Supervisors Hear Redistricting Report Based On Census 2010 Data

After receipt of data from the federal Census 2010 in late March, Placer County has begun the process of modifying supervisorial districts to reflect population changes. The Board of Supervisors this week held a workshop where they received a report from the County’s Community Development/Resource Agency on how supervisorial district boundaries will need to be […]

Supervisors To Continue Discussion Of North Auburn Sewage Options

The Placer County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to clarify several important issues before deciding whether to move ahead with plans for upgrading an existing North Auburn sewage-treatment plant or to accept the city of Lincoln’s proposal to build a regional system. Board members said they need more information before deciding which option to pursue, […]

Wind Advisory For Lake Tahoe

Wind Advisory For Lake Tahoe

Lake Wind Advisory URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE…UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 228 AM PDT SAT MAY 7 2011 CAZ072-NVZ002-072300- /O.CON.KREV.LW.Y.0039.110507T2100Z-110508T1200Z/ GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA- 228 AM PDT SAT MAY 7 2011 …LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM PDT SUNDAY FOR LAKE TAHOE… A LAKE WIND ADVISORY […]

Snow Back in the Forecast Tomorrwo and Early Next Week

Snow Back in the Forecast Tomorrwo and Early Next Week

Tahoe City, CA…Snow is back in the forecast for Sunday – Tuesday in the Lake Tahoe Area according to the NWS in Reno. Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west wind between 10 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Tonight: Scattered rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with […]

President Calls US to Out-Innovate the Rest of the World

President Calls US to Out-Innovate the Rest of the World

Indianapolis, Indiana…The President’s remarks as prepared for delivery. Hi. I’m speaking with you today from the Allison Transmissions plant in Indianapolis, Indiana. I came here because this is a place where American workers are doing some big and impressive things. The hybrid technology they manufacture here already powers nearly 4,000 buses all over the world […]

Tread Lightly! ® On Land and Water Awareness Workshop hosted by the El Dorado County Department of Transportation

Join us for a 3-hour workshop to learn Tread Lightly! principles and how our offline and online behavior can affect all outdoor enthusiasts. Saturday, May 14, 2011 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM El Dorado County Department of Transportation “Ready Room” 2441 Headington Road Placerville, CA 95667 Please direct RSVP’s and questions to: tl.norcalbd@gmail.com

Governor Brown Signs Proclamation Honoring Holocaust Victims

Sacramento, CA….Governor Brown today signed a proclamaton honoring Holocust Victims May 1-8, 2011 PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, the Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims – six million were murdered; […]

Wanted Suspect Caught

Wanted Suspect Caught

On April 29, 2011 at 4:30 am, El Dorado County Sheriff detectives with assistance from Sacramento Police Department located and arrested Gary Masse in a Sacramento hotel room. He was booked into the El Dorado County jail and being held on $250,000 bail. /uploadedImages/Government/Sheriff/GaryMasse.jpg Gary J Masse 41 yrs., 5’8″, 170 lbs., brown hair, hazel […]

Unemployment at 9% – 244,000 Jobs Added in April

Unemployment at 9% – 244,000 Jobs Added in April

Washington, DC..The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the following this morning. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 244,000 in April, and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in several service-providing industries, manufacturing, and mining. Household Survey Data The number of unemployed persons, at […]

Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring a “Day of Prayer”

SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. today issued a proclamation declaring May 5, 2011, as a “Day of Prayer” in the State of California. The text of the proclamation is below: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA I ask all Californians to seek out the moving words of our President who […]