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What’s in, and what’s not, for weddings in 2025. You’re engaged, and now it’s time to plan the most enchanting day of your life. Where to even begin? To help [...]
El Dorado County Community Concert Association
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The Williamson Act, passed in 1965, now keeps more than 16 million acres of farmland out of the hands of developers. Here's how the law puts the brakes on the development of California agricultural properties.
The California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, is both the state’s signature environmental legislation, and is also often named as the villain in the state’s housing shortage. But the story may not be that simple.
How California’s 10 state conservancies buy up open land and shield it from developers to preserve the natural environment for public use.
What is the California Coastal Commission? How one of the state’s most powerful agency protects public access to the state’s scenic coast from Mexico to Oregon.
California has used reclamation districts to turn millions of acres of unusable swamps into fertile agricultural land, starting in the earliest days of the Gold Rush. Here’s how it happened.
Zoning laws determine what can be built and where. These laws have shaped California, but are they really just tools for social engineering? The history of zoning is closely tied to racial segregation, as well as the state's shortage of …
From Folsom Telegraph...
A Firewise Community is a neighborhood that is taking appropriate measures to become more resistant to wildfire structural damage. By increasing awareness about the best mitigation practices and working together on neighborhood projects, Firewise Communities decrease the risk of wildfire destruction in their area.
From Mountain Democrat...
The Folsom Planning Commission approved a "large-lot" split, or tentative subdivision map, of 146.1 acres west of the Mangini and Sierra parkways intersection. The Dec. 18 action on "Parcel 1A" cuts the area into two individual lots for future sale and development by Folsom Real Estate South LLC of El Dorado Hills.
From CalMatters...
From Village Life...
From Tahoe Daily Tribune...
A one-story residence at 3515 Rancho Circle has been a concern of the city of South Lake Tahoe since 2022. Though it has stood since 1961, in the past few years, it has fallen into disrepair and has become a health and public safety concern.
From Los Angeles Times...
The final El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting in 2024 featured discussions of clean energy, wood utilization and rural community development among other related issues. Continued from its Sept. 24, session, the agenda explored several ongoing projects taking place in Plumas County by the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment.
After burning for 60 days and dropping into the Tahoe Basin within that time, the Caldor Fire reached 100% containment on Oct. 21, 2021, yet work related to the over 220,000 acre fire was far from over.
The Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA) recently reached a major milestone in its 2024 End-of-Year Giving Drive, exceeding $200,000 in funds raised since the beginning of the campaign in mid-October this year. This puts the organization at 80% of the way to its ultimate goal of raising $250,000 for Tahoe trails by the end of December.
As extreme weather events fuel an explosion in homeowners insurance premiums, governors representing states in the West are expressing frustration with the industry, saying companies need to do more to bring down costs.
From South Tahoe Now...
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