By Joe Mathews A startup founder asked me: What would you do if you were starting a California city? My first answer: Get my head examined. For 40 years, the state government and California voters have steadily reduced the revenues and limited the discretion of municipal governments. Our newest cities—like Menifee in Riverside County—have struggled […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times More than a decade of steadily rising rates have made suicide the nation’s 10th leading cause of death and one of only three causes of death — including Alzheimer’s disease and drug overdoses — that are increasing in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control […]
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By David Goldstein and Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee Eight years ago, Samantha Miller was earning six figures a year as a product developer for a LED lighting company in Northern California when a high school friend called to ask a favor. Would Miller be able to help her friend’s boss at a medical marijuana dispensary […]
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If you know someone who has died from breast cancer, they died from metastatic breast cancer. “Metastatic” means the cancer has escaped the breast and traveled to distant sites, like bones, lungs, liver, or brain. Cancer that stays in the breast does not kill. Approximately 6 percent of initial breast cancer diagnosis are metastatic, and […]
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By Kathryn Reed The contractor doing work for Caltrans near Emerald Bay has been allowed to continue the project after regulators found employees potentially violating the permit by degrading the natural environment. “A TRPA inspector visited the site (Friday) afternoon and found that adequate protection measures have been put in place as requested, and the […]
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By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal Going against the “political establishment” is a risky move in Nevada, a purple state where every hard-fought election could shift control of the Statehouse and on Capitol Hill. Yet some Nevada candidates are running grass-roots campaigns against opponents with much deeper pockets. State Sen. Patricia “Pat” Spearman is one […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission on June 21 will consider five special use permits for Verizon Wireless. The company wants to install small scale antennas to existing power poles and supporting equipment in the city’s right-of-way. The locations are: 1983 H St., 1027 Herbert St., 3086 Oakland Ave., 780 Merced Ave., and 969 Bigler […]
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For a limited time, El Dorado County Animal Services has lowered its adoption fee for adult cats at its shelters in Diamond Springs and South Lake Tahoe. Adult cats over the age of 1 year can be adopted at either shelter for $20 through the end of July. All adoptable cats at the shelters are […]
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Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless will be hosting the Tahoe Beach Bash, featuring the fourth annual Homebrew for the Homeless. This family-friendly event at Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe will feature live music, homebrew beer competition, lakeside barbecue, bounce house, local vendors, child-friendly obstacle course, and other entertaining activities for people of all […]
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By Kathryn Reed If a mass casualty incident occurs on the South Shore, it is going to require the resources of neighboring medical facilities to treat the injured. “In the event of a mass casualty incident, the main effort would be to ensure rapid transportation to the appropriate care centers,” Selwyn Lee, chief medical officer […]
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