By Kathryn Reed After much legal wrangling, Cody Bass is the official owner of the center that houses his Tahoe Wellness Cooperative in South Lake Tahoe. The paperwork was recorded July 9. Still to be determined is who will own the house that was once the home of pioneer family Neal and Patty Olson. Patty […]
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By Jesse Berrett In January 1942, as the United States committed itself fully to World War II, President Franklin Roosevelt decided that baseball, then the national pastime, should sustain civilian morale during the lengthy struggle ahead. He implored its commissioner, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, to make sure the games went on, despite worldwide armed conflict. And […]
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By Jason Samenow, Washington Post Temperatures shot up over 110 degrees in Southern California on Friday, obliterating all kinds of long-standing heat records, and the lights went out for tens of thousands of customers. Californians were powerless, without air conditioning, in the hottest weather many had ever experienced. Climate scientists have known this was coming, […]
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By Caitlin Chen, Sacramento Bee A November ballot measure to repeal California’s recent gas tax increase threatens road improvement and maintenance projects that receive funding through the tax. The initiative, which requires voter approval for any new gas tax increase, is retroactive to the beginning of 2017, effectively stopping the new fees created when lawmakers […]
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By Angel Guerrero, Sacramento Bee Natalie Gulbis withdrew her name Sunday from the American Century Championship due to an undisclosed family emergency, according to a tournament spokesman. Gulbis, a Sacramento native who was on the comeback trail after a third back surgery, made the cut in an LPGA tournament for the first time since 2015 […]
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· The South Lake Tahoe Library will host Mad Science on July 13. The free outdoor show starts at 2pm at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. Mad Science will be performing their show Spin, Pop Boom where kids will be taught about basic chemistry while seeing experiments such as an explosive foam factory. · The Active […]
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To the community, On July 2, Sunbeam Blind Company sponsored Bread & Broth’s Adopt a Day of Nourishment, and owners Kurt and Laura Rasmussen crewed alongside of the B&B volunteers to serve 88 meals to very grateful dinner guests. Sunbeam Blind has been a sponsor every year since 2016 and B&B is very appreciative of […]
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Fire restrictions go into effect on the Eldorado National Forest on July 14. Wood and charcoal fires will be restricted to designated recreation sites and other fire related activities will be prohibited until the end of fire season. Gas or propane fires are allowed with a free 2018 California campfire permit. Fire restrictions mean: No […]
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By Emily Cadei, Sacramento Bee Placer County residents crammed a Board of Supervisors’ meeting in Auburn on July 10 to air their opinions on Senate Bill 54, the state law that limits the ability of state and local law enforcement to help federal agents enforce immigration law. Local officials estimated more than 150 people turned […]
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By Associated Press A Nevada inmate slated to die by a three-drug lethal injection combination never before used in the U.S. has said repeatedly he wants his sentence carried out and he doesn’t care if it’s painful. But a last-minute lawsuit filed by a drug company that doesn’t want its product used in “botched” executions […]
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