By Michelle Bliss, NPR Nevada’s housing market earned a C grade from the state department of business and industry for its performance in the final quarter of last year. The grade is part of the Nevada Housing Stability Index report, which looks at a dozen different factors affecting the market like foreclosure volumes and underwater […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe voters will get to decide whether there are parking meters in town. The City Council unanimously decided Tuesday to put the question before voters June 3. If the majority says no to paid parking, then the program ends Aug. 31. If voters say yes, then it stays. No matter […]
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By Gina Kolata, New York Times One of the largest and most meticulous studies of mammography ever done, involving 90,000 women and lasting a quarter-century, has added powerful new doubts about the value of the screening test for women of any age. It found that the death rates from breast cancer and from all causes […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News In a major reversal, Yosemite National Park officials have dropped controversial plans to ban a wide variety of recreational activities in Yosemite Valley, including ending bike and raft rentals and tearing out swimming pools at the Yosemite Lodge and famed Ahwahnee Hotel. The decision came after a yearlong […]
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Tahoe City Public Utility District is going to rehab the Lake Forest boat ramp. The plan is to remove the existing concrete boat ramp, dredge the boat ramp fairway, construct a precast concrete boat ramp and cast-in-place concrete drive, and install sheet pile. TCPUD is in the process of soliciting bids for the project. The […]
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By Kathryn Reed More than $700,000 from stormwater violation fines is going to be spent on three projects in the Truckee area. Five years after a settlement agreement was reached with Lahontan Regional Water Quality Board and East West Partners, the parent company of Northstar Mountain Properties, the remaining money is going to be put […]
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By Amy Langfield, CNBC A little marketing can go a long way when it comes to luring travelers, even if you’re a well-known destination like the United States. That’s the message from Brand USA, the public-private partnership created in 2010 to stop the U.S. from shedding its share of the world’s tourists. The U.S. was […]
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El Dorado County Superior Court and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians are creating the first joint jurisdictional court of its kind in California for juvenile and family cases. Christine Williams, chief judge of the Shingle Springs Tribal Court, and Suzanne Kingsbury, presiding judge of the Superior Court El Dorado County, will hear cases […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting, already facing charges for allegedly failing to declare state income for brush clearing on his ranch, is now waiting to find out if he will be billed for a November incident in which fires broke out from smoldering burn piles that reignited. CalFire says […]
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By Andy Furillo, Sacramento Bee A California Department of Fish and Wildlife game warden was listed in serious condition Saturday at Sutter Roseville Medical Center after being shot the previous night while on routine patrol in a rural area near Georgetown in El Dorado County. Warden Bob Pera, 35, an 11-year veteran of the agency, […]
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