By Kathryn Reed The zero interest loan program for bear boxes in South Tahoe Refuse’s service area has been so successful that it has been extended. The South Lake Tahoe Waste Management Authority board last week agreed to continue the program that is less than a year old. “It’s one of the best things for […]
Read moreBy Hattie Xu, Sacramento Bee While the state of Arkansas made news earlier this year when it executed four inmates in eight days, California has not seen an execution since 2006, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Of the 123 deaths of inmates who were on California’s death row since 1978, just […]
Read moreBy Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada is the third-hardest state in which to find full-time work, behind New Mexico and Alaska, according a report by the news and opinion website 24/7 Wall St. The state had an 11.9 percent underemployment rate, compared to the national rate of 9.5 percent, during the 12-month period analyzed […]
Read moreBy Rennie Svirnovskiy, Sacramento Bee Dave Roberts has seen plenty of calamitous fires, and the lingering thought after they’re extinguished always is, “If we’d only been there sooner.” The El Dorado Hills fire chief knows well that for every minute a structure fire burns, it doubles in size, putting both civilians and his firefighters […]
Read moreBy Isha Salian, Reno Gazette-Journal The State Bar of California moved forward last week with a proposal to lower the passing score of the bar exam by three points — a change that could increase the rate of passing by about eight percentage points. The State Bar made the proposal open for a public […]
Read moreFour people learned the hard way that the meadows in the basin are more marsh than dry landscape. South Lake Tahoe firefighters had to rescue the four on the afternoon of Aug. 5 near the south end of Baldwin Beach. “They didn’t realize how deep the mud was,” Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe […]
Read moreBy Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times California is confronting the limits of its power to save federal environmental protections as Congress and the Trump administration take aim at a landmark law the state has relied on for decades to clean the air of noxious smog. A push by Republicans to roll back parts of […]
Read moreFormer El Dorado Hills resident Kamyar “Kami” Soltani, 47, was sentenced Aug. 4 to six months in prison, six months home confinement with electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay $150,446 in restitution for tax evasion.. According to court documents, Soltani attempted to evade his tax obligations for tax years 2005, 2006, and 2007. Soltani worked […]
Read moreBy Associated Press WASHINGTON — The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving him no ammunition, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Task Force on Crime […]
Read moreBy Patrick Clark, Bloomberg It’s widely agreed that housing markets across the U.S. are hurting for new inventory, driving up prices and postponing homeownership for young Americans. What’s driving the inventory shortage is a murkier matter. A new report from Trulia tests some popular explanations and comes to this conclusion: We’re going to have to build our […]
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