By Les Christie, CNN Money NEW YORK — Forget about your GPA or paying for that graduate degree. What employers really care about are the skills you bring to the table. While the vast majority of employees believe their college education has helped them in their career, 72 percent said getting trained in a specific […]
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By Robert D. Dávila, Sacramento Bee Ken Payton, a newspaperman and outdoorsman who covered the Lake Tahoe area and Sierra Nevada foothills as a longtime reporter for the Sacramento Bee, died June 21 at 87. Mr. Payton, who bicycled solo from his Citrus Heights home to St. Augustine, Fla., at 82, died after a recent […]
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By Dave Richards This year’s Fourth of July marks the 237th birthday of the United States of America. Between then and now, the country and the world have changed in ways the Founding Fathers, including George Washington, likely never imagined. From our vantage point in history we can appreciate how much things have changed; but, […]
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South Tahoe High grad Ethan Niven returns to the South Shore this month to direct Valhalla’s first theater production of the season. “The Servant of Two Masters” is a family-friendly comedy. It is a high-flung/low-brow comedy about a hungry servant who hatches a scheme to double his wages (and his meals) by serving two masters […]
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Valhalla’s first of four family friendly, free concerts on the Grand Lawn begin July 6 with the Empty Wallets. The Empty Wallets are an Americana rock band driven by guitar and mandolin, with roots rising from the classic rock of the 1960s and 1970s. Their original Americana is intertwined with the blues, rock, soul, and […]
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By Ben Steverman, Bloomberg The big difference between hoarders and collectors: One of them appreciates what they’re piling up. The U.S. stands alone among developed countries by not mandating vacation time. Of those who get vacation time, four in 10 Americans stockpile them, failing to take all the days they’re offered. Those stay-at-work Americans leave […]
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North Tahoe PUD is putting on movie nights and bocce ball this summer. Movie Mondays in the Park will run through Aug. 11 starting at 8:30pm each night. The movies are free to the public, however parking is $5 per car at North Tahoe Regional Park in Tahoe Vista without a valid North Tahoe Public […]
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By Richard Chang, Sacramento Bee Placer County Sheriff Ed Bonner has passed two milestones – 40 years serving in the same agency and winning a sixth term. Bonner began his career as a Placer County sheriff’s deputy in 1974 after graduating from UC Berkeley. The Placer choice was an easy one, and not just because […]
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Holton is one of several beautiful big cats at the shelter right now, and the only one who isn’t orange. His owner died. Holton was living outside for a while until he was brought to the shelter, so he had to have some matted fur clipped — but it will grow back very nicely. Holton […]
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By Meriflor Toneatto Everyone has a relationship with money, but for women, it’s much more fraught with emotion. When we avoid and ignore those emotions, we allow them to quietly guide our decision-making – which inevitably holds us back. Understanding our emotions, fears and doubts about money and how they affect our behavior can help […]
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