By John Moorlach This year, the majority Democratic Party found new ways to spend the $6 billion to $9 billion in additional tax revenue, passing the largest state budget in California history. Funding to fix our roads and bridges, however, was woefully inadequate. Now the majority party has decided that California’s roads are a mess. […]
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By Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle The news has come in waves this summer. Becky Hammon, the lone female assistant in the NBA, coached the Spurs to an NBA Summer League title. A few weeks later, Nancy Lieberman was hired by the Sacramento Kings to be an assistant coach under George Karl. Jen Welter was […]
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By Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs In 1952, Americans suffered the worst polio epidemic in our nation’s history. As in prior outbreaks, the disease spread during the summer, mainly attacking children who had been exposed to contaminated water at public pools or contaminated objects in other communal places. The poliovirus entered the body through the mouth and […]
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By Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post In the past 12 months, popular Internet discourse has been severely afflicted with a malady we’ll call the PCs. There’s a lot of bellyaching, in short, over the perceived encroachment of “political correctness” and the persecution of “free speech.” First Gamergate griped that it was being silenced; then users cried […]
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By Steve Urie Kathryn Reed’s balanced Aug. 12 article on the plan to use herbicides to control invasive curlyleaf pondweed and Eurasian watermilfoil, and native coontail in the Tahoe Keys begins with the overriding message of a study presented by the Tahoe Keys Property Owners Association at this week’s public meeting: “It’s time to do […]
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To the community, The Zephyr Cove Tennis Club Foundation thanks the multitude of individuals and businesses that contributed to making the 32nd annual Tahoe Tennis Classic such a success. The foundation is the nonprofit entity responsible for the upkeep of the six courts at Zephyr Cove Park. It takes time and money to keep this […]
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To the community, KOWL 1490 AM “Tahoe’s Talk” was one of the original Rush Limbaugh affiliates from his days being based out of this region in Sacramento. KOWL canceled the Rush Limbaugh show and it is off air as of this week. As the station owner and GM I made the decision. This was done for […]
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To the community, The Jonathan Hetherton Farmers Insurance Agency was the Adopt A Day of Nourishment host for Bread & Broth’s dinner on Aug. 3. Their sponsorship helped provide a nourishing dinner for those who deal with the challenges of hunger in our community, which include the working poor, families in need, elderly on a […]
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By C. Robert Gibson, Aljazeera America The grass-roots push to equip police officers with body cameras has been effective: One-third of all police departments now have them, a significant increase since 2013, when the US Justice Department found that 75 percent of surveyed police departments didn’t use the technology. Recent incidents in Cincinnati and rural […]
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By Larry Weitzman In the third and most insidiously false political report (Case GJ-14-12) from the Civil Grand Jury (FY 14/15) entitled “Putting Political Gain Above What’s Right for the County” is a perfect title to describe the grand jury actions. They have become a political body and a kangaroo court worthy of a […]
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