Lake Tahoe’s ultimate maître d’ has died. David Alan McClure was special and one of a kind. He died Feb. 24, 2018, of organ failure at Renown Medical Center in Reno. He was 67. In a 2012 story about Mr. McClure in Lake Tahoe News he said, “My job is to change people’s experiences. You […]
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By Kathryn Reed Solutions to South Lake Tahoe’s housing woes were in short supply during a talk about the issue on Wednesday. Mayor Wendy David’s monthly gathering was focused on housing last week, with planning staff (Kevin Fabino and John Hitchcock) there to provide the bulk of the information. “There are a lot of things […]
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By Matt Levin, CalMatters Memes of a mild-mannered California legislator photoshopped as a Star Trek villain. A San Francisco supervisor suggesting the city should sue the state, to “thunderous applause.” Wealthy Marin County homeowners and South Los Angeles tenants’ rights groups working as political bedfellows. All inspired by a wonky state housing bill yet to […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Just in time for spring break, the late-season “atmospheric river” that dumped snow across the Sierra this week has ski resorts going from “waa” to “whoa!” After below-average precipitation to start the season, the “miracle” storm may result in one of the snowiest Marches on record. While ski resorts with […]
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By Kathryn Reed For those who fear needles, there is no such thing as a simple little pin prick. It may end in a fainting episode which can ruin the rest of the day – where sleep is the only remedy to return to normal. Health officials estimate at least 10 percent of the population […]
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By David Crary, AP Suddenly, America is on the march. Saturday’s March for Our Lives, planned for Washington and hundreds of other locations, is just the most recent sign that an extraordinary number of Americans are taking to heart the old truism that democracy should not be a spectator sport. In numbers not seen since […]
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By Matthew Daly, AP A spending bill approved by the House includes a bipartisan plan to create a wildfire disaster fund to help combat increasingly severe wildfires that have devastated the West in recent years. The bill sets aside more than $20 billion over 10 years to allow the Forest Service and other federal agencies […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Out of a $550 million annual budget the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors only gets to decide how a fraction of that is spent. It’s the approximately $150 million General Fund that they have a say over. The rest is state and federal money that has strings attached. And […]
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By Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle It has all the earmarks of a “Miracle March” — heavy dousings of rain, intense flurries of snow in the Sierra mountains and roadway havoc — but the showy display of stormy weather across California this week isn’t fooling the experts. Despite encouraging signs, including a Sierra snowpack […]
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By Ben Nuckols, AP WASHINGTON — With the Supreme Court poised to rule on a case that could end the federal ban on sports gambling, more than a third of U.S. states are considering legislation to get in on the action, and professional leagues and casino interests are lobbying against each other for the biggest […]
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