By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Just how bad was California’s last drought? For most of Southern California, it was either the worst or second worst since the century Columbus landed in the New World, the Ottoman empire was started and Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. In other words, it was one of […]
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By Tom McClintock Frederic Bastiat, the great 19th Century economist, posed a simple question we need to think about carefully as we consider tariffs and trade wars. What is better: abundance or scarcity? The answer might seem self-evident, yet protectionists throughout history can’t seem to grasp it. If a dollar can only buy one widget […]
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By Mary Esch, AP Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Columbine High School shooters are among the infamous criminals who had a history of hurting animals before they went on to target humans, a tendency that’s part of what’s behind a movement to create public online registries of known animal abusers. New […]
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· Lake Valley Fire Protection District will be hosting its 3rd annual Community Easter Egg Hunt on April 1 at 10am at Tahoe Paradise Park in Meyers. There will be 10,000 eggs. Find golden eggs to win a prize. Call 530.577.3737 for more information. · There will be a blood drive at Whittell High School […]
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By Sammy Roth, Desert Sun Less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity comes from the sun. But last week, on a cool Sunday afternoon when there was plenty of sunlight and no need for air conditioning, the bulk of California briefly got 50 percent of its electricity from solar power. It was a record for the Golden State, […]
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A roommate dispute in South Lake Tahoe ended with shots being fired and one person arrested. Robert Choate Jr., 34, was arrested on March 14 on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. He was being held on $100,000 bail. The incident started March 12 about 10pm when people called 911 about shots being fired […]
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Mya Rossi of South Lake Tahoe has made it to the Northern California Regional Finals for the Boys and Girls Club of America Youth of the Year competition. The 14-year-old has been a member of the Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe for more than six years. Twice she has won the Club Youth […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County high schools experienced very different outcomes to the nationwide student protests on March 14. At Whittell High School more than 15 students left class at 10am and walked around the campus in silence for 17 minutes. Seventeen is significant – it pays homage to the 17 people who were shot […]
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By Kathryn Reed We march because … · Things need to change. · Too many lives have been lost. · I march for those who are afraid to. · Mental health matters. · We march because this is happening to us. We are the ones who have to go to school and be scared. That’s […]
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Troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol, as well as other employees for the Department of Public Safety, will be volunteering their time to raise money for Special Olympics of Nevada and California on March 16 at the Hard Rock Café in Harveys. Officers will be volunteer waiters and waitresses as they assist the restaurant staff […]
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