Updated Feb. 20 1:15pm: A 22-year-old South Lake Tahoe man is behind bars on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and shooting into an inhabited vehicle. Bail for Angelo Anderson has been set at $100,000. More charges are possible. The incident started Feb. 19 at 4:42pm on Fawn Way one block south of Highway […]
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By Lisa Rein, Washington Post As the Obama administration pushes to do more business over the Internet, finally seeking to close the technology gap with the private sector, the digital makeover is running into a dogged opponent called Consumers for Paper Options. The group is working the halls of Congress in closed-door meetings, underwriting research […]
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By Josh Hicks, Washington Post The Department of Homeland Security plans to build a national database that would gather information from license-plate readers that scan every vehicle crossing their paths, according to a solicitation last week from the agency. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would use the technology to help locate and arrest “absconders and […]
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By Katherine Mangan, Chronicle of Higher Education Community-college graduates receive nearly $5 in benefits for every dollar they spend on their education, while the return to taxpayers is almost six to one, according to a report released on Tuesday that measures not only graduates’ higher earning power but also their healthier lifestyles. The report, “Where […]
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By Kathryn Reed Funky, hodgepodge, outdated. Those are just some of the descriptions people use to describe the architecture along Harrison Avenue in South Lake Tahoe. And while it’s not a mandate that the 19 property owners spruce up their Highway 50 frontage buildings, some are in the planning stages to do just that. With […]
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By Tasneem Raja and Chris Mooney, Mother Jones It’s easy to find bad information about the safety of vaccines on the Internet. That’s, well, the Internet. But what’s scarier is that in many states, parents who buy into those myths can easily opt out of immunizing their children. In some cases, it’s no harder than […]
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By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News As he prepares to fill a surprise opening on the California Supreme Court, Gov. Jerry Brown’s track record of appointing judges strongly points toward a consistent theme — scouring the legal ranks for candidates with some intellectual firepower who might add diversity to the nation’s largest judiciary. Justice […]
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By Loretta Kalb, Sacramento Bee After years of rising tuition and pressure on household budgets, a record number of students across California are applying for college financial aid. Over the last six school years, the number of California residents filing the federal financial aid application jumped nearly 74 percent, according to the U.S. Department of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Paid parking is going to remain in South Lake Tahoe – for now. But it’s going to look different than it did last summer. The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Feb. 18 had a two-part session – morning and evening – so the public could hear where the program is, learn […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal A Sugar Bowl resort employee from Brazil and a 43-year-old Belmont man skiing at Lake Tahoe have died after crashing into trees while skiing. On Thursday, the body of 18-year-old Santos Constantine Martins Bezerra of Sao Bernardo, Brazil, was found by a snowshoer at the Sugar Bowl resort. His body […]
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