By Anjali Hemphill, CBS-13 PLACERVILLE — Placerville’s hangtown dummy slipped his noose for a few hours and ended up at a nearby bar, and police are wondering who helped him escape. Police say he was stolen late Wednesday night as the Liar’s Bench Bar next door closed. People at the bar say he was later […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers are set to receive a 5.3 percent pay raise Monday, but a dozen say they won’t accept it in the wake of a tax hike approved last November and while many residents are still struggling to recover from the recent recession. The raises were approved […]
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Douglas County school board members briefly discussed at this month’s meeting whether the asking price of Kingsbury Middle School should be changed. No – was the answer. The $4 million asking price for the shuttered Stateline school remains. The school was closed because of declining enrollment. Lisa Noonan, superintendent of Douglas County School District, told […]
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By Marc Lifsher, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Big issues in the workplace — wages, overtime, time off, working conditions — are also major topics in the state Legislature. And this year, lawmakers delivered some tangible changes that will be felt in the pocketbook. At the top of the list, of course, is an increase […]
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By Kathryn Reed Traveling to receive medical treatment. More people are doing it every year and Barton Health wants to tap into that market in a more significant way. Three representatives from the South Shore health care conglomerate recently attended the sixth annual World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress in Las Vegas. More than […]
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By James Rainey, Los Angeles Times Nearly 40 news organizations have accused the Obama administration of improperly controlling images of the president by limiting the access granted to independent photojournalists while allowing free rein by the White House’s own photographers. In a letter and a meeting last week, the news outlets and journalism groups complained […]
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By Sari Horwitz, Washington Post The Justice Department has all but concluded it will not bring charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents because government lawyers said they could not do so without also prosecuting U.S. news organizations and journalists, according to U.S. officials. The officials stressed that a formal decision has […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee There’s an ever-dwindling chance each year that the turkey on your Thanksgiving table was raised in California. California farmers will produce about 13.5 million head of turkey this year, the lowest number since 1956, according to the latest estimates from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. It’s not that turkeys are […]
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By Scott Cohn, MSNBC The estimated 149 million Americans under age 65 who get their health insurance through their employers could be the next group to feel the impact of the Affordable Care Act. Open enrollment for 2014 is about to begin at thousands of companies, and many employers are blaming Obamacare—at least in part—for […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal INCLINE VILLAGE — When Brent and Benét Terry moved into their new home in this upscale Lake Tahoe community recently, they were surprised to meet one of the neighbors: a black bear that had taken up residence in a culvert across the street. “He’s a pretty good-sized boy,” said […]
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