Peter Hazel is a popular North Shore artist with a colorful mosaic sculpture of a brook trout outside Lanza’s restaurant in King’s Beach, as well as other sculptures in California and Colorado. On April 9 two new sculptures had a send-off party as they head to Yountville to be displayed as part of that town’s […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee California’s tax revenues jumped by $18.2 billion in 2013, thanks to an improving economy and the impact of a temporary sales and income tax increase approved by voters, a new Census Bureau report shows. All tax collections, including those for special purposes as well as the state general fund, increased […]
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By Amy Forliti, Dan Sewelll and Nigel Duara, AP On a beautiful Sunday last October, Detective Dan Douglas stood in a suburban Minnesota home and looked down at a lifeless 20-year-old — a needle mark in his arm, a syringe in his pocket. It didn’t take long for Douglas to realize that the man, fresh […]
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By David Pierson and Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles Times Come grilling season, expect your sirloin steak to come with a hearty side of sticker shock. Beef prices have reached all-time highs in the U.S. and aren’t expected to come down any time soon. Extreme weather has thinned the nation’s beef cattle herds to levels last […]
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By Kathryn Reed Easy, tasty meals are ideal during busy weeks. The recipe below is one of my go-to dishes when I don’t have a lot of time to be in the kitchen. And it’s also one of those recipes where there are leftovers. It has been years since I’ve bought prepared pesto from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed All it took was looking at the tank size and the handle for the water wise evaluator to know the toilet was installed before 1992. In the world of toilets, that’s pretty darn old. Even worse, it’s a water hog. Toilets already use the most amount of water of any household appliance […]
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To the community, Now that the smoke has cleared on the fireworks show, it’s time to tip my hat and raise a glass to the Truxlers. They have helped open our eyes to see that the South Shore of Lake Tahoe is an epicenter of ecological hypocrisy. It’s said we love the lake, but don’t […]
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By Phil Wahba, Reuters Americans cut back on drinking carbonated soft drinks again last year with soda sales reaching their lowest levels in nearly two decades, according to a leading beverage industry newsletter. Total sales volume fell 3 percent in 2013 to 8.9 billion cases, the ninth straight year of decline and the lowest since […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Manager Nancy Kerry made a case Tuesday for why Lake Tahoe Community College should allow SnowGlobe to continue on the school’s adjacent ball field. The two public agencies own the field, with the city responsible for maintaining it. The college board of trustees at its first May meeting […]
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By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times Despite all the recent focus on female empowerment and “leaning in” at work, California women are still paid just 84 cents for every $1 paid to men in the state. In the Golden State, a woman who works a full-time job earns, on average, $41,956 a year, compared with […]
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