset Management at U.S. Trust, a division of Bank of America, whose job it is to find, manage, and log plots of trees for the firm’s well-healed […]
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By Steve Matthews, Bloomberg Wanda Tucker was hired on the spot for a part-time job with Gap Inc. Banana Republic chain earlier this month after searching for a full-time position since April. “I thought I was just going in for an interview,” said Tucker, 53, of Rex, Ga., who’d finished five years of Army Reserves […]
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Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife are cautioning motorists of an unusually high number of collisions between drivers and wildlife on Interstate 80 and Highway 50 in Placer and El Dorado counties. “There were an unprecedented 23 incidents involving large animals on Highway 50 and I-80 in just six days from Nov. […]
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By Rebecca Plevin, KPCC While much of the nation has been focused on Ebola recently, hundreds of Californians have been contracting another virus: West Nile. There have been 752 cases of West Nile Virus reported in California so far this year. That’s more than three times the average number of annual cases over the past […]
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North Tahoe Public Utility District is in need of a general manager after ousting Paul Schultz this week. The unanimous decision was made in closed session Nov. 25 during a special meeting. Schultz has been general manager since April 2011, though he had worked as the manager of planning and engineering for a year prior […]
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By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times In Northeast Los Angeles, 1,000 people huddled in the evening chill last Thanksgiving as they waited outside a Target store for the chance to snap up Black Friday deals. Across town at the Grove, the mostly upscale stores such as Barneys and Nordstrom were closed that night. Holiday shoppers […]
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Olga Penaarce, 20, of South Lake Tahoe will likely face felony driving under the influence homicide charges in the death of Aimee Campos, 21, of South Lake Tahoe. Penaarce was driving at a high-rate of speed Nov. 24 at about 4:30am when the vehicle veered off Pioneer Trail and hit a retaining wall at the […]
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Stateline casinos were the bright spot for gaming revenue in October. While state saw revenue decline of 4.3 percent to $913.6 million compared to a year ago, the South Shore was up nearly 53 percent at $19 million. This is the third consecutive month the statewide numbers have declined. The Nevada Gaming Control Board released the […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A Washoe County District Court judge granted the state’s request late Tuesday for a court order blocking the ridesharing company Uber Technologies from operating unregulated in Nevada, saying Uber’s refusal to comply with the necessary state licensing requirements could put the public’s safety at risk. Nevada’s attorney general filed a lawsuit […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun The financial mess consuming Caesars Entertainment has been years in the making. The casino company has struggled with more than $20 billion in debt for about six years. It’s lost money every year since 2009, largely because of its debt payments. Now, the largest (and most indebted) unit of […]
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