By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Public Utility District board members on Wednesday somewhat hamstrung future board’s when it comes to allowable rate increases. They also agreed to potential water and sewer increases that are well below what staff recommends. “It really decreases the water line replacements. Hopefully, there is not a fire in the area […]
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Lake Tahoe Community Colleges’ classified staff is about to have its first contract. The group officially organized to establish a union in August 2011. They have been working with the college since then to create a contract. In the first go-round discussions reached impasse regarding health and welfare, and binding arbitration. The board of trustees […]
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By Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times California renters must earn more than triple the minimum wage to afford a two-bedroom apartment, underscoring a housing shortage throughout the state, a report said. A worker earning the minimum wage — $8 per hour in California — would have to toil away for 130 hours a week to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Underage drug use and across-the-board abuse of drugs is nothing new. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of people sounding the alarm that more needs to be done at an earlier age if the cycle is going to broken, or at a minimum the number of users and abusers begins to […]
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By J.N. Sbranti, Modesto Bee Numerous billion-dollar proposals to create more water storage in California are competing for attention and funding during this third year of drought. But there may be a less-expensive way to increase water flows: Start thinning out the overgrown Sierra Nevada forests. Cutting down trees may not sound environmentally friendly, but […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee It’s amazingly easy to steal water from a California stream. Even in this epic drought, the state has no way of monitoring exactly who is tapping into its freshwater supplies and how much they take. And those who do get caught taking water they have no right to often are […]
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An El Dorado Hills man is going to prison for 46 months for tax evasion. Donald M. Wanland, 56, was sentenced March 25 for 28 criminal counts, including tax evasion, failing to file tax returns, and removing, depositing, and concealing assets from the IRS in defiance of a levy. Wanland is a Sacramento-area attorney who […]
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By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters SACRAMENTO — University of California President Janet Napolitano on Monday joined a growing chorus of higher education leaders who have expressed skepticism about the use and cost-effectiveness of courses that are offered online. Napolitano’s remarks at a Sacramento luncheon came as the 10-campus system struggles to overcome a possible $125 million […]
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By Reid Wilson, Washington Post The average American family pays nearly $7,000 in state and local taxes in a given year, but the actual amounts vary wildly. A Californian who lives on the western side of Lake Tahoe pays almost three times more in state taxes than their neighbor on the Nevada side of the […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the six El Dorado County supervisor candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order they were received by LTN. One candidate chose not to answer the questions. Name: “Gerri” Geraldine Grego […]
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