Initial construction work has begun on Kingsbury Grade. Preliminary construction work will take place on the road shoulders, with flagger controls, through April 30 during the evening from approximately 8pm-6am. Beginning May 1 through Memorial Day weekend, Kingsbury Grade will be closed near Daggett Summit as full construction begins. During the nearly monthlong period directly […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee California’s tax revenues jumped by $18.2 billion in 2013, thanks to an improving economy and the impact of a temporary sales and income tax increase approved by voters, a new Census Bureau report shows. All tax collections, including those for special purposes as well as the state general fund, increased […]
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By Amy Forliti, Dan Sewelll and Nigel Duara, AP On a beautiful Sunday last October, Detective Dan Douglas stood in a suburban Minnesota home and looked down at a lifeless 20-year-old — a needle mark in his arm, a syringe in his pocket. It didn’t take long for Douglas to realize that the man, fresh […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Manager Nancy Kerry made a case Tuesday for why Lake Tahoe Community College should allow SnowGlobe to continue on the school’s adjacent ball field. The two public agencies own the field, with the city responsible for maintaining it. The college board of trustees at its first May meeting […]
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By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Despite all the recent focus on female empowerment and “leaning in” at work, California women are still paid just 84 cents for every $1 paid to men in the state. In the Golden State, a woman who works a full-time job earns, on average, $41,956 a year, compared with […]
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Smith Flat Road in Placerville will be closed to through traffic at the Highway 50 overcrossing for approximately three months. Motorists will be detoured to continue east on Broadway Street, turn north on Jaquier Road and then west back onto Smith Flat Road. Marked detour signs will be used to direct motorists. Bridges at the […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee As California’s drought stretches toward the hot summer months, state and federal officials are planning extraordinary measures to protect drinking water supplies and endangered Sacramento River salmon, according to a plan unveiled Wednesday. The “Drought Operations Plan” was released by the state Department of Water Resources and U.S. Bureau of […]
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An El Dorado County search and rescue crew is at Cascade Lake this morning searching for a possible body. A woman hiking on April 9 to Cascade Falls reported to deputies that afternoon that she thought she saw a body floating in the lake. Nothing was found on Wednesday. A dive team was searching the […]
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What does “judge pro tem” mean? That question was at the center of a legal challenge between two candidates for El Dorado County Superior Court judge. Dylan Sullivan took Joe Hoffman to court over his use of the phrase on his ballot statement. The two are running for the same seat in the June 3 […]
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By Kathryn Reed Shots have been fired at Tahoe Valley Elementary School. A guy has been seen with a gun. Sirens wail in the distance. Officers in helmets, some carrying AR-15 semi-automatic rifles make their way to the front of the building before entering. A shot goes off as they enter, but they proceed. This […]
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