By Kayla Webley, Time If you want kids to succeed in school, look no further than the third grade. So says a body of research showing that if kids haven’t mastered reading by then, their ability to keep up in other subjects starts to decline. That has led 32 states to adopt policies specifically targeting […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – The outdoors and sex. Those are the overriding themes of people in Lake Tahoe want to hear about. Seven books were featured during the annual Celebration of Writers earlier this month at the Valhalla Grand Hall. Tahoe Writers Works each fall brings together a group of authors who either […]
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By Michael Grunwald, Time The sun is shining on Miami Beach, and I wake up in subsidized housing. I throw on a T-shirt made of subsidized cotton, brush my teeth with subsidized water and eat cereal made of subsidized grain. Soon the chaos begins, two hours of pillow forts, dance parties and other craziness with […]
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Southwest Gas is alerting people that three private contractors are working in South Lake Tahoe. There are two contractors and one inspection company that work with customers on various weatherization programs. The three companies are: Residential Weatherization Inc. (installation contractor), Project Go Inc. (installation contractor), and Richard Heath and Associates (third party inspections). To determine […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Cheese is more than a food to Laura Werlin – it’s a passion, almost an obsession. After all, her sixth book on the subject will be released in early December. Lake Tahoe News caught up with the energetic author of all things cheese earlier this month before she gave a […]
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By AP TRUCKEE — The California Highway Patrol has arrested one of its own on suspicion of engaging in sexual acts with a minor. Truckee CHP Officer Robert Holland was arrested at his Loyalton home Tuesday afternoon after other officers searched his home. They also seized his phone and computer. CHP Cmdr. Timothy Malone says […]
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By Mike Vorkunov, Star-Ledger Aaron Maybin remembers the conversation he had with Garrett McIntyre before the 2011 season began and neither knew their fate — when McIntyre considered this his last chance at the NFL. Both linebackers were with the Jets, having been recycled through the league and hoping to latch on. Maybin had been […]
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By McClatchy Newspapers September had barely started, but that didn’t stop retailers from talking Christmas: Wal-Mart said it would begin its holiday-layaway promotion just two weeks after Labor Day – a full month early. A few days later, Toys R Us and Kmart said they’d do away with layaway fees altogether. One might say they […]
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• The boathouse at Lakeview Commons has been certified LEED gold. • The U.S. Department of Agriculture declared Placer County a natural disaster, opening the door for local farmers and ranchers to seek assistance for drought-related losses. • Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe was the setting this month for an independent film that […]
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By Cliff Gardner I don’t know how many folks have read Gov. Brian Sandoval’s sage grouse plan, recently completed and released. I was fearful of what it might entail. I had no idea it would be as bad as it is. By all appearances, it should be titled the “Kenneth Mayer Plan” rather than the […]
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