By Lisa Leff, AP SAN FRANCISCO — The likelihood that California voters will be asked to legalize recreational marijuana next year is prompting lawmakers to make a serious run at reining in the state’s vast medical marijuana industry — a job they have deferred for nearly two decades. A pair of bills pending in the […]
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A Brush with Kindness — a program under Habitat for Humanity — is looking to help homeowners. The group will paint the outside of houses, do minor exterior repair, and basic yard clean-landscaping. Homeowners must meet certain income requirements to qualify for the assistance. For more info, call Carolyn at 530.541.4654 or Bonnie at 530.577.7762.
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By Associated Press California lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would recognize competitive cheerleading as a high school sport. The state Senate on Monday unanimously approved a bill requiring the California Interscholastic Federation to oversee competitive cheerleading as it does other high school sports. Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego says […]
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By Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle In Northern California’s wine country, the 2015 harvest has arrived shockingly early, amid years of drought that have progressively shifted vines’ growing season earlier into the year. Winemakers are scrambling to keep pace, and many worry about the financial implications of an extremely low-yielding crop. “I’ve been making wine […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Nevada negotiated an option to buy up to 2.5 million rounds of ammunition for state agencies over the next two years, according to documents and interviews with the Nevada Purchasing Division. State officials made 55 separate requests for ammunition for 9mm pistols, 12-gauge shotguns, semi-automatic rifles and other firearms […]
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· Lake Tahoe Community College will be closed Sept. 3 so all staff may attend professional development training. · Nevada Museum of Art in Reno received a $2 million donation from local resident John La Gatta. · The ski-in, ski-out Starbucks at Squaw Valley made a list of the coolest Starbucks locations. · Tahoe Donner Golf […]
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South Lake Tahoe is celebrating its 50th anniversary by taking a “birthday photo” on Aug. 27 at 6pm at Lakeview Commons. Tahoe Production House will be flying a drone to capture the group. This will all be during the final Live at Lakeview summer concert series. Lavish Green will be playing. All of this is free.
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Live animals will be taking over the Lake of the Sky Amphitheater on Aug. 28. Wild Things Inc. is a nonprofit that provides homes for displaced wildlife and shares these animals as wildlife ambassadors in a public education form. All the animals housed with Wild Things either have injuries that keep them surviving in the wild […]
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By Rachel Swan and John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle Filling car-shaking potholes and repairing crumbling highways and bridges shouldn’t be a partisan issue, Gov. Jerry Brown said. Joined by Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, D-San Diego, Brown used a news conference last week at the Port of Oakland to urge the Legislature’s Republicans and Democrats to […]
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By Arthur C. Brooks, New York Times Twenty-three years ago, my wife and I were having an argument about how to celebrate our first anniversary. Money was tight, and we had to choose between taking a beach vacation or buying a couch, which we did not have. Being a Spaniard, she naturally advocated for the […]
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