By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — While much of the country is gearing up for the holidays, political forces in Sacramento are girding for battle. Already, special interests are lined up with plans that could shape next year’s general election ballot. They are considering propositions to increase medical malpractice awards, hike tobacco taxes […]
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By AP MINDEN — A Nevada judge has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the August death of a bicyclist. A criminal complaint filed Friday says Douglas County District Judge Michael Gibbons failed to exercise due care when passing bicyclist Joseph Longo, 61, of Gardnerville. Longo and Gibbons were westbound on Pinenut Road on […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Gaming companies blazing the trail for online poker are starting to generate revenue from their Internet investments. It’s still too early to determine exactly how much they have made and how sustained the results will be, but frontrunners Caesars Entertainment and Station Casinos both have realized proceeds from […]
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By Stephanie Simon, Politico It’s designed to be an impressive show of force: Thousands of unionized teachers plan to rally today in cities from New York to San Francisco to “reclaim the promise of public education.” Behind the scenes, however, teachers unions are facing tumultuous times. Long among the wealthiest and most powerful interest groups […]
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By Kathryn Reed No one is getting rich off recycling plastic. And come Jan. 1 with South Lake Tahoe banning grocery stores from handing out plastic bags, there is bound to be much less for South Tahoe Refuse to collect. “Film plastic from grocery bags to trash bags for lawn maintenance to plastic film that […]
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Thane McCall is again selling his business. This time to Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty. McCall Realty started in 1981 as a solo office in Lake Tahoe. In the ensuing years it grew to about 100 agents at five outlets, serving people in Stateline, Carson City, Gardnerville, Incline Village and South Lake Tahoe. In the first […]
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By Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times More than half of U.S. workers aren’t saving enough money to be able to cover essential living expenses in retirement, according to a survey by Fidelity Investments. The savings survey found that 55 percent of people will have trouble covering housing, healthcare and food expenses, Fidelity said. The online […]
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By Kathryn Reed It is likely the three Mo’s Place bouncers will serve less than four years behind bars for their role in the death of Derek “Zippy” Penaranda. Penaranda, who was from Ripon, was in South Lake Tahoe in May 2012 to celebrate his 30th birthday. He never recovered from the injuries he sustained […]
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By Shan Li and Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times California continues to be a story of two economies: coastal regions with healthy job growth and inland areas that are still struggling to recover, according to a UCLA report released Thursday. UCLA economists said in their quarterly forecast that coastal counties stretching from Marin to San […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County and U.S. Forest Service officials continue to bicker over the cost of remediation at the old Meyers Landfill. The closed session item on the Board of Supervisors meeting this week was pulled as both sides continue mediation. It will be on a future agenda when something comes out of […]
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