2011 will be the eighth year South Lake Tahoe will have a V-Day celebration. This year our community has once again been granted the privilege of producing an Eve Ensler production. It’s especially exciting because after a two-year break, local organizers are bringing back “The Vagina Monologues”, after a successful two years of “A Memory, […]
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Lots of blue sky, lots of snow, lots of people — that’s the forecast for what you will find on the slopes today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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• Beginning Jan. 1 Nevada constitutional officers and legislators will get a 6 percent pay increase. • Learn about the trail improvements to the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness area. • The Obama administration plans to reverse a Bush-era policy called “No More Wilderness” that will make millions of undeveloped acres of land eligible for federal wilderness protection. […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 26, 2010, Sacramento Bee. As it turned out, the recently concluded lame-duck session of Congress wasn’t as lame as many had predicted. In fact, it turned out to be one of the most productive in years, even decades. Picking up on one of the messages sent by […]
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By Jeannette Neumann, Wall Street Journal Cities across the nation are raising property taxes, largely citing rising pension and health-care costs for their employees and retirees. In Pennsylvania, the township of Upper Moreland is bumping up property taxes for residents by 13.6% in 2011. Next door the city of Philadelphia this year increased the tax […]
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On Jan. 6, the Slowrollers Bike Club is hosting the annual “After Christmas Christmas Party” to benefit local friend and skier Darren Johnson. Johnson was caught in an avalanche backcountry skiing near Kirkwood on Nov. 28. The path took him over a rock cliff, and while amazingly he didn’t have any injuries from the neck […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Pat Brown’s heart is getting a second chance. Twice. Brown, 76, suffered a cardiac arrest while having dinner at the Elephant Bar in Citrus Heights on Dec. 2. “I was gone,” he said. “When your lights get turned off, your lights get turned off.” A quick application of CPR turned […]
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New members of the Truckee River Watershed Council’s Together for the Truckee Society have pledged a total of $30,000 a year for the next five years. This achieves the full amount of the matching grant given by the Martis Fund. The Martis Fund announced in May a matching grant worth $30,000 a year for five […]
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By Kathryn Reed There comes a time when it doesn’t pay to work. That time is when government workers are tapped out in the Public Employment Retirement System and it makes more sense to start withdrawing from that account. Former El Dorado County Sheriff Jeff Neves a year ago said he was leaving office a […]
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Caregiving is a difficult and often challenging role that one can undertake, and taking the opportunity to share information and feel connected to others who are providing care is a vital step to perform this task to the best of your ability. Take the opportunity on Jan. 13 from 5:30 to 7:30pm at the South […]
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