John Mackay and William Sharon were the wealthiest of the men to emerge from Nevada’s Comstock Lode. They were also the most influential. Mackay, who rose from poverty, was the hero of Virginia City, respected by its miners and mine owners, idolized by its children. Sharon, the brains behind the “Bank Crowd,” was generally perceived […]
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Award-winning television journalist Bob Woodruff will give a talk on the North Shore on June 6. Woodruff is widely known as a past co-anchor of ABC News’ broadcast “World News Tonight”. In 2006, while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces for ABC, he was critically wounded by a roadside bomb. The traumatic brain injury nearly killed him. […]
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By Carina Storrs, CNN Recently a 76-year-old man known as HB, whose health had been deteriorating, tried to take his own life and was admitted to North Shore University Hospital on Long Island. Doctors decided that HB would not be able to go back to living by himself because of his condition and complications while […]
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By JJ Feinauer, Deseret News In 1938, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act as part of then president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. As a result, the 40-hour workweek (based on the eight-hour workday) became fully integrated, and legislated, as part of American corporate culture. CNN Money’s Jeanne Sahadi argues that it may be […]
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Sparky is a cute little boy who looks older in his photo than he actually is. He’s only 1 year old. Sparky is a spaniel mix, about the size of a large Chihuahua, with beautiful long fur. He loves attention and is very affectionate, and is a little bundle of happy, friendly energy. Sparky loves […]
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By Zócalo Summer is a time of familiar comforts: the scent of sunscreen and the feeling of sand between toes, the taste of Bomb Pops and the sight of long, late, orange sunsets. But with the multiplexes filled with sequels, reboots, and retreads, and the beginning of a long election season crowded with familiar names, […]
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By James MacLeod World War I was one of the most destructive events in human history, killing about 16 million soldiers and civilians worldwide, including 116,000 Americans. It did more than just destroy lives. It destroyed confidence in progress, prosperity, and the rationality of civilized society, perhaps the most treasured characteristic of the 19th century. […]
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Poet, professor, and human rights activist Carolyn Forché will be at Lake Tahoe Community College on May 28. Forché will read selections from her works, answer audience questions, and sign copies of her books, which will be available for sale. Forché’s first poetry collection, “Gathering the Tribes” (1976), won the Yale Series of Younger Poets […]
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By Malin Kennedy The fourth-grade class at Zephyr Cove Elementary School attended a three-hour outdoor lesson that focused on teaching the impact of water quality on Lake Tahoe. The lesson, directed by the Great Basin Outdoor School, is part of a program at ZCES this year that combines place-based education with Common Core curriculum. Even […]
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By Nicole Zaborsky Homelessness has many faces. Some are old, some are young. It affects all races, religions and sexes. It can be triggered by a poor economy, inconsistent work, a medical catastrophe, and death of a family member. In Lake Tahoe Unified School District there are 246 homeless students. I recently sat down with […]
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