By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee A lack of inventory has dragged down the Lake Tahoe real estate market through the first nine months of 2014, according to the Lake Tahoe, Nevada-based Chase International. Through Sept. 30 this year, the sales volume of single-family homes around the lake was down 15 percent at $727.4 million, compared […]
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El Dorado County Animal Services expects to move animals and most items from the old facility in Placerville to Diamond Springs between Oct. 12-15. The new facility, located at 6435 Capitol Ave., will officially open Oct. 16. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8am-5pm; :shelter services, including adoptions and kennel access, will be available […]
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By Janet Lorin and Oliver Staley, Bloomberg The high school class of 2014 turned in the lowest math scores on the SAT college-entrance exam since 2000, reinforcing concern that the U.S. is falling behind global rivals in science and math performance. Math results dipped a point to 513 from last year and from a peak […]
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By Claire Martin, Denver Post If you’re looking forward to hitting the slopes this winter, start training now to get the most out of that ever-steeper price on your lift tickets. “When you buy a $100 lift ticket, you kinda want to go all day,” says Patrick Abramson, a longtime coach for the University of Colorado’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even without a definitive recreation plan in place, South Lake Tahoe is moving forward with improvements. This includes going ahead with a bike park at Bijou Community Park. The topic will be discussed by the Planning Commission this week and will be before the City Council in November. Bike paths are being improved, […]
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To the community, With in-your-face audacity, Proposition 47 is misleadingly titled “The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act.” Here’s what it actually does: Allows for the release of nearly 10,000 criminals from prison Downgrades many felonies to misdemeanors Shifts financial burden away from the State to local government. I cannot imagine how anyone’s neighborhood or school […]
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El Dorado County Health and Human Services is providing low-cost community flu clinics Oct. 8 from 9:30am-12:30pm at the senior center, 3050 Lake Tahoe Blvd., and at Bijou Community School, 3501 Spruce Ave. in the teacher’s lounge from 3-6pm. The seasonal influenza vaccine will be available in nasal mist and flu shot forms at the […]
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Candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot were to have filed their first campaign finance forms on Oct. 6. Lake Tahoe News will post them as we receive them. The first to be secured are from the South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates. Matt Palacio has not filed. Bruce Grego, according to City Clerk Suzie Alessi, […]
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By Dan Levine, Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated on Tuesday as a federal appeals court in San Francisco struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar rulings for five other states. The 9th […]
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By Capital Press SACRAMENTO — The more than 800,000 rural California residents charged $150 per structure for fire prevention will get some relief in certain cases. Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that reduces the penalty for late payments from 20 percent to 10 percent per month and waives the fee for homeowners who lose their […]
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