A relaxing nap can be a good way to spend the holiday which honors workers.
We give thanks to all the people who worked over the three day weekend taking care of the rest of us loafers.
And special thanks to organized labor, which has brought us the five day work-week, safer workplaces, fair pay and continues to fight for worker rights in general. Their work is never done.
In this week's newsletter we're also taking a break, and will be back in action next week with a look at the unusual number of city council elections being cancelled for want of candidates running against incumbents, and a reflection on how California is burning oil to make water.
In the meantime, enjoy the recipe of the week and catch up on all the news and government announcements from last week, below.
The ten-year effort to annex the Meeks Bay Fire Protection District into the North Tahoe Fire Protection District concluded with the approval of the Placer County Local Agency Formation Commission in August.
(09/03/2024) South Tahoe Now
A partnership of the Marcella Foundation, MountainHouse and Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra worked together to and distribute almost 200 backpacks and school supplies to local students in need.
(09/03/2024) South Tahoe Now
While the rest of us enjoyed the long weekend, El Dorado County firefighters were called to extinguish several local fires.
(09/03/2024) Mountain Democrat
The Tahoe Resource Conservation District is hosting a workshop on September 19 with information about the Firewise program and application process.
(09/02/2024) South Tahoe Now
In their August 20 meeting, El Dorado County Supervisors were updated on efforts by the Planning and Building Department to improve the often frustrating development permitting process.
(08/30/2024) Mountain Democrat
Over several days of dives at the end of June and the first days of July over 1.76 miles of underwater surveys, only low levels of litter from the shore were observed.
(08/29/2024) South Tahoe Now
Firefighters from a variety of responding agencies presented action reports and observations from the Crozier Fire at the August 14 meeting of the Georgetown Divide Fire Safe Council.
(08/29/2024) Georgetown Gazette
Celebrating 30 years of local service, Child Advocates of El Dorado County is holding a Family Fun Day on Saturday, September 28 at The Hangar Lake Tahoe featuring food, games, arts and crafts and guest Tahoe Toogee.
(08/28/2024) South Tahoe Now
Learn how the Ski Run community came together to build South Lake Tahoe's newest community park, celebrating its grand opening on September 6.
(08/27/2024) South Tahoe Now
American Beverage has awarded a grant of $300,000 to South Tahoe Refuse to help fund the rollout of new recycling carts to over 19,000 residents of South Lake Tahoe.
(08/27/2024) South Tahoe Now
Almost everyone in California has health insurance. That trend reflects about a decade and a half of policymaking designed to expand access to health care. The state’s average uninsured rate has dropped from nearly one in four Californians in 2009 to less than one in ten today.
(09/03/2024) CalMatters
CalFire received the first of five planes promised by the federal government, a former Coast Guard C-130 Hercules air tanker.
(09/02/2024) https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article291844345.html
California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious distinction.
(09/02/2024) CalMatters
Unable to jam through bills he says will lower California gas prices, Gov. Newsom calls the Legislature back into session.
(08/31/2024) CalMatters
The Legislature is willing to guarantee $500 million annually to affordable housing developers, but with a caveat.
(08/30/2024) CalMatters
A large apartment complex in San Rafael’s majority-Latino Canal neighborhood. Latino families in Marin County are far more likely than white families to have trouble making ends meet, a new report finds.
(08/30/2024) CalMatters
Early warning systems save lives during disasters, but a recent FEMA survey found that only a third of people are signed up. Use this resource to find your county’s emergency alert sign-up page.
(08/29/2024) CalMatters
Some Democrats are pushing bills that could put their colleagues on the hot seat in an election year. The authors say they’re representing their constituents and there’s never a perfect time for votes.
(08/28/2024) CalMatters
California Highway Patrol officers received historically high raises in 2022 and 2023, but it continues to face a high vacancy rate of 16%.
(08/28/2024) CalMatters
Pharmacy benefit managers attempt to negotiate cost savings for insurers. California is considering new rules that would require them to pass their discounts on to consumers.
(08/27/2024) CalMatters
A trio of California Democratic lawmakers say they’re frustrated by high cost estimates that helped kill their health care legislation. Did the Newsom administration inflate the numbers to quietly kill the bills?
(08/26/2024) CalMatters
About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.
(08/26/2024) CalMatters
