By Jim Nichols I would like to first offer my sympathies to those who were affected by the recent flash flooding in Douglas County. Many of you have suffered damage to your property as a result of the recent flood events. Many of you have expressed your concerns and frustrations over this situation and I […]
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To the community, The Food Bank of El Dorado County is committed to helping with the homeless issue in El Dorado County one person at a time. We have adopted a young single mother that is homeless and have provided a job at the Food Bank. We need help with a temporary place for her […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee It’s time again for some more fun with numbers – big numbers. They’re the numbers associated with the 2015-16 state budget, which the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown enacted last month. There may be some public confusion over its dimensions. Some news media reported the total as $115.4 billion, others […]
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By Zocalo Americans have more ways to be healthy than ever before. Organic vegetables line grocery store shelves. Yoga studios crowd city streets. Fitbits remind us to skip the elevator and Rocky Balboa it up the stairs. But just because all these waist-thinning options exist doesn’t mean everyone has access to them. Fresh produce, fancy […]
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To the community, The U.S. Forest Service has begun implementing plans to “improve” the Camp Richardson area north of Highway 89. The purpose of this plan is to meet standards for water quality and universal access. Campsites and roads are being reorganized. The campground will get a new entrance. The bike path that is now along the […]
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By Robert J. Shiller, New York Times Home prices have been climbing. They have risen 27 percent nationally since 2012, even more in places like San Francisco. But why worry? If you accept the efficient markets theory — and believe that real estate is an efficient market — then these prices are based on “new […]
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By Joe Mathews With Superman, Spiderman, and Batman all living in New York (or its fictional doppelgangers), Californians have failed to grapple with our own superhero problem: we’ve become dangerously dependent on them. This peril is most obvious in Hollywood. The film industry could collapse if the public gets tired of superheroes — two […]
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By Andrew Kimbrell, Wall Street Journal One of the biggest arguments in the food world these days involves products that have been genetically modified. Consumer advocates have been pushing for rules requiring companies to label foods that contain ingredients that have been modified for any number of purposes, such as making them resistant to herbicides. […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 20, 2015, Las Vegas Sun. Aside from picking office holders, Nevada voters next year will have the opportunity to help keep guns out of the wrong hands. Granted, we can’t always identify “the wrong hands” because many crimes are committed in the passion of the moment by […]
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To the community, Several people have said to me that they do not want to see electronic digital signs in our beautiful county. So why are digital signs included in the proposed new sign ordinance? Does the majority of the public even know that digital signs are being proposed in the new sign ordinance? The […]
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