The third annual Local SVI Celebrity Golf Tournament is Sept. 22. This year’s tournament will be hosted by Uncle E of the X Games. Celebrity guests include Olympians Jonny Mosely, Nate Holland, Tamara McKinney, ski legends like Tanner Hall, Kevin Andrews, The Engerbretsons, Scott Gaffney and Eric Deslauriers Red Bull air force members, local politicians […]
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By Jon Ortiz, Sacramento Bee California’s largest public retirement system lacks a routine method for detecting pension spiking, according to a new released by state Controller John Chiang, and the pace at which it does check employers’ payroll is glacially slow. The report also blasted a pay tactic that auditors estimate will allow some public […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Brian Sandoval on Thursday set up the machinery for Western states to join in finding the best ways to deal with the extended drought. Sandoval said the Western Drought Forum has been created involving eight states. There will be an online library to collect case studies and best […]
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By Kevin Oliver, KCRA-TV Local law enforcement agencies across California are recipients of surplus military gear, but some have been suspended from the program because of missing military equipment. Grenade launchers, bayonets and armored vehicles were given to a number of California police departments. The Davis Police Department received a mine-resistant vehicle, but decided not […]
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• September is National Library Card Sign-up Month. Show your card or sign-up for one at any El Dorado County library for a chance to win a frosty treat. • The Three Feet for Safety Act takes effect Sept. 16 in California. Drivers must give bicyclists traveling in the same direction 3 feet of clearance […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe Refuse customers on the South Shore are likely to see their rates to go up by more than 3 percent starting Jan. 1. The garbage company is asking for a 3.7 percent hike in South Lake Tahoe and Douglas County, and 3.5 percent in El Dorado County. Terry Trease, STR’s […]
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By Clint Purvance Backers of California Proposition 46 claim it will protect the patient and reduce patient harm. While the initiative argues patient safeguards and seems well-intended, the proposition is flawed and costly. If passed as written, Proposition 46 would discourage doctors from working in California, jeopardize patient privacy, and increase patient and government healthcare […]
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By Kathryn Zickuhr and Lee Rainie, Pew Research Younger Americans — those ages 16-29 — especially fascinate researchers and organizations because of their advanced technology habits, their racial and ethnic diversity, their looser relationships to institutions such as political parties and organized religion, and the ways in which their social attitudes differ from their elders. […]
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• Barton Health’s Medical Imaging Department has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation by the American College of Radiology. • Squaw Valley Institute’s Monthly Movie Night Series in partnership with the Tahoe Art Haus Cinema begins Sept. 20 with “Wild Reverence” about the plight of the American steelhead. There will be 6pm and 9pm […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times While California suffered through the driest winter on record, ski gear and winter clothing sales rose nationwide last season thanks to frigid temperatures in other parts of the country, according to an industry trade report. Businesses that sell snow gear and winter apparel reported $3.6 billion in sales in […]
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