By Michael Wines, New York Times One week after the revelation that an Oregon farmer had found genetically engineered wheat growing in his fields, scientists remain mystified over how the strain — apparently the remains of a test crop shut down a dozen years ago — got there. The boom in so-called transgenic crops should […]
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By AP BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Vail Resorts said Thursday its earnings rose 23 percent in its fiscal third quarter, as late spring snow helped boost skier visits to its Colorado resorts and visitors proved willing to spend on food, lessons and gear. The Broomfield-based company reported net income of $97.6 million, or $2.66 per share, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Former South Lake Tahoe City Attorney Cathy DiCamillo is back on the payroll. She started this week as interim deputy city attorney. She will be working for Nira Feeley, who is interim city attorney until Tom Watson takes the helm July 8. Feeley will be going out on maternity leave about a […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee Federal prosecutors in Sacramento have collected $50.5 million from four companies found by investigators to be responsible for igniting two wildfires that burned more than 31,000 acres of national forest land, U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced Thursday. The Power Fire, which ignited on Oct. 6, 2004, in the Eldorado National […]
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South Shore bus riders will benefit from some of the nearly $250 million Caltrans gave out this week to improve public transit and air quality across California. One-hundred twenty-seven projects were awarded funds to upgrade transit services, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency was awarded […]
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By KOLO-TV WEST SACRAMENTO — The Raley’s chain of supermarkets has recently discovered that a portion of its computer network systems may have been the target of a complex, criminal cyber attack. According to a news release, the company immediately initiated an investigation to determine whether cyber criminals may have obtained customer credit and debit […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting faces new legal troubles as state and local prosecutors filed four misdemeanor charges today, alleging he improperly collected money to post bail after his May 28 arrest for felony political corruption. Nutting, 53, surrendered voluntarily to authorities last week after District Attorney Vern Pierson […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee California officials on Monday launched a new program to analyze and overhaul the state parks system, to be led by a volunteer commission. Called Parks Forward, the effort is required by the California State Parks Stewardship Act, passed last year in the wake of a financial scandal that upended the […]
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By Kathryn Reed When the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board of education meets later this month, the five electeds will be asked to decide how to deal with the debt incurred by South Tahoe High School’s Associated Student Body and what the future policy will be. Consultant Terri Ryland gave a presentation last week […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times California could use $44.5 billion to fix aging water systems over the next two decades, according to a federal survey that placed the state at the top of a national list of water infrastructure needs. Texas, at nearly $34 billion, and New York, with about $22 billion, were next […]
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