By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Passion for their community is one thing Meyers residents have in common. Oh, and most also think any future buildings should not be more than 35-feet tall. What started Wednesday night as a meeting to address six issues turned into a 2½-hour opportunity for about a dozen of the more […]
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By Jillian Berman, Huffington Post America’s recovery since the Great Recession has been fueled largely by jobs that typically pay close to the minimum wage, and women are suffering disproportionately as a result. Between 2009 and 2013, 35 percent of women’s job gains have been in low-wage sectors — like retail, fast food and housekeeping […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee Foreshadowing a clash between carmakers and a prominent auto insurance company, Sen. Bill Monning on Tuesday unveiled a bill to loosen car manufacturers’ grip on data generated by vehicles. Framed by a computer-equipped car parked on the steps of the state Capitol, the Carmel Democrat said his Senate Bill […]
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By Stephen Siciliano, Bloomberg State actions on climate change are reducing emissions and offering templates for effective federal standards, according to Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board. Currently, Nichols said, climate regulation is on dual tracks, one state and one federal. California, she said, is on pace to achieve the 80 percent […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is offering instructors a chance to retire early. The college board this month approved the package based on number of years taught. “The district retains the right to determine if the actual retirement is cost effective,” LTCC President Kindred Murillo told Lake Tahoe News. “When you offer early retirement and you […]
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By Trevon Milliar, Las Vegas Review-Journal The vast majority of Nevada students struggle to read, conceded several local education officials on Tuesday. They didn’t debate the data. They focused on how to change it. Federal assessments show only 30 percent of Nevada eighth-graders read at the level they should, slightly more than the 27 percent […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – DNA, motive and crime scene tactics will play a prominent role in the prosecution and defense of Andrew Sanford. Nearly two years to the day after being arrested in the 1980 murder of Richard Swanson, Sanford went on trial March 18 in El Dorado County Superior Court before Judge James […]
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Dennis Franks is making a habit of being a no-show for court appearances. The former owner of Broc’s Puppies in South Lake Tahoe didn’t appear for his March 18 preliminary hearing. In June 2011 he failed to appear for an arraignment. Retired El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Jerry Lasarow, who now acts as a […]
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Authorities are looking for a dog that bit a South Lake Tahoe man. The man, whose name has not been released, saw the Husky-type dog on March 16 about 6pm near Tahoe Keys Boulevard and Washington Avenue. When he went to read the dog’s tag it bit him. El Dorado County Animal Services said the […]
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By Laila Kearney, Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — California is coming off of its warmest winter on record, aggravating an enduring drought in the most populous state, federal weather scientists said Monday. The state had a average temperature of 48 for December, January and February, an increase from 47.2 F in 1980-81, the last hottest winter, […]
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