By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times It pays to shop around for car insurance. California rates can vary by as much as a third for the same driver in the same car at the same address. An analysis by CarInsurance.com, an Internet car insurance clearinghouse, looked at rates for an unmarried 40-year-old male who commutes […]
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By KTVN-TV Employees at Alpine Meadows are mourning the loss of one of their own. Officials said on Saturday Annalise Kjolhede, a ski school instructor, was skiing the mountain before the resort opened when she hit a rock. She suffered serious neck and head injuries and passed away from her injuries on Nov. 13. Alpine […]
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By Kathryn Reed Early next year the boards of Lake Tahoe Unified School District and Lake Tahoe Community College are expected to decide if they will alter elections to no longer allow candidates to be elected at-large. The California Voting Rights Act is forcing K-12 and community colleges to look at their demographics to ensure […]
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Sacramento Bee reporters answer questions about area crime news, trends and other issues. QUESTION: What is going on with the man/case who was arrested in Carmichael this year for a killing that took place 30 years ago in South Lake Tahoe? Submitted by: George, Fair Oaks ANSWER: Andrew Evan Sanford is in El Dorado County […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The California Highway Patrol has announced the arrest of three men in connection with the Sept. 28 robbery of the California State Mining and Mineral Museum in Mariposa. The robbery involved the theft of more than $1 million in precious metals, mostly gold. Search warrants were served Tuesday morning in […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s has settled its strike in time for Thanksgiving, restoring labor peace to Northern California’s turbulent supermarket industry. But as picket lines disappeared and strikers returned to work Tuesday morning, Raley’s faced a competitive landscape overrun by low-cost, nonunion companies – and must immediately try to regain favor with shoppers. […]
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By Roger Diez, Northern Nevada Business Weekly Motorists traveling south on Highway 395 to Minden and Gardnerville can’t help but notice the impressive eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada and ranchlands stretching out on both sides of the highway. What they often don’t see, however, is the small but growing presence of medical-related industry that […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Raley’s said today it has struck a deal to end its strike. There was no immediate confirmation from the United Food and Commercial Workers. Ellen Anreder, a spokeswoman for UFCW Local 8 in Roseville, said there wasn’t a signed agreement yet. The announcement from Raley’s came after a marathon negotiating […]
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By Kathryn Reed What would Northstar be like if skiers were whisked to the village via a gondola from the lower parking lot, if 300 acres of terrain were added, and those runs were accessed by an additional seven lifts? Skiers and snowboarders will get to know the answers firsthand in the next decade or […]
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By Phillip Reese and Melody Gutierrez, Sacramento Bee Going to college has always been a gamble for students taking loans. They bet on a college degree conferring higher earnings that will let them settle up after graduation. For most, the gamble pays off: The unemployment rate for college graduates is half the rate for those […]
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