By Russ Parsons, Los Angeles Times There’s good news for shoppers in the latest Consumer Price Index update from the Department of Agriculture, released last week. Food prices in general should show little to no increase over last year. But there are a couple of exceptions and a couple more troubling caveats. First the good […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal You won’t see members of the state Transportation Department’s board of directors backing a bill to increase the speed limit on rural Nevada interstate highways to 85 mph. Fearing that encouraging a study of where higher speed limits would be feasible sends the wrong message about safe driving, […]
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By Larry Weitzman “Seventy-five percent of the accidents in snowy conditions are four-wheel drive vehicles” said Lee Aderlee, retired California Highway Patrol officer. That’s a telling statistic that all drivers of four-wheel drive vehicles should be aware of. Aderlee went on to say, “Four-wheel drives don’t negate the laws of physics.” “Many people who drive […]
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By Kathryn Reed A van in front of the South Lake Tahoe Senior Center rarely leaves the premise. However, that doesn’t mean seniors don’t have any place to go. “I don’t care who owns it and I don’t care who provides it, they just need the service,” City Manager Nancy Kerry told Lake Tahoe News. […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the March 6, 2015, Washington Post. When it comes to familiar icons, McDonald’s ranks high in symbolism around the nation and the world. McDonald’s is also the world’s largest restaurant chain. The company deserves praise for a decision just announced that cannot have been easy to take but is important: […]
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The Lake Forest boat ramp replacement project keeps getting more expensive and longer to complete. When Tahoe City Public Utility District went out to bid on the project in February 2014 it was supposed to cost a little more a half million dollars and be finished in December that year. Now the price tag is […]
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By Jessica Kelley, Ski Racing The U.S. might be missing one familiar face at next week’s World Cup Finals in Meribel, France. Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley has announced that she will be taking a brief break from racing and is heading back to the U.S. Mancuso, who has been troubled with hip pain her […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The Sierra Nevada is many things to California: a mountain playground in winter and summer, a swath of public land stretching nearly the length of the state, and vital habitat for a broad variety of wildlife. It also provides the majority of California’s freshwater supply. With a fourth year of […]
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Jesse Patterson of the League to Save Lake Tahoe will highlight successes and lessons learned from Pipe Keepers, a program that engages citizens to monitor stormwater runoff dumping out of pipes directly into Lake Tahoe and Eyes on the Lake where citizens monitor the Lake for aquatic invasive species and report their findings. The presentation […]
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• Sierra Nevada College needs volunteers for the March 16-20 Health and Life Sciences Expo. For more info, contact Diana Hitchen at dkhitchen@ucdavis.edu or 775.881.7560, ext. 7483 or sign up online. • Two more shows have been added to the Harveys Outdoor Concert Series. On July 18, Imagine Dragons will be on stage for their […]
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