By James Dao, New York Times John Kremer, a Navy explosives expert, lost both his legs below the knee after stepping on a mine in Afghanistan in 2010. In his San Diego hospital bed, he assumed he would be chained to a wheelchair for a year or more. Walking seemed a distant goal. Running? He […]
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By Torey Van Oot, Sacramento Bee California’s state auditor has found shortcomings in management and oversight of special license plate programs meant to provide funding for causes like Lake Tahoe, anti-terrorism efforts and state parks. The report, released today, found that the state has failed to collect more than $22 million in revenue that should […]
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To the community, Live Violence Free would like to formally thank Erik and Melodie Ulman, along with the whole Freshies crew, for the outstanding work and effort that they invested into this year’s annual Freshies Trading Places Fundraiser. The fundraiser is hosted by Freshies every year in observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child […]
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Former Tahoe Daily Tribune Publisher Loren Abbott died April 9. He was 77. Abbott was born in Eureka on Dec. 31, 1935. He graduated from Humboldt State University with a bachelor’s degree in industrial arts. It was there that he met the love of his life, Shirley Samuelson. They married in 1957 and just recently […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee In a scene that might have made Smokey Bear cringe, on a 100-degree day last July, a Sacramento man – in full view of his family and other witnesses – tossed a 2-inch diameter firework into a remote Placer County swimming hole. An ember from the explosion shot 25 feet […]
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By Brad Stone, Bloomberg Businessweek Toward the bottom of the list of disturbing aspects about Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon was this: Cellular networks in the area almost immediately slowed down and, for periods of time, appeared to stop working altogether. Runners and their loved ones could not connect, and victims had trouble communicating […]
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Tired of your wardrobe? What is being billed as the biggest, baddest, best clothing swap in Tahoe is just around the corner. The All Tahoe Clothing Swap at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe is May 1 starting at 6:30pm. The event is open to anyone and everyone. Clothing donations will be accepted at […]
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By Shan Li and Diana Marcum, Los Angeles Times Central Valley farmers, Southern California bankers and Silicon Valley executives have all struggled to find workers — and they say an outdated immigration policy has been to blame. They’re all hoping that a bipartisan group of U.S. senators will have the answer when it unveils its […]
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• South Lake Tahoe is participating with much of the rest of the nation in honoring President Obama’s proclamation to lower flags to half staff until dusk April 20 in honor of the victims of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. • Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, will participate in two events in Truckee on […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE – Based on the number of cases leaving wineries and headed for vehicles, wine sales in El Dorado County are doing well. Granted, buyers could have been lured by last weekend being the first of two weekends of the annual Passport where there are some special deals going on that aren’t […]
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