Tahoe Truckee Region Local News: Business, Economy & Jobs


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02/19/2024
California’s latest Master Plan for Aging underscores the need for policies to address the challenges aging populations face. But it fails to portray the realities for older adults in rural areas, who are at greater risk of poverty.

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02/18/2024
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The town of Truckee is looking for two local residents to join the River Revitalization Steering Committee, which is helping to shape the future of the downtown area by creating opportunities for the revitalization of the river corridor.

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02/15/2024
Coalitions on opposite sides put out competing studies on the little-known Private Attorneys General Act, which allows employees to file class-action lawsuits over some labor law violations.

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02/15/2024
For the first time in decades, California is tightening its rules on workplace exposure to lead, a poisonous metal that can wreak havoc throughout the body.

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02/15/2024
When and if California legalizes sports gambling, the policy should honor the laws established in partnership with tribes decades ago, says Assemblyman James Ramos.

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02/14/2024
The San Pedro ports had a busy January as they rebounded from last year’s labor troubles and picked up cargo redirected because of Suez and Panama canal troubles.

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02/13/2024
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Vail Resorts says as a company, the product it’s selling is the environment, a fact that undergirds its approach to business.

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02/13/2024
Officials want to prepare more Californians for good jobs, and the state has spent roughly $370 million on workforce programs. But the results are mixed.

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02/13/2024
Nearly 2 million Medi-Cal enrollees can now accumulate savings and property without limitations and still qualify for the state's health insurance program for low-income residents.

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02/13/2024
As agents hunt for business in Southern California's slow real estate market, some are trying out new ways of tracking down leads. Others are quitting the industry.

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02/12/2024
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Growing up in Panama, Three Pines Coffee Company co-owner Dimas Pino’s journey towards better health started at an early age, when both of his grandparents on his mother's side died of heart disease.

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02/08/2024
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Local dispensary Embarc is blazing the trail for South Tahoe's business landscape, cutting the ribbon on a new storefront and celebrating the grand opening of a second location in the community of Meyers.

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02/08/2024
The funds would help California ports expand to handle giant wind turbines and other equipment. California’s first offshore wind farms are on a fast track off Humboldt County and Morro Bay.

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02/08/2024
The closure of Madera Community Hospital created a new health care desert in a community that already had fewer doctors per capita than other parts of the state. UCSF and Adventist have a plan to reopen it.

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02/08/2024
When Gov. Gavin Newsom launched his landmark effort to shelter homeless residents in hotels during COVID, the state and local governments were relying on FEMA to foot much of the bill.

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02/07/2024
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced consumer tools to help tenants and landlords understand how much rent can rise under a state law.

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02/07/2024
In February 1984, Jan Adrian Suh embarked on a new venture, establishing Truckee Variety Co., which grew into a cherished haven of nostalgia in downtown Truckee.

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02/07/2024
State lawmakers grill Cal/OSHA officials, with allegations that employers get tipped off to inspections. The chairperson of the Assembly Labor Committee is seeking an audit.

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02/07/2024
A state tax agency wants to use generative AI to give business owners tax advice. The state of California calls it an opportunity. Risk assessments are forthcoming.

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02/06/2024
If educator candidates are paid a living wage and receive plenty of support, they are more likely to remain in the profession.
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