More than 2,500 interior building lights were upgraded with lower wattage fluorescent lamps in four buildings at the El Dorado County Government Center in Placerville, and at three county facilities in South Lake Tahoe. The $729,734 for the project came form federal stimulus funds. In addition, 77 parking lights and 165 High Pressure Sodium traffic […]
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By Harry Bradford, Huffington Post Stunning new research from a New York University economics professor reveals just how wide the chasm between the rich and everyone else has grown over the past few decades. In 2010 median net worth in the U.S. hit its lowest point since 1969 at $57,000, according to a recent study […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun It’s sad times for online poker in the Senate. A few months ago, Nevada Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller were talking big about the Internet poker bill they would be sure to pass before the year was out. Now they are hinting, in noticeably deflated tones, that a […]
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Phone and Internet service are out in parts of South Lake Tahoe because a vehicle damaged an AT&T pole. Electricity is not affected. The areas impacted are in the Bonanza neighborhood, and businesses and residents behind the Raley’s at the Y. It is not known when service will be restored.
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Electrical transmissions and connectivity of the various land holdings were the two main concerns brought up at the Wednesday scoping session of the Northstar Mountain Master Plan. Of the approximately 20 people at the Nov. 28 meeting, only two members of the public spoke. Dave McClure of Tahoe Vista […]
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By Kelly Nolan, Wall Street Journal California has long ranked second only to Illinois in the dubious honor of being the least-loved state among municipal-bond investors. But since Election Day, some investors have had a change of heart. On Nov. 6, California voters approved temporary tax increases that Standard & Poor’s estimates will boost the […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun When Claudia Vecchio accepted the job as director of the state Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs a year ago, she knew she was entering uncharted territory. The state had just combined its tourism, arts, museums and Native American culture departments into one office because of a budget […]
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By Radley Balko, Huffington Post On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the enforcement of an Illinois eavesdropping law. The broadly written law — the most stringent in the country — makes it a felony to make an audio recording of someone […]
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By Kathryn Reed Four months into the job and Michael Nakama knew the public sector was not for him. Nakama at the end of the year will leave his post as finance director for South Lake Tahoe. He gave notice in October, but no one at the city chose to let anyone know until now. […]
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By Cathy Locke and Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee David Clement spent the past two years pursuing his dream of creating a computer game for market and was within days of sending it out for testing when he went missing from his Camino home. John Clement said it appears his 30-year-old son had been on the […]
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