By Josh Richman, Jessica Calefati and Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown said today that his revised budget proposal is “good news for California,” paying down $11 billion in debt while for the first time setting the state “on a plan to fully fund our teachers’ pension system.” But saving […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Zyler Hartman of Sacramento was too young to participate, but he closely followed the campaigns of November 2012, especially the debate over Proposition 37, the ballot measure that would have imposed new labeling requirements on genetically engineered foods. Hartman is 19 now and could vote in next month’s primary election. […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a random series of stories about gardening in Lake Tahoe. By Kathryn Reed People have been gardening in Tahoe for eons with varying degrees of success. But 23 residents of the basin are masters at it. This is the second summer for the UC Cooperative Extension Lake Tahoe Master […]
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By Rob Hotakainen, McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Josephine Drum says her daughter was “cheated out of life” when she was killed while driving to work in downtown Seattle in 2012, hit by a man in a Jeep whose blood tested positive for marijuana. “I feel if you smoke marijuana and you have to smoke […]
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By Chris Strohm, Bloomberg The top U.S. law-enforcement agency wants to give investigators greater leeway to secretly access suspected criminals’ computers in bunches, not simply one at a time. The Justice Department says the proposal, made public last week, is an attempt to keep up with technology that lets people hide identities online. Privacy advocates […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of six South Shore residents to decide on this endorsement for the June primary. Paid parking at beaches on the South Shore has been the norm for decades. It’s about time South Lake Tahoe caught up. We believe the city needs to find ways to increase […]
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By Jeff Meston The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department and Lake Valley Fire Protection District have joined in developing a Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) for South Lake Tahoe. A CWPP enables a community to plan how it will reduce the risk of wildfire. The plan identifies strategic sites and methods for fuel reduction projects […]
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By Neil Irwin, New York Times The days of Americans getting health insurance through their employers may be numbered — and the change could be just as profound as the shift of employers forcing employees to manage their own retirement savings. As the Affordable Care Act goes from thousands of pages of legalese to actual, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Three commercial properties in South Lake Tahoe are about to be owned by the state. On May 9 the California Tahoe Conservancy board agreed to buy the South Y Lodge on Emerald Bay Road for $320,000 and the property on Highway 50 that houses the Smoke Shop and Tahoe Psychic for $325,000. […]
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By Bay City News A federal appeals court ruled in San Francisco this week that Facebook users can go ahead with breach-of-contract and fraud claims against the online social network for allegedly allowing advertisers to obtain their personal information in 2010. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated those claims […]
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