By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee The first time Maria Alexander’s drug addiction caught up to her, the reckoning came in the form of a small chunk of crack cocaine that sent her to jail for six months. The next time, after a small amount of heroin – “scrapings on a spoon,” Alexander recalled – […]
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Wine lovers can enjoy early fall in the Sierra at the 25th annual Alpen Wine Festival on Sept. 1 from 2-5pm at the Village at Squaw Valley. All proceeds from the festival benefit Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, a national nonprofit organization sponsoring lifestyle empowerment programs for people with MS and their support partners. For a […]
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By Adam Nagourney, New York Times LOS ANGELES — When Jerry Brown became governor of California again, three years ago, this state was on a steep decline, crushed by budget deficits, deep spending cuts, governmental paralysis, high unemployment and a collapsing housing market. California, a place that once symbolized promise and opportunity, seemed caught in […]
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A fire near Yosemite is bringing a substantial amount of smoke into the South Shore today. There is also the American Fire filtering smoke into the North Shore and when winds change smoke comes to the South Shore. Lightning strikes gave caused some area fires, but are not the cause of the smoke. The U. S. […]
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By Jeff Gorton Age 85 is a bad time to go broke. Personal savings, various investments and, yes, Social Security may prove to be short of what you’d expected. Budgeting how you spend money before retirement can often be a misleading measurement of how you’ll actually spend it during retirement. Spending 40 hours a week […]
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Brian Zambor with the American Heart Association will be at the Sept. 24 Lake Tahoe Unified School District board meeting to recognize the schools and students who helped raise money for his organization. Three Lake Tahoe Unified schools participated in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart program last school year and collectively raised […]
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To the community, “Unity at the Lake is a thriving, diverse spiritual community that celebrates God, nurtures wholeness, embraces oneness, and embodies the truth of our being”. This is the mission statement I recite on Sundays when I attend services at my spiritual home, Unity at the Lake. Many reading this may well have already […]
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The 16,812-acre American Fire is burning in an old-growth timber stand with no recorded fire history. The terrain is steep, hazardous, dry and full of fuels. The U.S. Forest Service has implemented a second emergency closure order for the Tahoe National Forest. The first closure had been rescinded. The new closure area is larger than […]
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After an extensive process, almost as intense as Dancing with the Stars, CASA has figured out who the judges will be at Friday’s South Shore’s Best Sunset Band fundraiser. Critically evaluating the five bands vying for the 2013 title are: Mike “Old Time Rock and Roller” Dupree, Dan “Animals” Norman, Hal “Rock King” Cole, Angela […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was a bit like a memorial service at the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting this week. Somber faces, regret, apologies. And all because children died before their parents. People who spearheaded and funded the replacement of the children’s memorial log made some mistakes. Mistakes that amount to thousands of dollars. […]
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