PR Pond Newswire

The Folsom Cordova Unified teachers union wants a judge to force the school district to pay an elementary school teacher for five days she spent at a family reunion.

A member of a rock band's entourage was arrested at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills Thursday after the man allegedly threatened a student with a knife during a campus concert.

DONNER SUMMIT, Calif.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Voters aren't likely to be asked this November whether South Tahoe Public Utility District's Board of Directors should face term limits.

TRUCKEE, Calif. - Construction on an alpine roller coaster at Northstar-at-Tahoe - an idea drawing public scrutiny based on noise and environmental concerns - could begin as early as May 2010, according to environmental documents.

State water experts will conduct the third snow survey of the season today in the Sierra.

Officials from the California Department of Water Resources will measure the water content of the snow at Phillips Station, along Highway 50 about 90 miles east of Sacramento.

Ah Patagonia–land of icy glaciers, aquamarine rivers, and…………friendly barnyard animals.  Here is AO owner Scott A getting to know the locals in Futaleufu, and probably trying to negotiate an egg or too for breakfast, I dare say.  If you have farm-fresh produce to share please send it in an insulated basket (decorated with AO logos, [...]

Good news is relative and El Dorado County officials took some satisfaction this week that the county is in better fiscal shape than some neighboring jurisdictions.