To the community, Thank you to Riva Grill for hosting the annual Business After Hours Mixer for Charity on Jan. 16. Riva provided their entire second floor for the event, as well as an impressive selection of appetizers, drinks and desserts. Approximately 200 guests attended to support the South Shore community and local food banks […]
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By NPR If you have teenagers in your house, you may find this hard to believe, but texting is on the decline. For the first time ever, traditional texting — the kind you do through your cell phone provider — has dropped in Britain. That’s according to annual technology predictions report from Deloitte, which reported […]
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The Tahoe Maritime Museum is partnering with Placer Arts and NCArts to host the juried art exhibit Sunken Treasures. The goal of the exhibit is to showcase work by local artists that explores the unseen world at the bottom of Lake Tahoe. The art exhibit will coincide with TMM’s history exhibit Ghost Ships opening on […]
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By Craig Trudell, Bloomberg Drivers’ privacy needs to be protected by law, said Alan Mulally, chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co., as more vehicles use data for services such as location tracking amid the booming in-car technology market. The company is “supportive and participating” in talks with regulators who are considering such legislation, Mulally […]
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By Jacob Gershman, Wall Street Journal Prompted by growing concerns by law-enforcement authorities over undetectable 3D-printed guns, California is considering a new law that would make it a crime to assemble a weapon without permission from the state. A Democratic state lawmaker from Los Angeles pushing a bill that would require anybody who constructs a […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in its role as the Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization has $600,000 in grant money to dole out. The On Our Way Community Grant Program is designed to help Lake Tahoe organizations and local governments improve walking and biking or support economic vitality. Up to a maximum of $200,000 will be […]
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By Anita Creamer, Sacramento Bee Seniors First, the nonprofit agency that administers Placer County’s federally funded seniors programs, lost its contract late last week to deliver meals to more than 100 homebound seniors. The Area 4 Agency on Aging board instead awarded the Meals on Wheels contract for the Placer suburbs and foothills communities to […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is accepting nominations for the 24th annual Best in the Basin awards. Projects completed between Oct. 12, 2012, and Dec. 31, 2013, may be nominated. This is a new schedule for the awards program to allow judges to tour project sites in better weather conditions. Nominations are due March 28. Entry […]
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By Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun Nevada’s politicians are assembling stockpiles of money, the ammunition for this year’s election campaign season. They will report millions of dollars in campaign contributions this week on annual disclosure forms, but that’s just the money elected officials are required to report. As in the 2012 election, groups unaffiliated with […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of blurbs about how the lack of winter is impacting businesses in the Lake Tahoe Basin. If you have an idea, please email it to info@LakeTahoeNews.net. There are traditional mountain passes that close for the bulk of the winter. Monitor Pass is usually among those. However, this […]
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