By Bob Tita, Wall Street Journal The U.S. recycling industry is breaking down. Prices for scrap paper and plastic have collapsed, leading local officials across the country to charge residents more to collect recyclables and send some to landfills. Used newspapers, cardboard boxes and plastic bottles are piling up at plants that can’t make a […]
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Updated June 6, 12:43am: By Susan Wood The two El Dorado County District 5 supervisor candidates on opposite ends of the political spectrum will face each other in November, a rematch of four years ago. With all precincts reporting, incumbent Sue Novasel has 1,604 votes at 36.9 percent; while Kenny Curtzwiler is close behind with […]
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By Molly Sullivan, Sacramento Bee A tanker truck carrying jet fuel overturned on Highway 193 north of Placerville, spilling hundreds of gallons of fuel and closing a portion of the highway, Caltrans District 3 announced Monday. Shortly after 4am, the driver lost control of the truck while driving downhill near Chili Bar Reservoir, a popular […]
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By Ronald Robertson, The Conversation As the 2018 midterm elections approach in the U.S., Google’s power to influence undecided voters remains overshadowed by Facebook’s personal data crisis. Facebook has “taken it on the chin” for its role in the 2016 presidential election, and organizations like the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica and the Russian troll […]
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By Michael Mcgough, Sacramento Bee Deputies with a Lake Tahoe patrol crew helped recover a malfunctioning robot deployed by UC Davis researchers to study climate change, Placer County Sheriff’s Office reported Sunday on Facebook. And it’s a good thing they picked it up before someone else did, because the yellow-and-blue device bears a fairly strong […]
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By Kathryn Reed Vail Resorts is about to have a greater presence in South Lake Tahoe as the company takes over the management and day-to-day operations of Lakeland Village on Oct. 1. The lakefront condo development has been run by Aqua Aston Hospitality for the last nine years. “Vail is a top notch company. It’s […]
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By Matt Pepin, Boston Globe Vail Resorts, the Colorado-based owner of ski areas around North America, is continuing its expansion on both coasts and in Colorado. Vermont’s Okemo Mountain announced Monday morning that it has entered into a purchase agreement with Vail Resorts that also includes New Hampshire’s Mount Sunapee and Colorado’s Crested Butte. Vail […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – “It’s not a matter of getting better at firefighting, it’s now a matter of too much stuff for fires to burn,” Malcolm North, forest ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station said, explaining that in 2017, the costs to fight fires was upward of $3 […]
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By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee While law enforcement officials have identified hate crimes as a growing problem in California, it is worse than the numbers would suggest. California is undercounting hate crimes, according to a state audit released Thursday, because outdated policies have led law enforcement agencies to misidentify or fail to report incidents. Hate […]
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By Rong-Gong Lin II and Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times When a catastrophic earthquake hits California, buildings will topple and potentially hundreds could be killed. But what gets less attention is the wrenching aftermath of such a huge temblor, which could leave whole neighborhoods torched by fires uninhabitable and hundreds of thousands of people without a […]
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