By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The National Governors Association announced this week that Nevada has been selected as one of six states to participate in a Policy Academy on strengthening post-secondary education performance measures. The NGA defines a Policy Academy as a highly interactive, team-based process for helping a select number […]
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The premiere of Absinthe Films double feature snowboarding films “twel2ve” and “YES” help support the mission of the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition. Doors open at 8pm Oct. 28 at 50-50 Brewery in Truckee. Buy the $10 tickets at Porters and Dave’s or at the door.
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s 30th anniversary annual meeting celebration is Nov. 5 at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. The event includes an online auction as well as a silent auction, buffet-style dinner, membership meeting, and presentation of volunteer awards. The meeting begins at 5pm with a silent auction and cocktail hour. After […]
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On Nov. 5 at 6:30 pm, Bona Fide Books is hosting a reception for Shelley Hocknell Zentner’s collection “Written on the Body” at Bona Fide HQ in Meyers. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided. “Written on the Body” is the first public exhibition of a group […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee California’s big public pension funds are already short tens of billions of dollars. An organization of accountants is about to make the picture look even worse. A proposed change to pension accounting standards could give more ammunition to conservatives seeking to reduce pension benefits for public sector workers. Gov. Jerry […]
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By KCRA-TV SHINGLE SPRINGS — A shooting suspect wanted out of the Bay Area was caught Thursday morning in Shingle Springs, according to the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department. The suspect’s vehicle was stopped on westbound Highway 50, based on a Be On The Lookout Bulletin. The right lane of traffic was blocked for a […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe has paid John Andoh, former transit administrator for the now defunct South Tahoe Area Transportation Agency, $5,000 to settle the claim he filed in August 2010. The civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court in Sacramento was against South Lake Tahoe, the city police department and Officer Russell Liles. […]
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By Siobhan McAndrew, Reno Gazette-Journal Only Zephyr Schneider knows he isn’t covered in plants from a dark and scary swamp filled with alligators, snakes and insects. Instead, the 9-year-old is wearing leaves from a plastic plant that used to sit in his living room, starfish he got on a family vacation to Monterey and his […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee World Apple Day will have its 21st anniversary on the 21st (Friday), and apple experts – nutritionists, markets and producers – from Sonoma to Camino are all telling us the same thing: They never heard of it. Californians haven’t exactly adopted World Apple Day – a British idea – but […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was sent to Lake Tahoe Unified School District Superintendent Jim Tarwater and is published with permission. Dear Dr. Tarwater: My wife and I were among the many proud people you addressed at the grand opening of the Tahoe Arts & Design Academy. We’ve lived here over 10 years, have one […]
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