By Johnathan L. Wright, Reno Gazette-Journal After a 2015 he described as “hell, just hell,” chef Mark Estee is reorganizing his restaurant group. Chief among the changes: If a deal proceeds as expected later today, Dec. 11, he will sell a 50 percent stake in Campo, his flagship restaurant in downtown Reno, to a “financial partner.” […]
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By Robert Handa, NBC Bay Area CalFire is taking measures to clean up its reputation after a state investigation indicated that some academy cadets may have been cheating. CalFire is in the midst of getting ready for the winter, and El Niño, and officials definitely want to put the scandals behind them. But they also […]
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Updated: 7:29am A large part of Meyers is without power this morning. Liberty Utilities has no estimate of when it will be restored. Initially there were 3,500 customers in the dark. That is down to about 400 in the Christmas Valley area. They still don’t know the cause of the outage. All schools in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Carson Alexander had to choose between school and volunteering. He chose volunteering. The South Tahoe High School senior skipped class one day last week in order to help the El Dorado County Food Bank. He assisted several of the nearly 80 people who showed up at the American Legion Hall parking lot in South […]
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By David Mochel, Huffington Post I do not consider myself religious in any traditional sense, nor would I say that I am deeply patriotic, but I am tired of “American” and “Christian” being used as descriptors of what is happening in the popular discourse. I am tired of letting the loudest among us be those […]
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By Phyllis Korkki, New York Times Most of us have days at work when we walk around with a spring in our step and perform our tasks with gusto — and other days when our feet drag and we just can’t seem to get motivated. A new study encourages employees to look more closely at […]
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Zephyr Cove Elementary School is looking for community members to take a name for the school’s giving tree. Counselor Jenay Aiksnoras tracks all of the students at the school and identifies the ones in need. Families in need complete a form requesting assistance in purchasing gifts for their children. The children get to request specific […]
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By Christopher Null, Drink Hacker Jack Daniel’s is making a second stab at Sinatra’s legendary love of JD with another ultra high-end bottling of its signature Tennessee Whiskey. If you thought Sinatra Select was ostentatious, wait until you get a load of Sinatra Century, which arrives at more than twice the price. Sinatra Century — bottled […]
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El Dorado County through the HERO Property Assessed Clean Energy Program has money for residents to help finance energy- and water-efficiency improvements. The money is paid back over time through property tax bills. Interest may be tax-deductible, and homeowners may see immediate savings on utility bills. Residents of the unincorporated areas of El Dorado County […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District is putting on a poster contest for Lake Tahoe Unified School District students in grades K-5. The purpose is to highlight new and creative ways to save water inside the home. The theme of the poster contest is Promoting Indoor Water Conservation. K-2 are asked to create a poster demonstrating or promoting […]
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