By Neela Banerjee and Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency staff said Friday that the nation should tighten smog rules significantly, a step that would improve air quality in California but force costly new requirements on government and industry. The EPA staff recommendation is the final step before the rule goes […]
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By Cathy Locke Six Sacramento-area residents were indicted Thursday in a case involving drug-trafficking in Sacramento, Yolo and El Dorado counties. A federal grand jury returned a 17-count indictment against Kenneth Tam, 53; Gerald Osborne, 56; Sherlynn Charles, 52; Marco Antonio Borja, 38; Adalberto Valenzuela-Ruiz, 30; and Nelson Gutierrez, 26. They are charged with conspiracy […]
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By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee Driven by shifts in technology and educational expectations across industries, California’s higher education leaders know they face an unexpected economic challenge just six years after the recession ravaged the state’s workforce: a potential shortage by 2025 of 1 million bachelor’s degrees. As California’s overburdened public universities consider ways to boost […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Public Utility District’s board on Sept. 4 is expected to approve a three-year contract with employees that includes raises each of those years. The union this week ratified the contract. The deal affects about 100 of the 112 employees. For the first year workers will receive a raise of 2 […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College is going to be different in the coming years. How different depends on voters. Measure F – as in facilities – is on the Nov. 4 ballot. It is a $55 million general obligation bond that property owners in the district would pay back over the course of […]
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Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association plans to dredge the west channel in September. The Tahoe Keys Marina has yet to file for a dredging permit, even though the lake continues to drop. Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board is taking comments on the TKPOA permit application until Sept. 5. The permit is expected to be […]
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The California Supreme Court on Aug. 27 denied former El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting’s request to stop the Sept. 9 special election and block his removal from office. The election is to replace him on the board. Nutting was convicted in May on six counts relating to obtaining illegal loans from a county employee. […]
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By Jessica Calefati, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — A bill that would ban single-use plastic grocery bags statewide — something California lawmakers have tried and failed to do more than a dozen times before — won approval from the state Assembly on Thursday after failing on the floor earlier this week. The bill — […]
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By Katie Zezima, Washington Post Over the past few years, the White House has shifted its drug policy away from putting low-level offenders in jail and prison and toward helping them access addiction treatment — an approach that dovetails with the life of acting drug czar Michael Botticelli, a recovering alcoholic. It’s a strategy has […]
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a helicopter crash that occurred in Douglas County on Aug. 27. Douglas County sheriff’s deputies found out about it at 4:45pm after the two occupants sought medical treatment. Pilot Doyle Holden and friend Karen Cole had flown into the Horsebend area south of Gardnerville to fish the Carson […]
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