• Moosejaw, the outdoor retailer, teamed up with Patagonia to offer $10,000 to the three environmental charities that raised the most money in the Moosejaw X Patagonia Charity Challenge Thing. In just two weeks the crowd-sourced funding raised over $110,000 for the 16 charitable groups. League to Save Lake Tahoe placed first by raising over […]
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By Kathryn Reed Underage drug use and across-the-board abuse of drugs is nothing new. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of people sounding the alarm that more needs to be done at an earlier age if the cycle is going to broken, or at a minimum the number of users and abusers begins to […]
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Incorporate Olympic Valley has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign: Squaw Valley, Help Determine Its Future. The campaign will raise funds to incorporate Olympic Valley. In 2013, local residents came together to form Incorporate Olympic Valley in order to promote local control of their future. Currently all decisions about municipal service delivery and tax dollars are […]
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By J.N. Sbranti, Modesto Bee Numerous billion-dollar proposals to create more water storage in California are competing for attention and funding during this third year of drought. But there may be a less-expensive way to increase water flows: Start thinning out the overgrown Sierra Nevada forests. Cutting down trees may not sound environmentally friendly, but […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee It’s amazingly easy to steal water from a California stream. Even in this epic drought, the state has no way of monitoring exactly who is tapping into its freshwater supplies and how much they take. And those who do get caught taking water they have no right to often are […]
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• Tahoe Rim Trail Association is partnering with Shuttle Around Tahoe for the Segment Shuttle Program to transport people to trailheads to hike a different segment each week. For more information, call 775.298.4485. • Gov. Jerry Brown has reappointed Richard Wade, 60, of Pollock Pines to the CalFire board, where he has served since 2011. […]
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An El Dorado Hills man is going to prison for 46 months for tax evasion. Donald M. Wanland, 56, was sentenced March 25 for 28 criminal counts, including tax evasion, failing to file tax returns, and removing, depositing, and concealing assets from the IRS in defiance of a levy. Wanland is a Sacramento-area attorney who […]
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By Sharon Bernstein, Reuters SACRAMENTO — University of California President Janet Napolitano on Monday joined a growing chorus of higher education leaders who have expressed skepticism about the use and cost-effectiveness of courses that are offered online. Napolitano’s remarks at a Sacramento luncheon came as the 10-campus system struggles to overcome a possible $125 million […]
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Photographer Nicole Dreon, who has made a name for herself by capturing images of landscapes and people during solo travels around the globe, will present the Spirit of Adventure at the Cedar House in Truckee on May 20. See imagery from Dreon’s focus on women athletes in eastern and central Africa. Spirit of Adventure benefits […]
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By Reid Wilson, Washington Post The average American family pays nearly $7,000 in state and local taxes in a given year, but the actual amounts vary wildly. A Californian who lives on the western side of Lake Tahoe pays almost three times more in state taxes than their neighbor on the Nevada side of the […]
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