• Show your season pass, lift ticket, or mountain employee ID from any resort to get a free drink token between 4-7pm at Lakeside Inn in Stateline. • Bob Roper has been named administrator of the Nevada Division of Forestry in the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. • The 4th annual Shred for Sushi […]
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By C. Ernie Nivens For most children in America, the holiday season is a wonderful time, with tasty treats, vacation from school, and plenty of toys and gifts that seem to magically appear. Of course, parents know it’s not magic — those gifts cost money. Not having to worry about that part of it is […]
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By Marlisse Silver Sweeney, Columbia Journalism Review Freedom from surveillance is shaping up to be a major human rights issue in the post-Snowden era. The UN human rights committee is calling for a review of how member states collect residents’ data, and a Pew study last month found that most Americans are concerned with government […]
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And El Dorado County man pleaded guilty Dec. 4 to receipt and distribution of child pornography. According to court documents, 63-year-old Nicholas Robert Bowen of Grizzly Flats took a woman to a Davis park and had her expose herself to 10- and 12-year-old boys while Bowen filmed using a spy camera built into his glasses. They […]
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The Jingle Jog Fun Run is Dec. 13 at 10am at Lake Tahoe Community College. Dress for the occasion in your wackiest holiday gear. There will be a 5K race and a kids fun run. Prizes will be awarded for best race times. Registration begins at 9am and races will begin at 10am. Registration for […]
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Here is the schedule for the Lake Valley Fire Christmas engine: Dec. 11 – Echo View Estates, Tahoe Mountain Road, Mule Deer Circle Dec. 12 – Lake Tahoe Blvd from Boulder Mountain Drive to Grizzly Mountain Drive Dec. 13 – West side of North Upper Truckee from Zuni Street Highway 50, Chiapa Drive Dec. 14 […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP WASHINGTON — In the more than two decades since world leaders first got together to try to solve global warming, life on Earth has changed, not just the climate. It’s gotten hotter, more polluted with heat-trapping gases, more crowded and just downright wilder. The numbers are stark. Carbon dioxide emissions: up […]
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By Sharon Noguchisnoguchi, San Jose Mercury News Though support for expanding elementary education to all 4-year-olds has fallen dramatically since the spring, a majority of Californians still believe in sending young children to preschool, a poll released Tuesday shows. A Field Poll shows that 58 percent of voters think it is very important for the […]
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By Tim Logan, Los Angeles Times Despite often earning higher incomes, self-employed borrowers have a harder time getting a mortgage than their salaried peers, according to a new study out Thursday. And as the ranks of the self-employed grow, that’s hindering the housing recovery. People whose primary income comes from self-employment receive 40 percent fewer […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes riding on Lake Tahoe Boulevard between Highway 50 and the Angora burn area can be an adrenaline rush. The problem is it has nothing to do with pedaling and everything to do with drivers. With the vehicle lanes being narrow and the shoulder non-existent, it can be scary with cars whizzing […]
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