Statecraft takes time: Kamala Harris & Gavin Newsom

A look at how Folsom, Chico and Placer County are responding to the recent Supreme Court ruling and Newsom executive order on homeless encampments.

A number of forest thinning and fuel reduction projects are taking place in the Lake Tahoe Basin over the rest of the summer and into the fall.

Al Tahoe Firewise is hosting its annual neighborhood clean-up and chipping day get together this year on August 3.

One Beach and Patton Landing Beach have reopened to the public. Water analysis continues.

70-year old Warren Elliott has been found safe after going missing on July 19, subsisting for five days on a handful of berries and creek water.

The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center will be presenting its annual State of the Lake report on August 8.

A look at increasing defensible space, starting with the shrubs or other plants near home foundations.

Founded in 1987 to study the works of the Bard, the Placerville Shakespeare Club announced that Lisbeth Powell and Darlene Tarlton will share the leadership as co-presidents.

The El Dorado County Fire Protection District was awarded a grant for the acquisition of self-contained breathing packs for its firefighters.

Construction of the first homes has begun in the Placer Vineyards active senior housing project.

Three bands are featured in the August 3 benefit concert at Sugar Pine Point State Park in Tahoma.

185 participants joined organizers Boarding for Breast Cancer on July 20 and 21, raising $70,000 for breast cancer research.

Alex Silgalis of Lake Tahoe Freshies has a seven-day bucket list to help first-time visitors maximize their Lake Tahoe experience.

The official Watch Duty incident page for the massive Park Fire burning in Butte and Tehama Counties.

After years of delay, a new California regulation to protect indoor workers from extreme heat is now in effect.

In his 2018 campaign, Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking office. So far, the state has registered more than 180,000 new apprenticeships. Many of them are firefighters.

When California emerged from its colonial beginnings nearly two centuries ago and began coalescing into a distinct society, its towns and villages tended to be located either on navigable rivers, such as Sacramento, or around the 21 missions that Spanish explorer priests had established, such as San Diego.

“This doesn’t build public trust. Where is the evidence?” said Jeff Wenninger, a former Los Angeles Police lieutenant who oversaw use of force investigations.

California Forever’s announcement July 22 that it has decided to pull a ballot measure that would have let voters decide on a controversial planned city in rural Solano County drew swift reaction from political leaders and opponents.

What happens when voters take to the ballot to thumb their nose at state housing law? Courts haven’t offered a clear answer.

The first two human cases of West Nile virus this season were reported in Yuba and Stanislaus Counties.

There never was much of a chance that California Gov. Gavin Newsom would be running for president this year, even if President Joe Biden were to step aside.

Following a report released the previous week by Solano County citing billions of dollars in costs and a host of other issues, California Forever pulled their initiative from the November ballot.