South Lake Tahoe is the most expensive destination in California to spend New Year's Eve 2016. That finding is the result of a recent survey conducted by LosAngelesHotels.org.

The survey compared 20 popular destinations in the Golden State based on their cost of lodging this December 31st. The rate for the cheapest available double room (minimum: 3-star hotel) served as the basis of comparison.

By Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, and Mike Hixenbaugh -- Pegi Scarlett, a cancer registrar, poses with a photo of her late husband, John Scarlet, who died in 2015 of glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, at their home in El Dorado Hills, Calif., on Dec 21, 2016. John was an Army Ranger, helicopter pilot and Vietnam War veteran: during his time in Vietnam he came into contact with Agent Orange. Pegi has been part of a growing group of widows petitioning the U.S.

The following people are on the arrest log of December 27, 2016, as reported by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department:    

MARK ARNOLD
Booking Number    First Name    Middle Name    Last Name    Sex
JN1606215    MARK    DAVID    ARNOLD    M
Facility    Date Booked    Status    Age at Booking    Arresting Agency
LT    20161227    INCUSTODY    49    SLPD
First 5 Charges    Misd or Felony?    Description    
Bail Amount For Each Charge
647(F)    M    DISORD CONDUCT:ALCOHOL    $500.00

One of the worst scenarios for families caring for someone living with Alzheimer’s disease is a loved one wandering or getting lost. It causes immediate panic and concern and unfortunately happens all too often. In fact, nearly 50 percent of some of these family members have experienced a loved one with Alzheimer’s wandering or getting lost, according to a new survey conducted by Home Instead Inc., franchisor of the Home Instead Senior Care network. Of those, nearly one in five called the police for assistance.

Whenever conservatives or libertarians talk about secession, liberals call them right wing extremists who obviously want to relive the Civil War. Some might even say that talk of secession is just code for a return to slavery.

But when it’s liberals who want to secede, it’s totally different.

There’s a group in California called The Yes California Independence Campaign – or just Yes California – who think it might actually be possible this time.