By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times When Gov. Jerry Brown’s two latest nominees joined the California Supreme Court in January, legal analysts foresaw the creation of a more liberal majority. The first test came in March, when the seven-member court had to decide whether to reconsider a death penalty case. Justices Mariano-Florentino Cuellar and Leondra […]
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By Sunili Govinnage, Washington Post In 2014, I decided that for the entire year, I would not read books written by white authors. My goal was to address the reading practices I developed growing up in Australia, where white authors have dominated the literary world. My high school reading list was filled with the “classics” […]
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By Trevor Hughes, USA Today DENVER — With smiles, selfies and a few nervous chuckles, a group of Nevada legislators and policymakers got a first-hand look at Colorado’s fast-growing legal marijuana industry this weekend, coming face-to-face with thousands of green growing plants. The small group is part of Nevada’s efforts to understand what legalization could […]
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By Kathryn Reed Liberty Utilities is removing coal from its power portfolio. On April 24 it filed a request with the California Public Utilities Commission to change its allocation from NV Energy. This came one week after it filed paperwork to add solar. “… as of Jan. 1, 2016, the resource portfolio available to serve […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council next week is expected to adopt a fee schedule for services that better reflects the cost of doing business. Last week the council heard a presentation about what is being proposed and directed staff to make some changes. Looking at the campground fees, how nonprofits are […]
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To the community, Wyndham Vacation Ownership hosted the mini Thanksgiving dinner served on April 20 by Bread & Broth. The diners enjoyed hot turkey sandwiches, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy and cranberry sauce. The hearty meal was served by the spirited Wyndham team members Jacob Garcia, Matthew Rigdon, John Hutto and Ruby Garcia. B&B would like […]
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By David Siders and Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee High above a landscape parched by unremitting drought, Meadow Valley Creek courses through the northern Sierra Nevada and pools in a stand of alders behind a tiny, concrete dam. Robert Forbes draws water from the reservoir through an overturned smokestack and into a ditch that has run […]
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• There will be a Memorial Day ceremony at Happy Homestead Cemetery in South Lake Tahoe on May 25 at 11am. • Tahoe Turning Point is hosting its inaugural charity golf tournament on Sept. 17 at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. For more info, click on the flyer. • A perinatal substance abuse […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is rejiggering administrative positions. Mostly it is about changing titles and not new hires. The previous research director position has been changed to director of Institutional Effectiveness. This person will be responsible for research, planning, and student learning outcomes. This position is vacant. The college is also looking for an executive director […]
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By Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON – One is a legend on the civil rights circuit, a veteran of battles for gay and lesbian rights and a MacArthur Foundation genius grant winner — who has never argued in the U.S. Supreme Court before but, nonetheless, may have recent history on her side. The other […]
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