By Kathryn Reed In the same week South Lake Tahoe’s anti-paid parking advocates secured enough signatures to forward their petition to the El Dorado County Elections Department, members were given documents from a 2011 Southern California case that prohibits the initiative process from getting rid of parking meters in any city. Bruce Grego, who has […]
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By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times From many corners of the United States — Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Mississippi — recent years have brought heartening news about the relentless rise in obesity among American children: Several years into a campaign to get kids to eat better and exercise more, child obesity rates have appeared to stabilize, […]
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By Dan Gorenstein, Marketplace For the first time the federal government has tallied up the arts and culture contribution to the nation’s economy. It turns out that sector, movies, painting, publishing, cable and more, was worth half a trillion dollars — 3 percent to the gross domestic product in 2011. That’s more than the travel […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is in the unique position of having about $1.2 million to spend mid-year. While the numbers are not astronomical, it is a change from the austerity and deficit modes the city has been faced with in recent years. The “extra” money is carry-over from the last fiscal year that […]
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Updated Jan. 14 7:55pm: By Kathryn Reed Sierra-at-Tahoe was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after someone phoned in a bomb threat. The call came in about 3pm Jan. 14 to the season pass office. Resort and law enforcement officials were not releasing any details about the caller, what was said or potential motive. El Dorado County sheriff’s […]
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By David Siders and Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee As California withered through a drought in 1977, Gov. Jerry Brown called for a 25 percent reduction in personal water use statewide and flew to Washington to press the Carter administration for federal aid. He reduced the spray of his shower head and, in a characteristic moment […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – Some were blondes, others a rich red, some were full bodied, others were classic. All were 3 ounces of liquid enjoyment. The sampler at Tahoe Mountain Brewing Co. introduces people to eight of the more than 20 varieties of beer at the Tahoe City pub. A few miles away […]
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By Herb Scribner, Deseret News It looks like teenagers aren’t hitting the bottle as often as before. On Jan. 10, BBC News Magazine published an article that looked at the teenage non-drinkers, who are finding other ways to celebrate and have fun without sipping the sauce. “UK teenagers might have a reputation for binge drinking, […]
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By Holly Ramer, AP NORTH CONWAY, N.H. — Allison Willette’s first few skiing lessons left her with a sore butt and aching knees but not a lot of skills. But one day’s worth of terrain-based learning made all the difference. “Yesterday was probably the first day that I enjoyed it,” she said. The instruction Willette […]
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By Andrea Peterson, Washington Post Aereo is a company that sells access to live television programming over the Internet — without paying broadcasters for the privilege. Unsurprisingly, broadcasters don’t like that. In fact, they dislike it so much that they’ve engaged in a lengthy legal battle to shut Aereo down. And Friday, the Supreme Court […]
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