By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee Median home ownership and rental prices are further apart in the Sacramento metropolitan area than nearly any of the most populous U.S. regions, according to an Urban Institute report released this week. Monthly mortgage payments in Sacramento, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties will eat up 32.9 percent of a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Five acres of land bordering the Upper Truckee River near the mouth of Lake Tahoe are a reminder of how the environment wasn’t always a priority. A maintenance yard next to a river. That wouldn’t happen today. Daily, trucks drive into the yard – which isn’t paved. Old dumpsters are rusting. Debris […]
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While there was no action taken in closed session Thursday by the California Tahoe Conservancy board, it was a better experience for Patrick Wright compared to June. Wright, the executive director of the state agency based in South Lake Tahoe, this summer was told by his board he better get his act together. Apparently he […]
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El Dorado County sheriff’s detectives on Dec. 6 discovered a large scale, commercial style butane extraction lab in Camino. They were following up on a narcotics investigation in the 5000 block of Monte Vista Way. Via a search warrant they seized numerous items used in the commercial manufacturing of concentrated cannabis, including multiple commercial vacuum […]
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The big news Thursday from Vail Resorts wasn’t its quarterly earnings report, but instead the hefty investment coming to Whistler Blackcomb. This is the second season the Broomfield, Colo.-based company has owned the Canadian resort. The $52 million cash infusion for next year will include a 10-passenger gondola, a new six-pack lift and a high-speed […]
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El Dorado County is accepting comment on its River Management Plan. The plan focuses on whitewater recreation on the 20.7-mile segment of the South Fork of the American River between the Chili Bar Dam and the confluence of the Folsom Lake State Recreation Area. The initial plan was adopted in 2001 by the Board of […]
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By Christopher Weber and Geoff Mulvihill, AP The nation’s homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010, driven by a surge in the number of people living on the streets in West Coast cities. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual Point in Time count Wednesday, a report […]
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By Sapna Maheshwari, New York Times In today’s political climate, even pizza, bourbon and coffee can be partisan issues. A year after the presidential election, a range of advertisers are learning that it doesn’t take much — sometimes just a single Twitter post — to land them in the middle of a social media firestorm […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee What happened to the rain? Less than a year after the drought was declared over, precipitation has been relatively scarce in the Sacramento area and Northern California so far this season. This week’s cold snap is accompanied by a round of dry weather that’s expected to last at least another […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun French tourists to Nevada seek the outdoors and cultural opportunities, while Chinese tourists are switching from group arrangements to independent travel. Travel tendencies of international tourists were among the discussion topics on the second day of the Governor’s Summit on Tourism at the Flamingo Las Vegas. Gov. Brian Sandoval […]
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