By Dylan Matthews, Washington Post Unpaid internships* are increasingly a fact of life for college students. The National Association of Colleges and Employers found that 52 percent of the class of 2012 had an internship or co-op during their time in college. Almost half of those — 47 percent — were unpaid. A third of […]
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Fourth of July revelers will have the opportunity to start celebrating the holiday a day early in North Lake Tahoe. The fireworks display in Kings Beach is July 3. On July 3 from 2-10pm the North Tahoe Business Association will host a Beach Party open to all ages featuring disc jockey Chango, live music by […]
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Markleeville’s Patterns of Perfection this week release its latest album “The Chronicle”. Jacob Lovell is the artist Patterns of Perfections. Lovell had bad and lucid dreams as a kid, and he often wondered what that was about. After realizing that music was his one true passion, he decided to take his dreams to a whole […]
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Eight days after El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies found stolen property in a residence they are telling the public about it. It took deputies, South Lake Tahoe cops, CHP, DA investigators and agents from the drug task force to execute the search warrant on the South Shore residence on June 6. Even though deputies want […]
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By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times Despite a threefold increase in people and cars in the last 50 years, California’s strict vehicle emissions standards have managed to significantly clear the state’s air, according to new research. The study also found that Southern California’s air chemistry has changed for the better. The amount of organic nitrates […]
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By Kayla Webley, Time Sitting at a computer in her school library in the far western reaches of the Phoenix suburbs, Taylor Beattie logs on to her digital dashboard to find something she has never seen before. Taylor’s eighth-grade class has not yet studied units, but the program knows she is ready. The first question […]
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By Matt Woolbright, AP After 13 years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in Nevada will soon have a legal way to obtain the drug without growing it themselves. Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed SB374 into law Wednesday. The measure establishes the framework to make pot available to medical marijuana card holders, imposing fees and requirements […]
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• Beginning June 17, CalFire’s Amador-El Dorado-Sacramento Unit will suspend dooryard burning permits. • Cindy Martinez, Bijou Community School teacher, was appointed by the board of education to be principal for 2013-14. • As of June 10, El Dorado County Superior Court’s telephone access for the public was reduced to 8am-1pm because of budget cuts […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Improvise, be creative and definitely be prepared. That was the overriding message delivered Wednesday night by Tamara Burns. Burns is registered nurse with Barton Health who has had to use some of the advice she dispensed June 12 during a lecture at Kahle Community Center. The 10 essentials she says […]
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Placer County was awarded money this week from the California Transportation Commission for the Kings Beach project. The commission doled out $1 billion in funding for 153 transportation projects that are designed to strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs while providing congestion relief for motorists statewide. The allocations include nearly $541 million […]
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