By Svati Kirsten Narula, Atlantic A lot of Internet ink has been spilled over how lazy and entitled Millennials are, but when it comes to paying for a college education, work ethic isn’t the limiting factor. The economic cards are stacked such that today’s average college student, without support from financial aid and family resources, […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the six El Dorado County supervisor candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order they were received by LTN. One candidate chose not to answer the questions. Name: Kevin Brown Age: […]
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To the community, As library users, we ask the community of voters to support Measure L to keep our South Lake Tahoe library open as many hours as possible during the week. We really enjoy borrowing many books from the young adult and graphic novel section. Some of us who are home schooled use the […]
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Caltrans is closing a ramp and lanes this week on Highway 50 in Pollock Pines. Beginning Monday tonight, there will be on-ramp and off-ramp closures at Sly Park Road from 7pm-4pm Ramps won’t be closed concurrently, nor will they be closed the entire window of time approved. When the ramps are closed, highway message signs […]
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By Dana Sullivan Kilroy, Los Angeles Times Not milk? Choosing milk for your morning cereal or coffee used to be pretty simple: skim, low-fat or whole. These days, though, market shelves and refrigerators are crowded with an array of alternatives: soy, almond, rice, hemp and more. While some people opt for these beverages because they’re […]
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Meeks Bay and North Tahoe fire departments have entered an agreement to provide emergency services as well as increased public safety by adding additional management resources and combined response of both districts. This comes as John Pang, fire chief at Meeks Bay, retired April 4. Meeks Bay and North Tahoe Fire have a history of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Asparagus has a tremendous amount of health benefits and it can be cooked in so many different ways. And now is the time to be eating it, although it has a long growing season in California. The first harvest – January-April – is in the southern desert valleys. Then February-May is when […]
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By Kathryn Reed A judge on Monday sided with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in a lawsuit that would have unraveled the bi-state regulatory agency’s Regional Plan that was adopted in December 2012. In February 2013, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee LOS BANOS — Flat as a tabletop, the furrowed, brown farm fields east of this San Joaquin Valley town are some of the most productive on Earth. Every spring, they are planted with a smorgasbord of crops that in one form or another are trucked to grocery stores across America, […]
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A Fallon man died Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding stuck a guardrail. Nevada Highway Patrol troopers said James Edward Cooper, 67, was on Highway 341 near Virginia City on April 6 at 12:50pm when he failed to make a turn and hit the rail. “Mr. Cooper was ejected from the motorcycle where he […]
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