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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By Ukiah Daily Journal A South Lake Tahoe man was arrested last week after an officer who pulled him over reportedly found concentrated cannabis in his car, the Ukiah Police Department reported. According to the UPD, an officer stopped a vehicle in the 100 block of East Gobbi Street about 5pm May 1, and the […]
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By Joy Resmovits, Huffington Post High school test scores released by the federal government Wednesday provide fresh evidence of a troubling theme in American education: Students seem to perform worse on tests as they advance through the public school system to higher grades. America’s high school seniors have mostly stagnated on the National Assessment of […]
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By Anne Knowles GARDNERVILLE – Twenty-six parents, grandparents, students and teachers spoke out against the possible elimination of the music program at Whittell High School on May 9 during a special meeting of the Douglas County School District board. Almost twice that many attendees filled the audience in the Carson Valley Middle School library where […]
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Ben Leubsdorf, Wall Street Journal Even with tuition bills on the rise, a four-year U.S. college education still pays for itself in the form of higher wages in the decades to come, according to a new research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. “Although there are stories of people who skipped college […]
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By Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times Giving more people health insurance could save tens of thousands of lives nationwide, according to a new analysis of data from Massachusetts, whose reforms became the model for President Obama’s health law. Throughout the national debate over the Affordable Care Act, critics have questioned whether expanding coverage results […]
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By Craig Timberg, Washington Post Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators’ demands for e-mail records and other online data, saying that users have a right to know in advance when their information is targeted for government seizure. This increasingly defiant industry stand is giving some of the […]
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Buildings on the old Barton Ranch in South Lake Tahoe will stay — at least for another month. The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission on May 8 agreed to staff’s recommendation to delay a vote on whether the buildings should be razed. As Lake Tahoe News reported last month, the owners want to get rid […]
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By Jesse J. Holland, AP U.S. teachers are nowhere near as diverse as their students. Almost half the students attending public schools are minorities, yet fewer than 1 in 5 of their teachers is nonwhite. New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to this “diversity gap” […]
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