By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada residents may soon be able to proclaim their support for the right to life for unborn children by requesting a special license plate from the Department of Motor Vehicles. The Nevada “Values Life” vanity license plate was approved last month by a panel of lawmakers serving […]
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By Kathryn Reed Eating these muffins for breakfast is almost like having carrot cake first thing in the morning. Skip the cream cheese spread and the muffins are a whole lot healthier. Butter would suffice. And because they are so flavorful, there really is no need to add anything to them. They are quick […]
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By Daniela Gerson, Los Angeles Times Priscilla Farinas, an English teacher at Social Justice Humanitas Academy in San Fernando, faced her 31 students recently and made an announcement that seemingly violates official Los Angeles Unifiedpolicy. “This is the one and only time I will have you take out your cellphones,” she said, instructing the students […]
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By Pauline Bartolone, CalMatters After a day of picking grapes for $9.25 an hour, Eva Montes waits in line for food aid in the parking lot of the Veterans Memorial building in Earlimart, a community of 8,537 people. “You can’t make enough money for what you spend,” Montes says in Spanish while waiting with other […]
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El Dorado County needs people to assist clients in the county’s In-Home Supportive Services program. Care providers help clients stay safely in their homes by completing tasks such as cooking meals, doing laundry, shopping for groceries, running errands and/or helping with personal care services. Applicants should have experience providing care, and have a driver’s license […]
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There is a Santa Claus, just ask the U.S. Postal Service. How else could kids get letters with a North Pole postmark? Here are the steps to ensure Santa writes back: Have your child write a letter to Santa and place it in an envelope addressed to: Santa Claus, North Pole. Later, when alone, open the […]
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By Brian K. Sullivan, BloombergBusiness The Pacific Ocean is warm. Very warm. Last week, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center announced temperatures reached 5.6 Fahrenheit above normal in a key section of the Pacific called Nino 3.4, touching off a Twitter typhoon among some El Nino watchers alarmed that they were so high. Monday, the agency […]
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To the community, The snow is falling. Temperatures are staying cold. We’re scraping storage wax off skis and readying our machines for opening day. Winter is coming and Tahoe Cross Country is ready. Thanks to you, the community, Tahoe City PUD, California State Parks and California Tahoe Conservancy we are venturing into 2016 with our […]
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To the community, Regarding the Stateline loop road project. I personally don’t like the loop road concept of moving traffic around the casinos, uprooting business and people from their homes. And by realigning Highway 50 after tearing town homes for the move, you now have the remaining homes that were in a quiet setting now […]
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By Kathryn Reed Thanksgiving weekend so often is about gatherings of families in a warm home with an abundance of food. That isn’t the case for 300 Lake Tahoe Unified School District students. They are homeless. Another 44 are in foster families. The school board this month voted to expand the duties and hours of […]
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