By Tim Dahlberg, AP There’s a brand new sports bar at Monmouth Park with televisions hanging from nearly every available rafter. Mostly empty now except on racing weekends at the horse track little more than an hour from Manhattan, it may not stay empty long. Depending on how a judge rules, it could soon become […]
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times Americans are living longer than ever before, government data show. A typical toddler born in 2012 can expect to live 78.8 years — a new record, according to a report published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 36.5 days longer than in 2011. Adults who […]
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By Kathryn Reed Paying for the more than 6,000 feet of lineal water line Lukins Brothers Water Company put in doesn’t stop with the contractor’s last bill. The South Lake Tahoe company’s liability insurance went up 60 percent because of those lines. In the last two years Lukins has put in 6,000 lineal feet of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Most of the water Lukins Brothers Water Company customers are using is coming from South Tahoe Public Utility District. This is because two of the three active wells the South Lake Tahoe private water company operates are contaminated with Tetrachloroethylene, also known as PCE. The wells show 16 parts per billion and […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Lake Valley Fire Protection District does not have enough money to do all of the things it wants to do. That is why a parcel tax is on the Nov. 4 ballot. Members of the district, which for the most part includes the incorporated area of El Dorado County in […]
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By Kathryn Reed While South Lake Tahoe employees will have more in their paychecks, it’s going to cost many of them more to retire. This is because retiree health care coverage is going away for almost all current workers. The South Lake Tahoe City Council at a special meeting this morning at 8 is expected […]
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By Joan Lowy, AP WASHINGTON — Just because you can talk to your car doesn’t mean you should. Two studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse instead of better. The systems let drivers do things like tune the radio, send a text message, or make […]
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By Derek Taylor, Outside When it comes time to throw stones in the ski world, there’s no easier target than Vail. A $3 billion-plus publicly traded company, Vail is an easy target because it’s a big target. Taking it down verbally is a rite of passage in many mountain communities. Just as a generation of […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of seven community members to come up with this endorsement. Who is going to genuinely represent the constituency the best? While that question is good to ask in every race, it was the deciding factor for us when it came to who should be the next […]
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By Andy Wirth, Outside I came to Squaw Valley in August 2010 to be president and CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings and quickly befriended mountain athlete J.T. Holmes. J.T. is predominantly known for BASE jumping, wingsuiting, and big mountain skiing, but when we skied together, I’d tell him how I really wanted to get […]
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