The FBI’s Sacramento field office is accepting applications for the fall FBI Teen Academy. This is open to high school juniors in the jurisdiction of the office, which include El Dorado, Placer and Alpine counties. Applicants don’t need to be interested in pursuing a career in law enforcement or law. If selected for the one-day class, […]
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By Ben Botkin Las Vegas Review-Journal Labor-backed groups are putting their organizing muscle and manpower into the 2016 campaign season in Nevada, an effort that will deploy thousands of canvassers and result in hundreds of thousands of voter contacts. It’s a massive undertaking that labor leaders hope will tip the scales in Nevada, a swing […]
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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is going to be in Lake Tahoe this month for a fund-raising dinner. The Nevada Republican Party is hosting the dinner at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe on Aug. 26 at 6pm. General admission is $200, with VIP tables running $5,000.
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Truckee Wolverine Booster Club is looking for help to raise money all Truckee High School sports teams, clubs and classes. One of the largest ongoing fundraising activities for boosters is selling food and drinks at the school’s football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, softball and baseball games. Winter and spring teams, and clubs will work the football […]
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Researchers are using an exclusive modeling system to study the effects of slower snowmelt across various regions of the Western United States including the Cascade, Sierra Nevada, Wasatch and Rocky mountains. All of these areas see significant seasonal snow accumulation and generate water resources for downstream communities. Sixty million people in the Western United States depend […]
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Mandy is one of several Pug-Schnauzer mixes who came to Tahoe from a hoarding situation. Two of them have found their new homes, but Mandy and Phoebe are still waiting. Mandy is 20 months old, very cute, and is working hard at house training. She is a snorty, playful girl and would like a home […]
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By Dale Roberts California Points Qualifier at Bijou Bike Park proved South Lake Tahoe is an up and coming venue in the world of BMX racing. More than 300 riders from all over the state competed in the fast-paced, high-action cycling event on Aug. 13. The main event of the day was the Tangent Pro-Am […]
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By Joe Mathews Ventura County is the most glorious and verdant of California kingdoms. Just ask its princes and princesses—those fortunate enough to be able to afford to live and vote there. The nearly 900,000 residents can pretend that they live in the country, with parks or farmland always nearby. The Kingdom of Ventura’s cities […]
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By Tomikka Anderson, San Francisco Chronicle A bill to scrap daylight-saving time has just made its way through another Senate committee, which means California may be closer to standard time year round. In an interview with the Sacramento Bee, Assemblymember Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, – who authored the bill – said, “Daylight-saving time is an […]
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A Jet Ski accident on the South Shore has left one man dead. Raeshon Williams, 22, of Oakland was found under water near Timber Cove Pier in the early evening of Aug. 13. His friend, whose name has not been released, was able to swim to the personal watercraft after they were both thrown from […]
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