By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Former Govs. Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe joined the legal attack on California’s teacher tenure laws, telling a state appeals court the job-security and seniority statutes leave some of the state’s neediest students in the hands of incompetent teachers. It is “nearly impossible to […]
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By Kathryn Reed To the uninitiated, Bijou Bike Park doesn’t look like it’s anywhere near finished. And, yet, it’s opening today in South Lake Tahoe. To the cyclist who is well versed in these types of things, the park looks phenomenal. Some of those riders have been testing the various features. Matt Stuck, a volunteer […]
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By Tom Randall Brian K Sullivan, Bloomberg This is what global warming feels like. Last month was the hottest August on record, topping out the hottest summer on record, according to data released on Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It was the sixth month this year to set a new record: February, March, May, June, […]
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By Frank Shyong, Hailey Branson-Potts and Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times As firefighters continued to make progress on two deadly wildfires in Northern California, there was mourning for those who could not outrun the flames and were killed. Citing the five deaths in the Lake and Butte fires, officials urged people to heed evacuation […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Millions of dollars in state money has been funneled into Kings Beach to improve aesthetics, keep sediment out of Lake Tahoe and upgrade the infrastructure. Even more work is planned for the area, which in large part will be designed to upgrade the recreation opportunities. The California Tahoe Conservancy […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK — The 60-foot laser beam streaked like a lightsaber across the night sky, playing connect-the-dots with constellations in the plane of the Milky Way. On a hillside 300 miles northeast of Las Vegas in the Great Basin National Park, Derek Demeter controlled the light with […]
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By Julia Prodis Sulek, San Jose Mercury News LAKE PORT — CalFire Capt. Scott Rohrs and his three crewmen were racing to the scene of the Valley fire when the foreboding news crackled over radio dispatch: four elite firefighters had been overrun by flames, suffering serious second-degree burns. The fire was barely an hour old, […]
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By Mike DeBonis, Washington Post A challenge from hard-line conservatives in the House Republican caucus has Speaker John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, wondering how he might pass a bill to fund the government ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. But one of those conservatives said Wednesday that he’s had enough of the shutdown talk and resigned […]
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By Associated Press Think wagering $20 to win $1 million by picking a winning combination of NFL players for a fantasy team on Sunday is gambling? The league says it isn’t. So do fast-growing daily fantasy sports companies like DraftKings and FanDuel that offer the games and advertise with the long gambling-averse pro football organization. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money was the dominant subject at Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. After multiple attempts by the Tahoe Prosperity Center to get $10,000 from the city, the council said yes on a 4-1 vote on Sept. 15. Councilwoman JoAnn Conner was the dissenting member. Conner is against giving any nonprofit taxpayer […]
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