By Danya Perez-Hernandez, Chronicle of Higher Education While the use of online courses is increasingly widespread in California’s community colleges, the success rate of students in the courses lags behind that of their peers taking in-person courses, according to a report released last week by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonprofit and nonpartisan […]
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By Jennifer Medinamay, New York Times LOS ANGELES — Portraying California as the front line of climate change, Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that the effects of man-made global warming were devastating the state, drawing a direct link between climate change and both the record-setting drought that has left the state parched and the early-season […]
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By Meg James, Los Angeles Times Smokey Bear turns 70 this summer. But instead of kicking back in retirement — whacking golf balls or sniffing around for early-bird dinner specials — the bear in bluejeans is returning to work to educate people about wildfires. Last year, there were 47,579 wildfires nationwide, according to the federal […]
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By Anne Knowles MINDEN – A committee consisting of parents and Douglas County School District staff may be formed this fall to investigate and suggest solutions to some of the long-term issues facing Whittell High School. Superintendent Lisa Noonan, in an update at the May 21 board meeting regarding the school’s staffing, said she needed […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Nevada will abandon its state-run health exchange, sever ties with software contractor Xerox and switch to the federal system for one year to enroll its residents in health care, a state board voted Tuesday. The Silver State Exchange’s board of directors proclaimed it had “no confidence” in staying with […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – It’s never done – the work, the hiking, the enjoyment. That was the message of Mary Bennington. For the past four years she has been executive director of the Tahoe Rim Trail Association. The motto of the nonprofit is “A Trail Like No Other”. While it is 165 miles around, […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post A Utah District Court ruled Wednesday that Park City Mountain Resort officials failed to renew their historic lease for a majority of their ski terrain and the landowner is allowed to lease the ski area’s upper terrain to a new operator. That means Vail Resorts just won the rights to […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a rare moment, the South Lake Tahoe City Council said “no” to a request by attorney Lew Feldman when it came to the Chateau project. While the discussion May 20 was civil, in the end Feldman did not get everything he requested in the “major design review permit revision.” He wanted […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sex offenders in South Lake Tahoe will get to roam a little freer starting next month – including near parks, schools, arcades and other places children congregate. This is all because the California Supreme Court refused to review a case from the Fourth Appellate District Court that ultimately made 40 local sex […]
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By Liz Moyer, Wall Street Journal Being born to the manor is one thing. Marrying one of its occupants is something else altogether. Just ask Steven Siig, a self-described “ski bum” and extreme-sports documentary filmmaker who was living near Lake Tahoe and scraping by as a landscaper when he met his wife, Melissa, in 2001. […]
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