By Tennille Tracy, Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Friday put pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to move quickly on a rule that addresses carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants that burn timber and agricultural waste to generate electricity. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit struck […]
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Two suspects are being sought in the beating of a South Lake Tahoe man that occurred behind Whiskey Dick’s bar. About 2am July 10 the 25-year-old said he was accosted by two men and then had his skateboard, which worth more than $200, stolen from him. The confrontation, according to officers, started in the bar. […]
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By Laura Cole, CBS-13 The El Dorado County supervisor who is facing criminal charges had his first town hall since his arrest on Wednesday. While the topic of the night was land-use issues, Ray Nutting’s recent arrest and investigation into perjury and conflict of interest charges were also on the menu. He walked away from […]
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By Kathryn Reed Walking in the front door it’s like entering brand new doctors’ offices. Gone is the cramped, dingy reception area. Beyond the waiting area are exam rooms that while sterile in a good way, are welcoming. And gone is the name. Barton Community Clinic is now Barton Community Health Center. “It’s a better […]
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By Kathryn Reed An air quality station that is going to be installed at Lake Tahoe Community College by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is also going to have an educational component to it. The college board at its meeting last week heard a presentation by a member of the bi-state regulatory agency about the […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee In the 375-page El Dorado County grand jury transcript of The People v. Raymond James Nutting, a prosecutor took aim at two checks that an official from an obscure local resource district co-signed on behalf of another agency. Deputy District Attorney James Clinchard asserted the state fire prevention grant checks […]
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By Annalise Mantz, Sacramento Bee For California voters, finding time to cast ballots on a Tuesday could become a thing of the past. A bill by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, would give them a chance to vote on a Saturday in the month before an election. Senate Bill 637 would require counties to […]
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By Michael B. Marois, Bloomberg Ray Souza’s voice cracks a bit when he says it, when he tells how his family’s Turlock dairy farm is struggling to pay the bills. “We go from black to red month by month,” the 66-year-old said. “For us, it’s break even at best.” Souza is like many other dairy […]
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By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News From old cottages in Berkeley and Palo Alto to ranch-style homes in Silicon Valley, the remnants of a hazardous past can lurk in the walls — lead paint. And now 10 California cities and counties and the state attorney general will finally get to try to make the […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times The death of 19 firefighters in Arizona recently highlights what has become a fact of life in the West: Every summer, smoke fills the big skies yet people continue to build in the places that burn most. More people live in these areas, and many balk at controls on […]
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