Did you change your clock?
Better check your clock, you may be late for wherever you are supposed to be. Daylight-saving time begins today — which means the clocks are turned forward an hour.
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Opinion: Unintended consequences of online taxes
By George Runner They’re at it again. Lawmakers in California, in a desperate attempt to generate revenues are again seeking to force out-of-state retailers to collect taxes for online purchases made by California shoppers. If they are successful in passing this legislation, not only will they fail to raise even one more nickel in tax […]
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Returning to skis after 16 years on a snowboard
By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES — Yahoo was incorporated that year. Bill Clinton was president of the United States. A gallon of gas cost $1.09. 1995 was also the last time Pam Valentine was on skis. At 51, she decided to trade in her snowboard for a day for two planks. It’s not like this […]
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State looking to replace Placerville courthouse
By Carlos Alcala, Sacramento Bee A new Placerville courthouse site favored by locals is officially being considered, state officials announced Friday. The Administrative Office of the Courts has been looking for a site to replace the nearly 100-year-old Main Street courthouse and two other facilities for the El Dorado Superior Court. Late last year, Placerville […]
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N. Shore wants input on infrastructure/transportation plan
The North Lake Tahoe Resort Association in partnership with Placer County is seeking public input for its annual Integrated Infrastructure and Transportation Work Plan and Long Range Funding Plan at a community workshop scheduled for March 14, 4-7pm at the Tahoe City Public Utility District, 555 Fairway Drive in Tahoe City. Public input is needed […]
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Reno expert: Japan’s quake ‘a completely different class’
By Steve Timko, Reno Gazette-Journal If the world was a bell then Friday’s earthquake in Japan would leave it ringing for a month, the head of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory said. “This is a completely different class of earthquake,” said Graham Kent, director of the seismology lab at the University of Nevada, Reno. He struggled […]
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S. Tahoe council to discuss Heavenly Village agreement
By Kathryn Reed At the last South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting, Bruce Grego asked for an item to be on the March 15 agenda that would address whether the city should continue being a member of PADMA. The city councilman referenced the March 17, 2010, letter the city sent to the Park Avenue Development […]
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Nevada children’s shelter receives donation
Carson City ATA Black Belt Academy recently donated $473 to Austin’s House. The martial arts students raised the money during a special fitness program fundraiser where they exercised non-stop for 25 minutes. They completed laps with running, squats, kicking, punching and push-ups. The total amount collected was $.1419 with one-third going to Austin’s House, one-third […]
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LTBMU seeks comments on off-highway grant
The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is accepting comments for its Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation grant application. his annual grant funds Off-Highway Vehicle programs in the Lake Tahoe Basin including trail and trailhead maintenance and restoration and education and law enforcement of OHV and over the snow vehicle areas. The grant proposal […]
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Dante’s on Hwy. 50 becomes restaurant from hell for couple
By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Kevin and Nancy Cairns moved to El Dorado County hoping for a piece of heaven on the American River. They got a taste of hell. They opened Dante’s on the River seven years ago on an isolated stretch of Highway 50, east of Pollock Pines. “It’s a beautiful piece of […]
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