Fallen Leaf Lake will not have an election next month because El Dorado County Board of Supervisors filled two positions via appointment. Larry Calof and Steve Malley were the only two to apply for the vacancies on the board. The county had the option to make the appointments or go through with an election. This […]
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By Tess Stynes, Wall Street Journal CVS Caremark Corp.’s fourth-quarter earnings rose 2.6 percent as the company reported revenue growth in its pharmacy-services and retail drugstore operations. For the year, the company raised its forecast for per-share adjusted earnings from continuing operations by 2 cents and now expects $3.86 to $4. CVS’s retail pharmacy business […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration for two years has devoted a share of new fire fees to a special unit that chases fire starters, a funding arrangement the Legislature’s attorney considers illegal. State leaders indicated in 2011 that they would use annual fire fees for preventive measures such as inspecting forest […]
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The 60-day comment period for the Upper Truckee Marsh project opens Feb. 7. The California Tahoe Conservancy is putting forward four alternatives for the South Shore property, with a fifth being sticking with the status quo. No preferred alternative has been designated. (More about the project may be found in this Oct. 26, 2012, Lake […]
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By Annie Murphy Paul, Time The sophomore sat paralyzed as the minutes ticked by. One hour later, time was up for the exam in a statistics class at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and he turned in his work: it was completely blank, save for his name. As any parent or teacher knows, tests […]
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By CBS-DC WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is discontinuing delivery of first class mail on Saturdays by Aug. 1. Priority mail and packages will still be delivered six days a week. The move is expected to save the financially struggling agency roughly $2 billion annually. While delivery of traditional mail has declined steadily, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed A July 1981 agreement to keep a South Lake Tahoe parcel designated open space may go by the wayside to get the city out of a lawsuit that resulted from a former employee wrongly granting a building permit for the site. While Deputy City Attorney Nira Feeley pleaded her opinion to the […]
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By Aaron Blake, Washington Post Americans have a very special message for the federal government: Don’t tread on me. That’s the takeaway from a new poll from the Pew Research Center in which, for the first time in at least the last two decades, a majority of Americans say Washington actually poses a threat to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Copper thieves stole an estimated $50,000 worth of pipes from Camp Concord. The January crime is similar to the thefts that occurred last fall at Emerald Bay and D.L. Bliss state parks. The suspects, who remain at large, broke into the restrooms at the South and West shore facilities and took out […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — NV Energy has filed with state regulators its proposed added rates for thousands of customers who want to retain their analog meters instead of switching to so-called smart meters. The company is asking the state Public Utility Commission for permission to charge an initial one-time fee […]
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