Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to Sheri Schimmel with High Sierra ASA. It is reprinted here with permission. It was also read earlier this month by Schimmel to the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board. Dear Sheri, Thank you for doing such a great job on the fields at the SLT high school (July […]
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A former Tahoe Daily Tribune and North Lake Tahoe Bonanza reporter died Saturday while snorkeling in Maui. Michael Taugher, 50, worked for the Tahoe newspapers from 1989 to 1992. Most recently Taugher was a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. According to the Maui News, foul play is not suspected in the […]
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• On Aug. 6-7 Caltrans will be conducting roadwork from Monitor Junction on Highway 89 to Woodfords Junction on Highway 88, which means there will be delays. • Here is this week’s Sierra roadwork schedule from Caltrans. • Loryn Kasten is leading the communications team at Northstar ski resort. • Sacramento Business Journal has named Lake […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun If you received all of your economic news from Gov. Brian Sandoval’s campaign Twitter feed, you’d be exuberantly optimistic about the jobs outlook and overall business climate. As the Republican governor prepares to run for re-election on the strength of his economic record, you won’t see him tweet that […]
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The U.S. Forest Service and other land management agencies have a new fire safety campaign in California. The One Less Spark, One Less Wildfire campaign is designed to provide constant reminders during this fire season to reduce the numbers of human-caused vehicle and equipment wildfires throughout the state. “All the stories we hear about sparks […]
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A CHP helicopter had to airlift a Meyers woman and her dog off Mount Tallac on Sunday. Janet Field called El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies from the top of the South Shore peak about 3pm July 28 to alert them she could not make it down because her dog, Samson, had raw pads and could […]
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By Richard Chang, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County Fire Protection District is teetering on the verge of insolvency after running deficits for years, according to documents obtained by the Bee. The district’s reserve fund is down to $130,000, from a peak of $1.4 million in 2008. The department serves 74,000 residents spread over 281 […]
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By Peter Andrey Smith, New York Times By midmorning, the smell of hot peanut oil dissipated and inside the tightly sealed laboratory known as Building 51F, a pink hamburger sizzled in a pan over a raging gas flame. Overhead, fans whirred, whisking caustic smoke up through a metallic esophagus of ductwork. Woody Delp, 49, a […]
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By Ketaki Gokhale, Bloomberg Devi Shetty is obsessed with making heart surgery affordable for millions of Indians. On his office desk are photographs of two of his heroes: Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi. Shetty is not a public health official motivated by charity. He’s a heart surgeon turned businessman who has started a chain of […]
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By Suzanne Phan, News 10 It was supposed to be the last day of a family vacation at a popular summer camp, but it ended in tragedy for one Sacramento area family when a loved one had a fatal allergic reaction. Relatives says 13-year-old Natalie Giorgi died from a severe allergic reaction to peanut butter […]
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