Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 23, 2013, Redding Record Searchlight. How hard is it to spend government money? Harder than you’d think. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent a lashing letter to the California Department of Public Health last Friday declaring that the state agency is violating the Clean Water Act. Its […]
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Marla Steele, the pet psychic, will return to Tahoe over Memorial Day weekend. Dog Dog Cat in South Lake Tahoe will be taking reservations for Steele. She sold out last year. Dog Dog Cat is donating a portion of the proceeds to ACT – Animal Coalition of Tahoe. Both days will feature local and national […]
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By Lenny Bernstein, Washington Post Like a pitcher taking the mound on opening day, Frank Gehrke gets the spotlight in California every early April. That’s when the otherwise obscure state water official trudges into the Sierra Nevada mountains, media in tow, and plunges aluminum tubes into the snow. With those snow samples — and historical […]
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By Susan Ferriss and Ben Wieder, Center for Public Integrity As the national debate grows louder over deploying police in schools, the largest state in the union – California – is considering a bill that would require schools to set “clear guidelines” defining the role of school police and limit their involvement in disciplinary matters. […]
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A scientist responsible for discovering the family ties of several varieties of wine grapes and a vineyard responsible for the rediscovery of the Sierra foothills as prime viticulture territory are receiving the California State Fair’s top wine and viticulture honors. Carole Meredith, professor emerita of the Department of Viticulture and Enology at UC Davis, is […]
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Five high school students garnered top awards in the Congressional Art Competition sponsored by members of Congress. The five winners for the Fourth Congressional District competition will be recognized by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, at a reception on May 1 at 5pm at BI Design Studio in El Dorado Hills. Their art will be […]
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On July 3 (always the day before Independence Day) the Kings Beach skies will shine with a fireworks display and a beach party in honor of the birthday of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. New for 2013, a fun Beach Party starting at 2pm on the North […]
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By James Gerken, Huffington Post Scientists monitoring global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations report that, for the first time in human history, CO2 levels could soon rise above 400 parts per million for a sustained period of time in much of the Northern Hemisphere. Hourly readings have surpassed 400 ppm in the past week, but daily […]
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• Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s elementary spring concert is May 22 from 6-6:45pm, with the middle concert that night from 7:30-8:30. The free event is at South Tahoe Middle School. South Tahoe High School’s Choral Pops Concert is June 5 at 7pm. The free event is at the high School. South Tahoe High School […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt What bothered everyone present was the substantial loss of local representation and control, and the negative impacts on future funding for transportation and other projects that dissolution of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Compact would create. This was one of many topics at the April 29 joint meeting of the Douglas County […]
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