By Leslie Kendall Dye, Washington Post At school pickup, I stand outside the chain-link fence that separates the kindergarten playground from the parents. Our 5-year-olds walk in orderly lines from the building to the yard. They blink in the afternoon sun, disoriented after many hours indoors. The bell rings and, freed from their teachers, the […]
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By James W. Johnson The arrival of five athletes, all African American, on the UCLA campus in the late 1930s would prove to be a moment of destiny, not just for college sports but for the United States. These five men could have been called the original Fabulous Five. And that designation was no exaggeration, […]
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A driving under the influence stop ended with the confiscation of 7 pounds of marijuana, more than 10 pounds of methamphetamine, several thousand dollars and other indicators of drug sales. A California Highway Patrol officer pulled the vehicle over just after midnight April 21 on Highway 50 near Schnell School Road in Placerville. During the […]
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By Trevor Hughes, USA Today America’s fast-growing marijuana industry appears poised for supercharged growth after winning what cannabis entrepreneurs see as approval from the Trump administration to forge ahead. The legal marijuana market was already growing exponentially despite fears of a federal crackdown under Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but Trump’s signal that he’ll […]
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Work on Highway 28’s share-used path, highway safety, accessibility, and water quality is expected to resume April 30 and continue through the fall. Daytime and nighttime single lane closures will take place on Highway 28 from the southern end of Incline Village to three miles south of Sand Harbor State Park throughout the summer. Motorists […]
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· Physiatrist Gregory Burkard Jr. has joined Barton Health as an interventional pain and sports medicine physiatrist, which a physician that treats a variety of medical conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves, bones, muscles, joints and more. · Douglas County Library in Minden will host South Lake Tahoe author JoAnn Conner on May 8 […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s controversial plan to find a private owner for more than 2,500 horses roaming near Reno fizzled out. The Department of Agriculture this week announced it received zero responses to a request for proposals from private groups interested in taking ownership of horses living on the Virginia Range. With no […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Energy Choice Initiative on the ballot in November promises to bring cheaper energy options to Nevadans by opening the state up as a competitive market. But according to a new report from state utility regulators, most Nevadans would see higher monthly energy bills for roughly a decade before […]
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Bill Morgan, the former leader of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, died April 14, 2018, at his home in Alpine County. He was 84. In 1975, Bill was appointed the forest supervisor of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, which the U.S. Forest Service had recently established to manage […]
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The El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency, Behavioral Health Division is seeking public comment on the 2018-19 Mental Health Services Act annual update. The draft update provides information on current and new MHSA programs, and budgets for three fiscal years through 2019-20. MHSA components in the update include: Prevention and Early Intervention; Community […]
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