The South Lake Tahoe Senior Center is hosting two one-day classes for drivers of all ages. The instructor is R.S. Lynn. Auto insurance companies give a premium discount valid for three years to those over 55 who complete the class. There are no tests to pass. AARP members pay discounted fee of $15; for others […]
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By Kathryn Reed The classroom will never be far from Mike Patterson no matter the physical distance. That is because as a member of the California Teachers Association board he intends to put students at the forefront. Patterson, who started teaching auto shop at South Tahoe High School in 1988, begins a three-year tenure on […]
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By William Simon For thousands of years, rhetoric, the art of persuasion, was a core area of study in our schools. Over the last century or so, that changed, and rhetoric and public speaking have all but disappeared from curricula. Why? My best explanation is that the academy became skeptical of rhetoric as speaking became […]
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By Karen Weise, Bloomberg Almost seven years have passed since the Great Recession was finally, technically, over, and only recently have social scientists had enough long-term data to calculate how the crisis affected American families beyond economics. A paper published in the journal Demography, goes deep inside relationships to show that hardship and uncertainty increased […]
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By Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS—The European Union’s executive will discuss on Tuesday the right of U.S. citizens to visit the bloc without a visa, a spokeswoman said Friday. The European Commission’s discussion is a response to the fact that the U.S. has yet to grant visa-free entry to the whole of the EU, […]
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There will be two artist receptions on April 14 from 5-7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College. In the Haldan Gallery inside the library building works created by LTCC faculty and staff will be showcased. Each member of LTCC’s Art Department was invited to share two pieces of their artwork. It’s a chance to meet the […]
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By Tim Hauserman, Adventure Sports Journal “We are sick of going to funerals,” said John Walsh, a lifelong Tahoe local and former ski racer, lamenting the steady stream of Tahoe based athletes and adventurers (including his nephew) who died in recent years while pushing the envelope in dangerous sports. Action sports filmmaker Steven Siig adds, “You […]
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With numerous road improvement projects across the region, the Nevada Department of Transportation and Nevada Highway Patrol are making a concerted effort to get people to slow down and pay more attention while driving in road work zones. “Tragically, there were 12 deaths in Nevada road work zones in a recent one-year period,” Nevada Highway […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The woman developed symptoms consistent with Zika virus after returning from El Salvador, according to an announcement from the Washoe County Health District. Symptoms included joint pain, body ache, fever, conjunctivitis, chills, abdominal pain, headache and rash. A woman with recent travel history to El Savador has the first confirmed case of […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal STEAD — Nevada and NASA announced last week they are now partners in the drone business. Gov. Brian Sandoval and Frank Aguilera, deputy director of the Aerospace Systems Program at the NASA Ames Research Center in California, along with other officials, unveiled the new $400,000 NUANCE lab at Reno-Stead Airport […]
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