By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – While El Dorado County doesn’t have plans for another Meyers Area Plan meeting before it goes before the Board of Supervisors, members of the Meyers Advisory Council are coordinating a get-together without agency involvement. That was the outcome of a three-hour meeting June 26 at the California Conservation Corps center. […]
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By Edmund Lee, Bloomberg The Internet is a set of pipes. It’s also a set of values. Whose? The people who consider it a great social equalizer, a playing field that has to be level? Or the ones who think of it as a marketplace subject to the laws of supply and demand? It’s a […]
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By Adam Liptak, New York Times WASHINGTON — In a sweeping victory for privacy rights in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously ruled that the police need warrants to search the cell phones of people they arrest. While the decision will offer protection to the 12 million people arrested every year, many […]
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By Paul Takahashi, Las Vegas Sun Nearly a third of Nevada children are considered obese by the time they enter kindergarten, according to a recent UNLV report. Since 2008, the Nevada Institute for Children’s Research and Policy has issued an annual report listing demographic and health information for some of the state’s youngest residents: incoming […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority is now the lead agency behind the fireworks that are shot off twice a year on the South Shore. For several years the pyrotechnic display has come under the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority purview. “The LTVA board received legal counsel advising that the best course of action […]
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By Kathryn Reed The just released Amador County Grand Jury report rips Terri Daly for her ineptness when it comes to finances. Daly is the current chief administrative officer for El Dorado County. She was CAO of Amador County from March 2007-10. The incident in the report occurred during her tenure in Amador. The report […]
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By Lisa Krieger, San Jose Mercury News When a single snowflake falls peacefully atop a Sierra peak, it begins a turbulent journey to help quench the thirst of a drought-stricken state. In most years, Sierra snow provides a third of California’s water supply. But it is by far the least reliable portion — and now, […]
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By Aimee Picchi, MoneyWatch An often-heard rule of thumb for financial health is to keep an emergency savings fund to cover unexpected events like a job loss. But if you’re like most Americans, you’ve fallen behind in tucking money away for that rainy day. By some measures, the economy is showing improvement, with unemployment falling […]
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With Squaw Valley wanting to dramatically expand its commercial and recreation offerings at the base area, the availability of water is a concern. Last week the Squaw Valley Public Services District released the draft of the water supply assessment for the valley. The study is designed to look at how much water the project would […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee For home buyers in the region, it’s better at the top. Anyone shopping for a home today under $500,000 is likely to find frustratingly few choices. Although inventory has doubled from historic lows last year, the region’s most popular price range – roughly $200,000 to $450,000 – remains a strong […]
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