By Tracy Franklin This is the second of a series of articles highlighting emergency preparedness. Use these tools to prepare yourself for an emergency. More information is available in the city’s website. After a major disaster, you may need financial assistance and will want to document any property loss for insurance and income tax purposes. […]
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By Catherine Rampell, New York Times One of the more unsettling trends in this recovery has been the rise of part-time work. We are nowhere near recovering the jobs lost in the recession, and the track record looks even worse when you consider that so many of the jobs lost were full time, whereas so […]
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By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, Christian Science Monitor On an early Friday morning, the wholesale fish market at Mumbai’s historic Sassoon Dock is in full, cacophonous swing. As fishermen unload their catch, local fish-sellers, restaurant cooks, and housewives swarm the slick wharf, haggling over their favorites – salmon, pomfret, and king mackerel. There are fewer takers for […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Courageous, committed, tenacious, dedicated, inspirational. Those are just some of the words used to describe the 11 women who were honored Thursday night by the two South Shore Soroptimist groups. Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe and Soroptimist International Tahoe Sierra recognized three distinct groups March 7 at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. […]
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By KABC-TV SAN FRANCISCO — After coming in $400 million over budget following last year’s busy fire season, the Forest Service is altering its approach and may let more fires burn instead of attacking every one. The move, quietly made in a letter last month by Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell, brings the agency more […]
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The South Shore is getting a chunk of the $333 million in California Transportation Commission money that was awarded Tuesday. El Dorado County is getting $12.4 million for a water quality collection and treatment facility project on Highway 89 from one-tenth mile north of the Eagle Falls sidehill viaduct to Meeks Creek Bridge. This is […]
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By Mel Shields, Sacramento Bee One of the major movements in live entertainment over the past decade has been the rise of tribute bands. The advocates and critics of such groups seem about as divided as House Republicans and Democrats, or as staunch as defenders of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones as the better […]
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Lack of snow and the Chinese New Year falling in February contributed to Nevada’s drop in gaming revenue in January. The numbers were off 12.44 percent compared to a year ago, with $909.2 million collected, according to the state Gaming Control Board on March 8. Plus, the Super Bowl is now in February, too, which […]
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Lyn Landauer, one of Lake Tahoe’s noted historians, died Feb. 21 in Monterey. She was 86. Lyn was president of the Lake Tahoe Historical Society and wrote many of the articles for the monthly newsletter. She authored “The Mountain Sea, A History of Lake Tahoe”. Born Lyndall Deane Baker on Sept. 24, 1926, in Oakland, […]
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More fresh powder and continued chance of snow showers throughout the day. Wear good goggles — yellow or rose tinted. Ski and ride with a buddy and stay in bounds on open runs and terrain only. Here is the March 8 ski report — Curtis Fong
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