By Lake Tahoe News Another former Sutter County employee is about to be on the payroll for El Dorado County. Marco Sandoval has been Sutter’s risk manager since 2008 and will have the same title with El Dorado County. Prior to being hired by Sutter County Sandoval was in the private sector doing the same type […]
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By CBS News In March 2011 the world watched in awe and horror as a colossal tsunami ravaged eastern Japan — the result of a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Entire cities were washed away; millions were stranded without power or water; 15,000 died. It was an otherworldy event that happened thousands of miles away. Thank goodness, […]
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The annual mental health forum hosted by Barton Health is April 7 at Lake Tahoe Community College. Mental health clinicians, law enforcement, social service groups, school staff, and community members are invited to attend this fourth forum. Attendees will hear recent accomplishments in the community, new and evolving services Mental Health Collaborative members are working […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee California highway officials last week launched a clean water campaign, “Protect Every Drop” aimed reducing the amount of pollution that flows off of people’s cars into streams, rivers, lakes and the ocean. “Clean water is essential for our quality of life in California, and it’s important to ‘Protect Every Drop’,” […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s emergency change to teacher licensing simplifies hiring in a state short on public school teachers, but it also opens the door to those who don’t meet basic expectations. An emergency regulation – approved a month ago by Gov. Brian Sandoval – allows the state to immediately license teachers who’ve never taught in […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was sent to South Lake Tahoe City Councilmen Hal Cole and Tom Davis on March 6, 2016. It is republished with permission. Dear Hal and Tom, I watched your meeting of March 1 of this year and heard comments about me stopping a member of the City Council from being […]
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Kate Rutherford will complete Alpenglow Sports’ 10th anniversary Winter Film Series. Rutherford will present The Year of the Leaning Towers, which will showcase her life weaving together the threads of new routes in remote mountain ranges on distant continents, art, and fun big walls at home in California. Rutherford attributes her love of climbing to the […]
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· Tahoe Donner’s annual Taste of Truckee gourmet food and wine event is March 20 from noon-3pm. Buy tickets online. · Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for the week. · Wine on the Water – a sold-out event for the last five years – returns June 12 from 1-5pm. The food and […]
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Duke is a really cute little beagle mix who’s been at the shelter for almost a month, and we can’t figure out why. He’s a very happy little boy who loves to go for walks. Duke is 5 years old and gets along well with other dogs. He needs a secure fenced yard or to […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau MEYERS – After years without anything even resembling one, Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District has put together a master plan for Tahoe Paradise Park. Well, at least a draft of one. The plan sets forth a number of goals and objectives not only for the purpose of managing the park more effectively, […]
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