Placer County Business, Economy & Jobs Articles

Jared Thomas and London Diaz were sworn into their roles in the Planning and Parks and Recreation commissions, respectively.

Three fossil fuel plants will stand by to provide emergency power for three more years despite California's mandate to switch to clean energy by 2045.

Sugar Bowl Resort announced today that Mike Jankowski has been named as its new executive director of sports. An elite performance professional with 20 years of Olympic sport organization experience, Jankowski has coached U.S. Olympic Ski and Snowboard teams since …

Two of the three troubled California hospitals are especially vital to their communities because they’re the only emergency providers in their rural counties. Health care chains could keep them afloat.

If you’re not familiar with it, boba is a cold, creamy tea drink containing chewy tapioca pearls. Here’s where to find the best bubble tea in Tahoe.

In an effort to provide healthy intravenous infusions in the comfort of one’s home, Modwella, short for “modern wellness,” has become a part of the local business landscape, with frontrunners Angela Harvey, a South Lake Tahoe local and registered nurse, …

A conversation with Stacy Caldwell, CEO of Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation

A recent state survey reveals 2 in 3 Black women are breadwinners; 8 in 10 worry about discrimination or mistreatment and more like Gov. Gavin Newsom than Vice President Kamala Harris.

A discrimination complaint filed by Native American tribes and environmental justice groups alleges that California has failed to protect water quality in the Bay-Delta. The EPA is investigating.

The summer 2023 scope of work includes the competition of abatement for the Tahoe Biltmore. The demolition of the property’s cottages is scheduled to begin within the next few weeks, with a goal to demolish the Tahoe Biltmore Casino and …

CRYSTAL BAY, Nev.— As a continued commitment to the community, Revitalize Tahoe Biltmore announced a recent update about the project's construction and demolition initiatives for 2023. The summer 2023 scope of work includes the competition...

Lincoln’s Slice Beer Company filed a civil action in United States District Court in the Eastern District of California to protect trade secrets against Rocklin’s Shred Beer Company, which was recently started by Slice’s former head brewmaster.

Ashley Serin will take over for former principal Dr. Nicholas Richter as he heads into a new position with the Sutter County School District.

Medi-Cal and other programs are testing food prescriptions that advocates say could improve chronic conditions, lower health care costs and reduce hunger.

Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis finally agreed to debate California Gov. Gavin Newsom after a feud hat has lasted for more than a year and included DeSantis dumping planeloads of immigrants in Sacramento.

The Douglas County Clerk-Treasurer's office has been made aware that a small number of residents have been affected by a programming error on their 2023-24 property tax bills.

Travis Air Force Base in Solano County is now surrounded on three sides by a Delaware company with millions of dollars and no public record of who is behind it. And the federal government hasn’t been able to solve the …

Showing solidarity with other social classes is a prominent union strategy in the so-called “hot labor summer” sweeping California. It’s too soon to say if the inter-union activity will get employers to bargain.

U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) announced that the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California will receive $1.3 million from the Department of Energy’s Grid Resilience State and Tribal Formula Grants program to modernize and strengthen …

Strikes by the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild have shut down Hollywood. As workers demand fair compensation and regulations on artificial intelligence, college students aspiring to break into the industry are caught up in the historic moment.