By Joe Mathews California doesn’t make playgrounds like it used to. Fifteen years after the state legislated compliance with national safety standards for new and renovated public playgrounds, I can take the Three Stooges—my three sons under age 8—to parks around California confident I’ll see the same reassuringly safe equipment: low swings, low slides, ubiquitous […]
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By Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post Explicit sexuality, offensive language, homosexuality, a religious viewpoint: Those are a few of the common objections to the 10 most-challenged books of 2015, according to the American Library Association’s latest “State of America’s Libraries” report. The list, published this week, includes some well-known titles — the Holy Bible ranked sixth — along with some […]
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Calculated annually by the Tax Foundation, Tax Freedom Day is when Americans have earned enough money to pay their annual tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels. California’s Tax Freedom Day lands on April 30, six days after the national mark of April 24. “California’s complicated and oppressive tax system continues to make […]
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· El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is having a free prescription drug disposal day at Lira’s Market in Meyers on April 30 from 11am-5pm. · The Douglas County Public Library Teen Advisory Board is hosting a free poetry slam contest April 29 at 4pm at the Minden Library. Teens age 12 and up may recite their […]
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A third suspect in the January murder at a South Lake Tahoe motel has been arrested. Domenic Seanlee Randolph, 22, was apprehended April 19 in Texas. Dennis Wright, 40, of Amador County died in drug deal-robbery gone bad on Jan. 30. He reportedly had more than 100 pounds of marijuana for sale at the Beverly Lodge. […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Lake Tahoe is getting warmer and that is not a good a thing for its clarity. In 2015 the pristine waters got a little less so in summer and winter, according to data released April 19 by the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. The […]
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North Tahoe Public Utility District is looking to the community it serves to determine future recreation needs. The board will be hiring a consultant to provide a needs assessment, which is part of updating the Recreation and Parks Master Plan. The assessment will also provide input to the district about what residents think of parks and […]
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Construction at Camp Richardson campground is slated to begin May 2. This phase two of the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s retrofit to meet current standards for water quality protection and universal accessibility. Work to upgrade the campground on the south side of Highway 89 is expected to last about three months. The […]
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The North Lake Tahoe Historical Society and UNR’s Photography Program are offering digitization services of historic visual materials related to the North Lake Tahoe community. Digitization sessions will be open for drop-ins at any time June 26 between 10am and 4pm at the Gatekeepers Museum in Tahoe City. Presentations will be given by historian Carol […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Scientists say the Sierra’s eastern front is long overdue for a large earthquake along the California-Nevada line, where a magnitude-7 event expected on average every 30 years hasn’t occurred in six decades. Nevada Seismology Laboratory Director Graham Kent says the region’s earthquake “drought” is likely one of the sources of a […]
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