Washington, DC….After a modest decline last month, existing-home sales bounced back in September to their highest annual pace of the year, according to the National Association of Realtors®. All major regions except for the Midwest experienced gains in September. Total existing-home sales1, which are completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif., –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) released the decision for the Historic Facilities Best Management Practices (BMPs) Retrofit project to revitalize the Tallac Historic Site on Lake Tahoe’s South Shore. Project work could begin as early as May 2015, and depending on funding, could take 10 years […]
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV…“A breakdown can pave the way for a breakthrough,” California Governor Jerry Brown said at the Lake Tahoe Summit on August 19. The governor was speaking about the challenges people face in looking beyond their differences for common ground, whether that’s working to craft the $7.5 billion water bond California voters will consider […]
San Francisco, CA…Restore Hetch Hetchy put out a call to action in a special fundraising appeal to ‘outbid San Francisco’ for the rights to the Hetch Hetchy Valley last month and nearly 200 people responded bidding $63,684 – more than twice what San Francisco pays annually in rent to the National Park Service. The funds […]
Pleasanton , Calif. — Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) and The Safeway Foundation launched a campaign that will fund important programs that assist people with special needs. Through the Support for People with Disabilities campaign, during the month of August, Safeway customers will be able to donate to Easter Seals, the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – The Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the City of South Lake Tahoe, is offering a Create Your Business Plan workshop series this fall on three consecutive Wednesdays beginning August 20, 2014. By the end of the three 90-minute sessions participants will have a completed draft of a […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA – Commercial properties in South Lake Tahoe have a new program they can access to improve the energy and water efficiency of their property through a Clean Energy Program. Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing model allows property owners to borrow money, usually on a 20-year term, and repay it with […]
Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors, Inc. have signed an agreement that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in the United States, known as the Gigafactory. According to the agreement, Tesla will prepare, provide and manage the land, buildings and utilities. Panasonic will manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells […]
Washington, DC…THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody, hello! (Applause.) Thank you so much. Everybody, please have a seat. Welcome to the White House. The executive order I’ll sign in a few minutes is one that’s good for workers, it’s good for responsible employers, and it’s good for the middle class. That explains the folks who are standing […]
Sacramento, CA – President Obama signed the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), H.R. 803, to reauthorize and modernize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998. The WIA was enacted to serve as the nation’s employment and job training program by providing federal funding to states for job training, education, and employment services for unemployed […]
