By Paul Takahashi, Las Vegas Sun Three years after Nevada adopted the Common Core State Standards, proponents and critics faced off in a 10-hour legislative showdown over whether the new academic benchmarks will help or hurt students in the Silver State. For months, dozens of concerned citizens and parents have been protesting the Common Core […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nearly 34 years after Richard Swanson was murdered, the killer has been convicted. On April 23, the eight-woman, four-man jury found Andrew Sanford guilty on all counts. In all likelihood Sanford, 52, will be spending the rest of his life in prison. Swanson was 16 when he was murdered Aug. 14, 1980, […]
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By Kathryn Reed After much discontent from parents, Lake Tahoe Unified School District listened. It was decided Tuesday that Tahoe Valley Elementary School would house the transitional kindergarten program starting in the fall. At the March 29 school board meeting staff had proposed the program be at the defunct Al Tahoe school site. Having it […]
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By Patti Neighmond, NPR It’s not just kids who are overdoing screen time. Parents are often just as guilty of spending too much time checking smartphones and e-mail — and the consequences for their children can be troubling. Dr. Jenny Radesky is a pediatrician specializing in child development. When she worked at a clinic in […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee A state prosecutor today opened the trial of El Dorado County Supervisor Ray Nutting by blasting him as a dishonest figure with “trouble following laws” routinely honored by other public officials. Nutting faces allegations that he improperly hid state income for brush clearing on his family ranch, and Deputy Attorney […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the six El Dorado County supervisor candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. This is the final installment. Name: Angela Swanson Age: 53 Occupation: City councilwoman, school facilities planning consultant, and grant writer Education: B.A. political science, University […]
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By Lake Tahoe News staff It’s not just Kingsbury Grade that will be torn up this year. Caltrans will be working on six water-quality improvement projects on the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Plus, work in the center of South Lake Tahoe will tie up traffic now that the Harrison Avenue project has […]
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Michael Brooks Seeliger of Reno died April 13 while enjoying one of his many passions in life — flying. He was 46. Mike is the grandson of Brooks Park, the late patriarch of the Carson Valley cattle ranch family that also owns acreage in Stateline, including Edgewood Tahoe, the former Horizon hotel and MontBleu. He […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College needs to find ways to make money. Offering four-year degrees is one way to do so. The University of California and California State University systems need to find ways to accommodate more students. Allowing community colleges to offer four-year degrees would do that. Today the state is not […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — Soon after Jerry Brown was elected governor in 2010, he invited the state’s top budget official, Ana Matosantos, to lunch at his office. He had just two months to prepare his first plan for tackling California’s $26 billion deficit. He asked his assistant to fetch the budget […]
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