Becky Fortier will be eating at Cork and More soon because of her kindness and the gourmet food store’s generosity. Becky, without being asked, cleared a friend’s driveway of snow this weekend while one half of the couple was at work and the other was inside with a broken ankle. Random Acts of Kindness is […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Unified School District may be in violation of the California Voters Rights Act based on how board members are elected. While the CVRA was enacted in 2002, the 2010 Census is forcing all elected bodies to look at how people get into office and if constituents are fairly represented. The […]
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By Dan Tirabasso CAMP RICHARDSON – The snow has fallen and Lake Tahoe is officially open for business, but snowsports are not confined to the ski slopes. This was evident during the Snowshoe Cocktail Races at the Beacon restaurant Saturday night. The lolling barroom chatter flourished into a clamor of snow boots and laughter as […]
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By U.S. Snowboarding News Bureau VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland – It was a sweep for U.S. Snowboarding Sunday with Lindsey Jacobellis of Stratton Mountain, Vt., and teammate Nate Holland of Squaw Valley winning at the Veysonnaz World Cup. Jacobellis continued on a roll with her third straight win of the season to remain undefeated starting with her […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The evidence keeps accumulating: California’s economic recovery is gathering momentum. It’s just nowhere near a boom yet. Unemployment in California fell two-tenths of a point last month to 11.1 percent, the lowest level in nearly three years, the Employment Development Department reported Friday. Payrolls expanded for the sixth straight month, […]
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Dianna Borges, South Shore speaker-actor, presents a re-enactment of Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins, a Paiute Native American, on Jan. 25 at 6pm. Hear Sarah’s story at Explore Tahoe: An Urban Trailhead located at 4114 Lake Tahoe Blvd. near the Heavenly Village. A $5 donation is requested. A $5 flat rate offered in the Heavenly Village Parking […]
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By Ed O’Keefe, Washington Post Postage rates jumped Sunday for the first time in two-and-a-half years as the U.S. Postal Service hopes to generate more revenue amid historic losses. First-class postage stamps now cost 45 cents each, a price jump that officials anticipate will generate an additional $888 million in annual revenue. The rate increase […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee A Sacramento federal judge heard arguments Thursday and will rule later on The Bee’s objections to sealing documents that allegedly contain evidence of misconduct and fraud on the part of U.S. Forest Service employees. Timber giant Sierra Pacific Industries submitted the documents in partial support of its motion for summary […]
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Liberty Energy is making some changes that are cosmetic in many ways. The electricity provider for the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin and into Alpine County is changing its name to Liberty Utilities. This is to reflect the parent company based in Canada acquiring companies throughout the United States – including hydroelectric and […]
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People riding the new gondola between Ridge Tahoe and Heavenly Mountain Resort can relax a bit. Personnel from the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District were trained on rescue operations on Friday — just in case an emergency ever arises. The gondola car, which originally was scheduled to begin operation in December, will be running this […]
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