By Kathryn Reed Say goodbye to South Lake Tahoe’s parking meters at Lakeview Commons and Lakeside Beach. The voters on June 3 said take them out. This will happen after Labor Day. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, the yes votes were 1,271 at 68.41 percent and the no votes were 587 at 31.59 […]
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By Susan Wood The women running for the two judgeships in El Dorado County will join presiding Judge Suzanne Kingsbury in what will be a slightly more gender balanced Superior Court. Superior Court Commissioner Dylan Sullivan and Deputy District Attorney Vicki Ashworth won judgeship offices 5 and 1, respectively, in the June 3 primary election […]
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By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown finished first Tuesday in the California Primary, easily advancing to the general election while Republicans Neel Kashkari and Tim Donnelly battled for the second spot on the November ballot. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Kamala Harris, both Democrats, also advanced to November. Insurance […]
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A fire damaged a single-family home in Incline Village on Monday. The cause of the June 2 fire at 815 Ellen Court is under investigation. Assisting North Lake Tahoe firefighters were crews from Tahoe Douglas and North Tahoe Fire. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Howard Stutz, Law Vegas Review-Journal Come October, Macau’s casinos won’t smell the same. The special administrative region government last month told its resort operators that smoking will be banned on mass-market gaming floors starting Oct. 6. Here’s the surprise: Macau’s six casino operators — including MGM Resorts International, Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas […]
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By David Leonhardt, New York Times The federal government’s main educational-attainment categories are fairly blunt. In particular, the “some college” category includes a wide array of people: Those who have dropped out of college without earning any degree, those who have earned a two-year degree meant to lead directly to a job (such as in […]
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By Matt Weiser and Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee As California struggles through a third year of drought, elected officials from both parties are proposing to spend billions of dollars in public money on new dams and reservoirs. Seven different bills are pending in the Legislature that would use varying amounts of state bond funding […]
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By Reuters Creating the state of California took a revolt that led to the short-lived Bear Republic, a war with Mexico, and various international treaties. Now, some northern natives hope to take it apart, starting with a couple of ballot initiatives. Tuesday, voters in Del Norte and Tehama counties will consider a measure calling for […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times California’s chief elections officer reported Friday that the percentage of voters registered with no party preference has increased while the percentages for registered Republicans and Democrats declined. Compared with four years ago, the number of registered voters has increased by about 1 percent, to 73.3 percent of the number […]
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By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times After years of challenges to federal environmental officials, the maker of d-Con rat traps has agreed to discontinue a consumer line of poison-laced baits that have accidentally harmed children, wildlife and pets. The rodent-control products will be replaced next year with a new line of baits that the federal […]
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