With a resume that ranges from culinary apprenticeship at Walt Disney World to designing menus for visiting Olympic athletes, Danny Stoddard is primed for his new position as Tahoe Truckee Unified School District’s culinary operations manager. Stoddard will be responsible for bringing the district’s new food philosophy to life by developing recipes, menus and supervising […]
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By Laurell Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Candidates seeking to replace former state Sen. Dave Cox in the California Senate will face off Monday in a debate. Republicans Barbara Alby, Ted Gaines and Roger Niello and Democrat Ken Cooley will field questions from students, media and community members during the forum at William Jessup University in Rocklin. […]
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By Colin Nicholson, Independent As we drove through the desert state of Nevada, it seemed both practical and reassuring that our car’s global positioning system (GPS) could find its way to a ski resort in this arid landscape of cacti and rolling tumbleweed. Sure enough, turning a corner, I caught sight of the snowy peaks […]
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The latest round of campaign contributions for California candidates has been documented. Candidates must file the paperwork if at least $1,000 was part of the campaign revenues or expenses. The forms may be found below by clicking on the candidate’s last name. The campaign forms are for South Lake Tahoe City Council and El Dorado […]
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By Kathryn Reed Domestic violence. It’s not an isolated issue. It’s not a private issue. It’s a community issue. That was the message Lisa Serafini, El Dorado County deputy district attorney, drilled into the women gathered for the Thursday meeting of Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra. Serafini, who has prosecuted domestic violence cases, said the number […]
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By Todd Woody, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — In a city passionate about the environment and technology, commuters are using their smartphones to check in at a popular social networking service to help keep a critter threatened by climate change from checking out. “What does it take to help save the endangered pika? About […]
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The Geology Club at Lake Tahoe Community College has teamed with the Tahoe-Baikal Institute to present the Fall Speaker Series. The presentations will be in the Aspen Room at the Lake Tahoe Community College in South Lake Tahoe. They are free. · Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species: Oct. 27th 7:30-8:30pm presented by Sudeep Chandra, UNR […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal The King’s Beach area at Lake Tahoe marked its first affordable housing development as county and regional officials broke ground Monday at the project’s site. The King’s Beach Housing NOW! project will consist of 77 units built on five separate sites. The apartments will be deed restricted for low-income residents […]
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To the publisher, The Tahoe-Douglas Visitor Authority supports the passage of the Airport Ordinance Question 1. The Visitor Authority is responsible for the promotion of tourism in our region based on funding received from the collection of room taxes. The Visitor Authority believes the future of the economy in our area is founded on the […]
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By Jessica Bennett, Newsweek It started with rumors, a love triangle, and a dirty look in a high-school bathroom. Soon jokes about an “Irish ****” cropped up on Facebook, and a girl’s face was scribbled out of a class photo hanging up at school. One day, in the cafeteria, another girl marched in, pointed at […]
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