Consultants and an advisory committee have been meeting since a public meeting in April that introduced the Highway 49 realignment study to the public at the Marshall Building on the El Dorado County Fairgrounds. At that meeting the public was given maps and asked to draw out possible new routes for Highway 49 from El [...]

Managing editor At 22 Lauri Clupper bought her first house. It was a clear sign of things to come. ClupperÕs passion for property propelled her into a real estate career and for the past 22 years the Realtor has helped people buy and sell homes from Rocklin to Pollock Pines (and everywhere in between). ÒItÕs [...]

When Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., objected to one of the largest private health insurers of seniors under the Medicare Advantage program, he got the Obama administration to send out an order to 200 insurance companies to basically shut up. Humana insurance company sent out an information mailer to its customers about aspects of the bill [...]

Mother Lode News There is no question, the new Tahoe Hybrid has beaucoup technical wizardry. It is also slicked down and lightened in many areas to make up for the extra weight of the electric hybrid system that adds nearly 400 pounds of extra weight. Most of that has been negated by the extensive use [...]

Photo editor At Evergreen Footwear in Placerville they sell shoes that are good for you. They can be stylish or casual, but more than anything a shoe should be comfortable. ÒWe sell comfort shoes and weÕre pretty much the only shoe store in Placerville,Ó said Judy Stanfield, the owner of the well-stocked shoe shop. Stanfield, [...]

Democrat columnist ÒChess is seldom found above the upper-middle class; itÕs too hard.Ó Ñ Paul Fussell The United States has seen a lot of success recently in the war on terror. Why donÕt we hear about all this success? Because itÕs the CIA at work, and the mainstream press hates the CIA, unless theyÕre failing. [...]

Editor At 824 pages it took me most of summer to read the newest biography of Franklin Roosevelt. In fact, I finished it last weekend during a slow Friday while participating in the annual Studio Tour. ÒTraitor to His ClassÓ was written by H.W. Brands, who was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his biography of [...]