By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee A lack of inventory has dragged down the Lake Tahoe real estate market through the first nine months of 2014, according to the Lake Tahoe, Nevada-based Chase International. Through Sept. 30 this year, the sales volume of single-family homes around the lake was down 15 percent at $727.4 million, compared […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even without a definitive recreation plan in place, South Lake Tahoe is moving forward with improvements. This includes going ahead with a bike park at Bijou Community Park. The topic will be discussed by the Planning Commission this week and will be before the City Council in November. Bike paths are being improved, […]
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By Dan Levine, Reuters SAN FRANCISCO — Legal momentum for extending U.S. marriage rights to same-sex couples accelerated on Tuesday as a federal appeals court in San Francisco struck down bans on gay matrimony in Idaho and Nevada a day after the U.S. Supreme Court let stand similar rulings for five other states. The 9th […]
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By Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski, Center for Investigative Reporting RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Mike Soubirous is a prodigious water user, pumping more than 1 million gallons per year at his lushly landscaped home on a hot, windy Southern California hilltop. Soubirous also is a member of the Riverside City Council, which in July voted unanimously […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of seven community members to come up with this endorsement. For 40 years, Lake Tahoe Community College has served the needs of the community through excellent programs, outstanding educators and what are now adequate or subpar facilities. But we believe the leaders need to go back […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times A few years ago a group of researchers used computer modeling to put California through a nightmare scenario: Seven decades of unrelenting mega-drought similar to those that dried out the state in past millennia. “The results were surprising,” said Jay Lund, one of the academics who conducted the study. […]
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By David Karp, Los Angeles Times Bringing to fruition a decade-long campaign by farmers market stakeholders, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB1871, which for the first time provides what supporters say is adequate funding to ensure that growers at certified farmers markets produce what they sell. “This is the single-most significant change to farmers market laws […]
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By Kathryn Reed Boss doesn’t believe you’ll work in Tahoe? Mom doesn’t believe you’ll meet anyone being self-employed? Spouse wonders how the home office is suddenly so neat? Tahoe Mountain Lab may prove working on vacation isn’t so stuff, that like-minded entrepreneurs flock together, and working independently and alone are two very different things. It […]
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By Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post Just days after a teenager unfurled a Confederate flag at a high school football game in Howard County, Md., teachers began reworking lesson plans to discuss the student’s display and the school’s decision to discipline him. Their talking points: What is free speech? How is the action different from the […]
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By Parimal M. Rohit, The Log A recently approved law in California aims to finally address the state’s loose governance of recreational boaters navigating its many waterways. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a boater safety bill requiring all boaters in California to be in possession of a vessel operator card and pass a safety […]
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