By Melinda Myers Don’t let a sore back, bad knees or lousy soil stop you from gardening. Elevate your garden for easier access and better gardening results. The simple act of creating a raised bed improves drainage in heavy clay soil. Add in some organic matter to further increase drainage and improve the water holding […]
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Brooke is a very sweet dog, just 1-year-old and full of life. However, she needs a special home. Brooke is deaf, so she needs an understanding, patient, and caring new family to take care of her. She is a nice dog who loves to go for walks and is quite affectionate. She’s about 45 pounds, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Cal-OSHA officials were at Tahoe Keys Marina earlier this month looking to see if the South Lake Tahoe facility is in compliance. It’s not. “We are working on getting all of our forklifts and equipment up to standard,” a marina employee who didn’t want to be named told Lake Tahoe News. “We […]
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By George Runner Did you know that if the California takes your money in the form of an illegal tax or fee, you might not be able to get it back? I was outraged when I first learned if a taxpayer pays a tax or fee that is later found to be unconstitutional or illegal […]
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By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada Assemblyman Jim Wheeler had angioplasty on Saturday and doctors placed two stents to open his blocked arteries, his campaign manager said. The procedure happened after Wheeler, 60, reported chest and arm pains on Friday and early Saturday. But his cardiologist said he did not suffer a heart attack, […]
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By Kathryn Reed The one-person Page & Sage program has evolved into a service club project. Paula Peterson started the food giveaway program with a $1,000 grant from American Century Championship, the celeb golf tourney in Stateline. It is now a project of Tahoe Douglas Rotary, to which Peterson belongs. “I started with backpacks and […]
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By David Leonhardt and Kevin Quealy, New York Times The American middle class, long the most affluent in the world, has lost that distinction. While the wealthiest Americans are outpacing many of their global peers, a New York Times analysis shows that across the lower- and middle-income tiers, citizens of other advanced countries have received […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday signed a sweeping new emergency drought proclamation, cutting red tape for a variety of government functions to help water agencies find new supplies, and to press the public to use water carefully. “I call on every city, every community, every Californian to conserve water in […]
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To the community, Gypsy became a household name in the 1980s after being discovered at La Cage Aux Folles cabaret in Beverly Hills. He was discovered by Mel Brooks. His fame in Lake Tahoe came 20 years later in February 2000, when James “Gypsy” Haake opened Carnival Cabaret in Lake Tahoe at the Horizon Casino […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee The California Supreme Court has left intact a lower-court ruling that invalidates local ordinances aimed at restricting the movements of registered sex offenders in dozens of cities statewide. The court’s decision Wednesday not to hear a case involving a Southern California sex offender means city and county ordinances banning such […]
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