United Blood Services’ blood inventory level has been trending at an approximate two-day supply for patients, which is half of the ideal quantity needed to provide a safe and available blood inventory. Supplies are projected to be at least 4,700 pints below required inventory levels. That’s the equivalent of more than 14,000 lives that could be saved. […]
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· The Ridge Tahoe spent $2 million to expand wedding and conference capabilities. · Tahoe Donner has upgraded its equestrian center. Events this summer include cowgirls and cocktails, Saturday night barbecues, and pancakes and ponies. · Southwest Airlines has added a nonstop flight between Reno and Dallas Love Field. · Participants in the annual Wildfire […]
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By Robert Salonga, Bay Area News Group At long last, Jaycee Lee Dugard looks like she is in control. So much so that in an hourlong TV special with ABC’s Diane Sawyer that aired Friday, one of the most prominent segments shows her directing and calming a horse with a series of nonverbal gestures and commands. […]
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To the community, Thursday night’s vote by the Placer County Planning Commission to reject the proposed development at Martis Valley West is great news for all who love Lake Tahoe. By voting to not adopt the Martis Valley West Specific Plan and to reject its inadequate environmental review, planning commissioners showed that they had clearly […]
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By Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle One way to bounce back from a disheartening loss in Game 7 of the NBA Finals: help your team successfully recruit free-agent forward Kevin Durant. Another way: Play golf on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Warriors guard Stephen Curry, with new teammate Durant now in place, soon will check […]
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· John Pickett, forester with the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, will give a free talk about defensible space on June 20 at 6pm at the South Lake Tahoe Library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. · HICAP (Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program), the government sponsored Medicare counseling program, is in search of a part-time volunteer […]
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By Kathryn Reed Jeremy Meyers, the disgraced ex-superintendent of El Dorado County Office of Education, was hired this week to work even closer with children. The Black Oak Mine Unified School District board in Georgetown on July 6 voted 4-0 (Darcy Knight was absent) to hire Meyers on a 90-day contract to be principal of […]
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By Larry Weitzman For the past two years I have been writing about corruption in El Dorado County. Many of my critics say my facts are wrong or I cherry pick data. Some critics simply pooh-poohed the information saying I don’t know what I am talking about or I am not to be believed. But a […]
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By Sonali Kohli, Los Angeles Times A 13-year-old in California shook her head at the TV. A 5-year-old in Pittsburgh asked her father why people are so angry. As America coped with one tragic moment after another this week, with the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile followed by the shooting of a dozen […]
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Bryan Sperlin, 24, of Truckee was arrested July 8 on voluntary manslaughter charges. Police officers said he was involved in a deadly assault that occurred in the downtown Commercial Row area of Truckee on June 18. Jesse Hill, 39, of Chico died of his injuries at Renown Medical Center in Reno on July 3. Hill was found […]
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