By Linda Fine Conaboy RENO – No child under the age of 18 should be allowed to play contact sports, forensic neuropathologist Bennet Omalu states in his clipped, fast-talking, often humorous manner. Ranging from one side of the stage to the other, without notes, he continues talking to an audience of nearly 1,000 who have […]
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To the community, Annie Davidson should be the next LTUSD school board member from trustee Area 1. Since coming to Lake Tahoe, she has jumped into the community with great energy and commitment. For example, she is an adjunct faculty member of Lake Tahoe Community College and co-teacher at Tahoe Parents Nursery School with Aileen Yure […]
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By Michael Astor, AP A U.N. expert says junk food is a human rights concern. Hilal Elver, the U.N.’s special representative on the right to food, said the rise of industrial food production combined with trade liberalization has allowed large corporations to flood the global market with cheap, nutrient-poor foods that force poor people to […]
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By Bruce Shipkowski, AP You probably already know whether you’ll vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton on Election Day, leaving one important question to consider when you walk into your polling place: Is it OK to take a picture of your ballot? While secrecy in the voting booth has become a thing of the […]
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Oct. 28 marked another deadline for candidates in California to file campaign financial documents. These documents were provided by the South Lake Tahoe city clerk’s office for City Council candidates: JoAnn Conner Brooke Laine Ted Long Tami Wallace. Here are forms for other offices provided by El Dorado County: Annie Davidson — Lake Tahoe Unified School […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer, AP California water agencies that spent more than $350 million in the last two years of drought to pay property owners to rip out water-slurping lawns are now trying to answer whether the nation’s biggest lawn removal experiment was all worth the cost. Around the state, water experts and water-district employees are […]
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AAA Carson City is hosting an open house in conjunction with the Carson City Chamber of Commerce breakfast mixer on Nov. 1. The fall festival is slated from 9am-4pm. The AAA branch located at 2901 S. Carson St. is the closest office to people on the South Shore. On Tuesday there will be stations designed […]
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· The snowboard movie “Resolution” is coming to The Loft in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 2 at 8pm. Purchase the $10 tickets online. · Magician and illusionist Rob Lake will mark his inaugural residency at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe from Dec. 22-Jan. 7. · North Tahoe’s annual Community Thanksgiving Celebration is Nov. 24, 2-6:30pm at the North Tahoe […]
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By Caroline Benner, High Country News At exactly 583.28 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, along the Pacific Crest Trail, you will come upon Golden Oak Spring. Just shy of a mile later, the trail crosses a power line near a wind farm. A half-mile farther, a man named Lon Cooper, a retired information-technology professional […]
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A special fund has been established with Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra in the name of John Nemes. Nemes was a long-time elementary school teacher in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District who died Oct. 2. More than anything, he encouraged children to read by not only teaching reading, but by giving away many books. […]
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