By Kathryn Reed Did Placer County violate California’s open meeting law, the Brown Act? A lawsuit filed by Sierra Watch says that is exactly what happened last year at the meeting where Placer County approved KSL Capital Partners’ development plans at Squaw Valley. The development was approved on a 4-1 vote Nov. 15. The conservation […]
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By Joe Mathews The new film musical “La La Land” is being celebrated as a love letter to L.A. But the darker heart of the movie lies in a brief and devastating critique of Southern California, delivered by the jazz pianist played by Ryan Gosling. “That’s L.A.,” he tells his lover, an aspiring actress played […]
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By Aaron Sankin, Reveal It was only a few days into the school year when Stacy Fox realized that the iPads were going to be a problem. In 2014, public schools in Faribault, Minn., kicked off a pilot program giving an iPad to every student in the district. Funded by a tax levy passed the […]
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By Jesse Granger, Las Vegas Sun Nevada is the fifth worst state in the U.S. to raise a family, according to a study by the personal-finance website WalletHub. The analysis included data on median family salary, housing prices, unemployment rate, violent crime and divorce rates. States were given a score in five areas: family fun, […]
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By Julie Brown, Powder Of the 9.4 million skiers in the United States, 72 percent are white. More than half earn a salary higher than $100,000. For some context, only 20 percent of American households have a combined income of $100K, and 63 percent of the country is white. Skiing is a homogenous, insular experience. […]
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Update 9:53pm: The Tahoe Transportation District, which operates the bus service in South Lake Tahoe, expects limited operations on Monday. TTD will add back routes throughout the day with full service expected on Jan. 24. —- Crystal Bay-Third Creek area residents have been told to shelter in place. North Lake Tahoe Fire District the evening of Jan. […]
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Crystal Bay-Third Creek area residents have been told to shelter in place. North Lake Tahoe Fire District at 4:30pm Jan. 22 issued this statement, “With the forecasted snow depth over the next 24 hours, we are raising the avalanche danger to high for the Crystal Bay/Third Creek area to match the Sierra Avalanche Center advisory […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Police Department has recently received calls from residents receiving calls from people pretending to be from Microsoft. The scammers are attempting to have victims send them money. One recent case targeted a senior South Lake Tahoe couple. The scammers called from an unknown number and claimed to be from Microsoft. The scammer […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe Unified School District did not respond to an inquiry by LTN if it will be testing for lead. By Barrett Newkirk, Desert Sun California schools can receive free lead testing for their drinking water under a new short-term initiative meant to address safety concerns. Most schools are not required to […]
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By Kathryn Reed If Douglas County Sewer Improvement District has an emergency in the future, it now has a plan to deal with it that should prevent effluent from reaching Lake Tahoe. The South Tahoe Public Utility District board on Jan. 19 approved an interconnection system and mutual aid-assistance agreement with DCSID. STPUD had agreed […]
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