By Normitsu Onishi, New York Times SACRAMENTO — Emboldened by a brighter fiscal horizon, Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday recommitted himself to two ambitious projects, a high-speed rail line and a huge water tunnel system, in an optimistic State of the State speech that sought to secure California’s long-term future as well as the three-term […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The bodies of an Amador County woman and her 5-year-old daughter reported missing earlier this week were found Thursday morning in an ice-covered pond on their Pine Grove property. Divers recovered the bodies of Karen Diane Anderson, 46, and Amelia Noelle Arago, 5, about 30 feet from the shore of […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee OLYMPIC VALLEY – Walled in by majestic snow-clad peaks, Squaw Valley USA has long been known as a mecca for downhill skiing. Now a proposal by the ski area’s new owner to build a year-round luxury resort with condos, cabins, an indoor water park and other amenities is stirring conflict […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday made two decisions regarding operations at the Lake Tahoe Airport: the potential outsourcing of airport management and the selection of an outside consultant to prepare an airport master plan. In October 2012, the city put out request for proposals asking for submissions from airport […]
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Daniel Chartraw, 39, formerly of El Dorado County, pleaded guilty today to wire fraud in connection with a multimillion dollar investment fraud scheme. According to court documents, between Jan. 1, 2007, and Nov. 30, 2011, Chartraw defrauded numerous investors by falsely representing investments in mines, mining and refinery equipment, oil commodities, precious metals concentrate, and […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee More medical professionals, including nurses and midwives, would be permitted to perform certain early abortions in California under a bill unveiled Tuesday. In a news conference at the Capitol that served to both introduce the bill and mark the 40-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade […]
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Updated: Jan. 24 11:35am By Kathryn Reed The four South Lake Tahoe council members will have at least seven people to choose from to fill the vacant seat. Five had turned in papers, with two more turning in papers today – Brooke Laine and Bruce Grego. Laine is a former council member, having stepped down […]
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A shallow magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported Thursday morning 13 miles from Markleeville, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 12:21am at a depth of 8.1 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 18 miles from Alpine Village, 18 miles from Dardanelle, 32 miles from South Lake Tahoe and 99 miles […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Californians can purchase a state parks annual pass on their income tax return for the 2012 tax year. The pass costs $195 and provides unlimited day-use access for one year to 130 state parks, or about half of all parks in the California Department of Parks and Recreation system. Taxpayers […]
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By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times As Facebook and Twitter become as central to workplace conversation as the company cafeteria, federal regulators are ordering employers to scale back policies that limit what workers can say online. Employers often seek to discourage comments that paint them in a negative light. Don’t discuss company matters publicly, a […]
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