By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times Marianet Tirado returned to Los Angeles Trade Tech community college this fall, optimistic that she would get into the classes she needs to transfer to a four-year university. Of the courses she wanted, only two had space left when she registered in May. She enrolled in those and “crashed” […]
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By Rebecca Santana, AP ISLAMABAD — The use of drones in Pakistan normally brings to mind images of U.S. spy planes attacking tribal areas. But drones now are being used to capture a different kind of picture in the country — showing some of the world’s highest mountains being scaled by world-class climbers through some […]
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Spirits of days gone by will be summoned to haunt the streets of historic Truckee during the adults-only Historical Haunted Tour on Oct. 18-19. The annual walking tour attracts more than 300 attendees, more than 60 volunteers and features tales of yore with a memorable and entertaining twist at Truckee’s historic gems and watering holes. […]
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By Edward Cody, Washington Post PORTETS, France — When Dominique Haverlan pastes the label “Vieux Chateau Gaubert” on his wine bottles, he proclaims this to his customers: I am selling you 400 years of French pedigree, the shadow of aged Palladian buildings restored at a cost of nearly $2 million, the fruit of 87 acres […]
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By David Cay Johnston, Newsweek The damage wrought by Hurricane Isaac, coming on the seventh anniversary of the flooding that decimated New Orleans and stunned a nation, serves as a not-so-subtle reminder of how much infrastructure matters to our safety and our economy. This time the levees held, thanks in part to the $14.5 billion […]
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• South Lake Tahoe Food and Wine Festival is at Harrah’s and Harveys Lake Tahoe Oct. 5–7. • Here are the weekly roadwork schedules from Caltrans for El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra. • Celebrate the book launch of Jared Manninen’s graphic memoir “Mega 99” about hiking the Appalachian Trail and Suzanne Roberts’ memoir “Almost Somewhere” about hiking […]
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Billie Jean is a nice, Oriental mix girl who came to the shelter very pregnant. She had her kittens at the shelter and raised them in a foster home. They have all found homes of their own now and Billie Jean is still waiting for hers. She doesn’t mind other cats or well behaved dogs. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun One of the reasons so many people hate politics is that well-meaning leaders often do more harm than good when they try to legislate public policy. The Republican Party’s attempt to protect people from themselves by pledging to oppose online gambling illustrates that point, and it could ultimately […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the third of five Q&A profiles of a South Lake Tahoe City Council candidate running in the Nov. 6 election. Name: Clinton Schue Age: 35 How long have you lived in South Lake Tahoe?: My family has been in Tahoe for over 40 years. My grandparents owned a motel and I […]
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Time to grab those gloves, shovels and boots and bring the family and friends out to help restore the Truckee River. The 17th annual Truckee River Day is Oct. 14. Volunteers will have their choice of half or full day restoration projects with different levels of difficulty. There will be 12 to 15 projects. including […]
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