By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Dogs rescued from South Korea, where they had been raised for meat, will soon be available for adoption in Placer County. Staff members from the Placer Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will travel to San Francisco International Airport today to receive five or six dogs. The Humane Society […]
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By Associated Press High school math teacher Bill Davis watched from his home as smoke mounted from one of the most destructive fires in California in recent memory. From a previous fire in late July, he knew to expect a recorded call on his cellphone or look for someone coming through the neighborhood with a […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Former Govs. Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe joined the legal attack on California’s teacher tenure laws, telling a state appeals court the job-security and seniority statutes leave some of the state’s neediest students in the hands of incompetent teachers. It is “nearly impossible to […]
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On Sept. 26 from 9am-1pm the Truckee Police Department and Tahoe Truckee Future Without Drug Dependence will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring medications for disposal to the Gateway Shopping Center parking lot in front of […]
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Beth Gaines, who represents part of Tahoe in the California Assembly, made it official Friday that she will be running for the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors. Gaines, who now lives in El Dorado Hills, will seek the seat currently occupied by Ron Mikulaco. The election is next year. Term limits will force her […]
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The 30th anniversary of the Lake Tahoe Autumn Food and Wine Festival included multiple days of of activities ranging from a hands-on mozzarella making to numerous farm-to-table dinners. Leading up to last Sunday’s grand finale at Northstar was the Blazing Pans Mountain Chef Cook Off. Executive chef Jason Friendy of the Resort at Squaw Creek/Six Peaks Grille and executive chef Rob […]
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By Kathryn Reed To the uninitiated, Bijou Bike Park doesn’t look like it’s anywhere near finished. And, yet, it’s opening today in South Lake Tahoe. To the cyclist who is well versed in these types of things, the park looks phenomenal. Some of those riders have been testing the various features. Matt Stuck, a volunteer […]
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By David Niose, Washington Post The arguments for taxing churches have been around for many years, but there is reason to believe that America’s changing religious demographics will soon give them more traction. As more Americans abandon organized religion, many of the newly secular are unsympathetic to subsidizing religion via the tax code. Recent polling […]
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By Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Eighteen months after its creation, Nevada’s drone test site is finally gaining momentum. After the Federal Aviation Administration broadened the state’s authority earlier this year, the site conducted more flights in one week than it had in all months prior. It now has a NASA contract and a service […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Attorney General Adam Laxalt announced Thursday that he has retained a nationally recognized law firm to help defend against the ACLU legal challenge to the state’s new Education Savings Account program. The firm Bancroft PLLC will provide the attorney general’s office with legal strategy and analysis on […]
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