By Kathryn Reed In the distance a deep sapphire blue Lake Tahoe looked majestic. Up close the emerald cove was more rugged as the white caps hit the shore. Seclusion mixed with vast views of Lake Tahoe – that’s what the trek to Skunk Harbor is all about. If only it had been warmer. But […]
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By Larry Weitzman Salary and benefits paid to the El Dorado County Community Development Agency now exceed $30 million a year. It employs about 300 individuals with a number of high-ranking employees being paid $200,000 a year and many taking home well in excess of $100,000. Just type in an employee’s name at Transparentcalifoirnia.com. I […]
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By Antonio Olivero, Adirondack Daily Enterprise New York’s state-owned ski resorts will use 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday. Along with Whiteface, other ski resorts operated by the state Olympic Regional Development Authority — Belleayre Ski Resort in the Catskills and Gore Mountain in North Creek — have pledged to […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun Deporting large numbers of unauthorized immigrants would hurt families and the U.S. economy, leaders of a national advocacy group for Hispanics living in the United States and Latino community members said in Las Vegas on March 3. “Unauthorized immigrants pay more than $12 billion in Social Security taxes each […]
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By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Experts say California’s Oroville dam crisis demonstrates the life-and-death urgency of federal spending to upgrade aging dams. But there are doubts about whether President Trump will agree. California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird told the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday that further deterioration of the nation’s aging […]
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On March 15, Live Violence Free will host the Helping Hands volunteer fair at Lake Tahoe Community College. Service organizations and nonprofits in need of volunteers will inform locals of their services and how they can get involved in what they do. The fair is designed to connect those in the South Tahoe area with […]
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A bill introduced this week would kill the fire fee many people in rural California have to pay, including those in parts of the Lake Tahoe Basin. This is not the first time state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-El Dorado, has tried to do away with a measure that was approved in 2011. “This fire tax […]
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Lake Tahoe Hard Rock casino and Hard Rock Café are looking for emerging musicians to take the stage for its annual Hard Rock Rising Battle of the Bands competition. The winner will perform at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens during halftime. Locals may register online until March 30. There are local and regional competitions. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal When President Barack Obama rolled out his March Madness college basketball bracket predictions on television every year, he acknowledged his participation in an illegal activity commonly enjoyed in workplaces nationwide. Now, a nonprofit Washington think tank is criticizing the federal ban on sports wagering, joining the chorus of […]
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· Magician Chipper Lowell returns to the stage at The Loft in South Lake Tahoe from March 16-28. · Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Community Cares Foundation gave back to the Sacramento, Tahoe and Truckee communities in 2016 with cash donations of more than $50,000, while agents and offices provided additional estimated contributions of materials, supplies […]
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