BevMo, which plans to open later this year in South Lake Tahoe, is getting ready to tear down the existing building at the Y. There will be a public hearing on the proposal on March 13 at 3pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. This will before the city’s Planning Commission and a Tahoe Regional Planning Agency […]
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Lake Tahoe’s immediate neighbor to the south, Alpine County, officially marks its 150th anniversary on March 16. Although it’s the smallest California county in terms of population with only 1,200 residents (two per square mile), Alpine is not the smallest county in terms of size. That fact belongs to San Francisco. Alpine County is bordered […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Women helping and recognizing other women. That in large part is what Soroptimist International is all about. The two South Shore groups came together Thursday night to honor local high school students, women who have made a difference in the community, and to honor two women who despite struggles are […]
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By Andrew C. Revkin, New York Times There’s no question that residents of California and much of the West face a collision between high water demands driven by growth and outdated policies and a limited and highly variable water supply. But that reality hasn’t stopped heated arguments from springing up in recent days over the […]
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By George Warren, Channel 10 As El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting prepares to stand trial next month on multiple felony charges stemming from his alleged misuse of state grant money, he’s apparently found time to target the two elected officials who put him in the predicament. Two candidates filed papers this week to run […]
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Liberty Utilities is again warning the public of phone and email scams targeting utility customers that appears to becoming more aggressive. Customers are receiving a phone call from someone posing as a Liberty Utilities representative and threatening to shut off the power if payment was not made within a specified period of time. Sometimes the […]
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By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Young teachers have become far more scarce in California classrooms after school districts slashed their budgets to survive the recession. From 2008 to 2013, California saw a 40 percent drop in teachers with less than six years’ experience, according to a Sacramento Bee review of state data. […]
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• Dick Derby, chief financial officer for Barton Health, turned in his resignation this week. He will be leaving in August, but not before he is able to collect a bonus this spring. • Staples is closing 225 stores. Corporate said it doesn’t know which stores are closing so it’s not known how the South […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews may continue prescribed fire operations in several locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on March 10. Prescribed fire operations may take place on Spooner Summit, off Tahoe Woods Road near Tahoe City, on the west side of Highway 89 near Tahoma, and in the Luther Pass Campground off of […]
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By Jennifer Welsh, Business Insider Daylight saving time is about to start, and an interesting thing that you might not realize is how such a small shift in our time can have a large impact on our body clock and our health. These negative impacts of daylight saving time even cost us real money in […]
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