By Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times SACRAMENTO — The Trump administration may appear to control climate policy in Washington, but the nation’s most dynamic environmental regulator is here in California. Mary D. Nichols, California’s electric-car-driving, hoodie-wearing, 72-year-old air quality regulator, is pressing ahead with a far-reaching agenda of environmental and climate actions. She says she […]
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South Tahoe High School girls tennis team is headed to the regional championships this week, with the hopes of competing in the state championships in Las Vegas on Oct. 19-21. The girls won their division this season. The top two finishers from each team will go to state. The boys and girls teams play Oct. […]
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· South Lake Tahoe’s pool will be closed Oct. 3 for maintenance and to put the bubble up. · On Oct. 21 Mojo Green, the seven-piece horn driven soul funk band, comes to Hard Rock Lake Tahoe’s Vinyl showroom. Show starts at 9pm. Tickets are $10. The full ticket price will go to support Pinktober […]
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By Michael R. Blood, AP Scientists. Tax collectors. Typists. Analysts. Lawyers. And more scientists. Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in California in 2018, and one of the things to blossom in the emerging industry isn’t green and leafy – it’s government jobs. The state is on a hiring binge to fill what eventually will be […]
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Liberty Utilities will host two workshops this week to provide information about reliability issues within its service territory and, plans and progress made to improve service reliability. The meetings are: Oct. 3, 10-11am, North Tahoe Event Center, Kings Beach Oct. 6, 1:30-2:30pm, Walker Community Center, Coleville. These meetings are similar to the ones conducted earlier […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency recognized 15 projects completed in 2016 with Best in Basin awards. Now in its 27th year, the program each year showcases projects around the lake that demonstrate exceptional planning, implementation, and compatibility with Tahoe’s natural environment and communities. This year’s winners are: Kingsbury Stinger Trail: The U.S. Forest Service and […]
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To the community, The Tahoe Women’s Community Fund would like to thank all the community members who came out last Wednesday for the “Modern Family” premiere in support of local families. With a fun-filled evening of raffle prizes, popcorn, and good company, 150 locals raised almost $6,000 for local families. These funds will go into […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy INCLINE VILLAGE – At least a thousand people sat shivering inside a huge tent under a brilliant icy blue Lake Tahoe sky, all captivated by Steve Wozniak as he talked about the beginnings of his company Apple Computer, Steve Jobs, his life as a teen in Silicon Valley, life at Hewlett-Packard, […]
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By Laura Spinney Nearly 100 years ago, in 1918, the world experienced the greatest tidal wave of death since the Black Death, possibly in the whole of human history. We call that tidal wave the Spanish flu, and many things changed in the wake of it. One of the most profound revolutions took place in […]
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By Steven Greenhut, California Policy Center If you ask the union-controlled California Public Employees’ Retirement System about the state’s looming pension crisis, you’re likely to get this answer: What pension crisis? But the story was much different at CalPERS’ own Finance and Administration Committee meeting Sept. 19. City officials from across California warned CalPERS board […]
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