By Deborah Thompson I have been an animal lover all my life. I have always had pets and love wildlife. When my husband and I moved to the North Shore a few years ago, we did so for the environment and activities. In the Lake Tahoe Basin I feel in my element and am often […]
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By Dean Starkman, Columbia Journalism Review The Newspaper Association of America takes some comfort, and with some reason, in the news that newspaper revenues declined only 2 percent in 2012, to $38.6 billion, from $39.5 billion the previous year. That’s indeed something to cheer about when you consider that for the better part of a […]
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Take advantage this weekend of last runs of the season at some Tahoe resorts. Here is the April 13 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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The U.S. Forest Service has scheduled three public meetings next week, including one in South Lake Tahoe, to discuss ski resorts and water. The water rights center on ski resorts and snowmaking. This article provides some background on the topic. The Forest Service open houses are April 16 in Lakewood, Colo., April 17 in Salt […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – With a near unanimous vote, the Tahoe Transportation District on Friday selected five loop road alternatives to study in the environmental documents. But what that assessment will look like is not expected to be released in draft form until January 2015. Angela Swanson, South Lake Tahoe’s rep to the TTD […]
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On April 5, our deeply loved husband, father and grandfather left us unexpectedly. He was 63. Randy Hilliard Acevedo was born Nov. 23, 1949. Randy graduated from USC Dental School in 1974. After practicing dentistry in Switzerland for a year, he opened his dental practice in South Lake Tahoe. He enjoyed the outdoors. If not […]
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By Janice Eastburn A recent column written by Tiffany Miller takes as its basic premise that marriage equality “should not be solved in court.” She justifies her argument, in part, by saying, “Most of us simply believe that no government can define marriage because God has already defined it as a sacred union between a […]
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By Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post You may be a stickler for keeping control of all the data in your many online accounts, but what will happen to that data after you die? It’s a question that Google’s addressing with the announcement of a new tool, the Inactive Account Manager, that gives Google users the option […]
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By Napa Register During Gov. Jerry Brown’s trade mission to China this week, Golden State wines were served at an event in Shanghai titled, “California Winemaker’s Dinner Meets Chinese Banquet” as well as a VIP reception at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. Sales to China helped grow California wine exports to a record $1.4 billion […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — By a party-line vote, the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections has approved a proposed constitutional amendment to permit same-sex couples to marry. The resolution passed April 11 would repeal the state’s ban on gay marriage and sets out that Nevada would recognize marriages, regardless […]
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