By Katie Thomas, New York Times From the campaign trail to the halls of Congress, drug makers have spent much of the last year enduring withering criticism over the rising cost of drugs. It doesn’t seem to be working. In April alone, Johnson & Johnson raised its prices on several top-selling products, including the leukemia […]
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By Kathryn Reed A Bay Area couple learned the hard way that buying a vacant lot in Lake Tahoe does not automatically mean one gets to build on it. Although, in the disclosure forms of the sale it was noted that the property was partially in a stream environmental zone. “Prior to their purchase, a […]
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Placer County is offering three development opportunities in Kings Beach on parcels that used to be owned by the Redevelopment Agency. The three properties are being offered separately, though it is possible for a developer to combine them into a single related or compatible project. The 1.3 acre Eastern Gateway property is located on North […]
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Bona Fide Books & Letterpress in Meyers will offer two classes of interest to writers in May. “So You Want to Write and/or Illustrate a Children’s Book—Now What?” is the title of children’s book author and illustrator Kristen Schwartz’s class. It will be an intensive, personalized session aimed toward helping writers and illustrators of children’s, […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – In less than a year, the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association has started to backpedal when it comes to being adamant herbicides are the only way to rid the South Lake Tahoe canals of invasive weeds. At the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board meeting this week representatives of the […]
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By Robert Reid, National Geographic These days it seems you can’t go more than a few weeks without hearing about some unfortunate selfie faux pas on the Internet. Tourists posting photos of themselves giving the thumbs up in Auschwitz, for example, or smiling from a rusted-out bumper car in Pripyat, the Ukrainian city that was evacuated after the 1986 […]
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By Associated Press Vast wildfires have created lengthy gaps in Southern California sections of the famed Pacific Crest Trail, which hikers must bypass via shuttles or alternate routes to avoid dangerous conditions like unstable trees and loose rocks. Long-distance backpackers must be shuttled by van around the closures or risk incurring $2,500 fines, the Riverside […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee Democratic Rep. Loretta Sanchez, campaigning for U.S. Senate, said Tuesday that she would consider amending the federal law governing endangered species to help improve the water supply across the parched state of California. To help address the drought, Sanchez said she wants to take a broader approach that calls for […]
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By Christopher Cadelago, Sacramento Bee Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the architect of an omnibus gun-control initiative to require background checks for ammunition, said Thursday that the campaign has collected enough signatures to qualify for the fall ballot. Newsom planned to submit roughly 600,000 signatures for his “Safety for All,” initiative on Friday, far more than […]
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It took fishing captain Andrew Lubrano nearly 30 minutes to land a bass today in the Tahoe Keys. It weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces. The record for Lake Tahoe is just less than 8 pounds. “I was just cleaning my boat and threw an extra piece of bait I had into the water,” the […]
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