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10/01/2024
Meet David Jinkens, running for an open seat on the South Lake Tahoe City Council in the November election.

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10/01/2024
A California minimum wage law that was delayed amid budget troubles is now set to go into effect Oct. 16. It’s expected to benefit hundreds of thousands of workers.

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10/01/2024
The Assembly approves Gov. Newsom’s bill on oil refineries on a 44-17 vote. But the state Senate will have its say during the special session.

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09/30/2024
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City Council for the City of South Lake Tahoe opened their Sept. 24 meeting by voting in and welcoming former Councilmember and Mayor Devin Middlebrook to a recently vacated council seat.

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09/30/2024
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Housing, especially on South Shore, has been a topic of particular interest, especially with both voting Measure N and the opening of Sugar Pine Village on the horizon. To clarify what the city's doing with housing, Zachary Thomas, Jessica Wackenhut-Lomeli, Lydia Zuniga, and Monica Manuel all came to Sidellis on Thursday night to hold office hours, chat with the community, and discuss current and upcoming programs.

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09/30/2024
The South Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce questions and rankings of candidates for City Council in the upcoming November election.

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09/30/2024
An estimated 1 in 5 schools has no air conditioning and another 10% need repair. Underfunded schools struggle to keep classrooms cool as heat waves intensify. “It’s a hot mess,” one teacher says.

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09/30/2024
Homeless service providers are scaling back and taking out loans as they wait for late payments from the government.

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09/30/2024
California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this morning banning the practice.

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09/29/2024
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Sac Metro, Folsom, El Dorado Hills take top three on podium

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09/27/2024
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The boarded up and chain-linked Motel 6 site that's headed towards restoration was a topic at the City of South Lake Tahoe's City Council meeting on Tuesday night, Sept. 24.

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09/27/2024
The Environmental Assessment for the USDA Forest Service Basin Wide Trails Analysis Project has been released and is open for comment and objections from those who have previously commented on the plan.

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09/27/2024
In their September 23 meeting, the El Dorado Irrigation District Board of Directors reviewed capital improvement projects and costs.

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09/27/2024
The public is invited to three candidate forums will be held in October, hosted by the League of Women Voters of El Dorado County.

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09/27/2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to combat gasoline price spikes appears headed to a long-awaited Assembly floor vote next week after passing out of committee on September 26.

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09/27/2024
The Mercury News guide to the Proposition 2 $10 billion bond to build and repair public schools.

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09/26/2024
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Dustin Silva is a 25-year veteran of the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office and running for Folsom City Council in District 2, but he’s also just a small-town boy at heart.

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09/26/2024
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The City of Folsom is outlawing parking in Historic District alleys to ease emergency access and waste pickup on the narrow roadways.

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09/26/2024
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Due to Alder Creek Elementary School student safety concerns, Folsom city officials agreed this week to build sidewalks near the campus years before planned.

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09/26/2024
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With all the conflict and stressors in the world, the morning of Sept. 21 in Folsom was a reminder there is still plenty of good will, and an unwavering community bond.

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09/26/2024
The governor wants new gas reserves to dampen seasonal price spikes. Refiners say the move would raise prices and require new storage tanks.

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09/25/2024
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On September 21, Folsom put its 11th annual Community Service Day in the history book with approximately 2,000 volunteers contributing their time to over 65 diverse projects across the city and did the work to provide over 43,000 meals for those in need in the months to come. 

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09/25/2024
Many California farmworkers have long lacked safe and affordable places to sleep — an issue thrown into sharp relief after last year’s mass shooting in Half Moon Bay, which left seven agricultural workers dead.

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09/25/2024
Begun in 2021, the work to remove invasive plants from Taylor and Tallac creeks in the southwest section of Lake Tahoe is coming to an end.

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09/25/2024
The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe is putting out the call for volunteers to help at its Lake Tahoe Boulevard facility in South Lake Tahoe.

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09/25/2024
Drafted through the combined efforts of local fire and law enforcement agencies and emergency management staff, the new Lake Tahoe Regional Evacuation Plan is open for public comment.

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09/25/2024
The Mercury News guide to the anti-crime and ant-drug dealing measure Proposition 36 on the November ballot.
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