To the community, About 15 years ago, several ladies from Zephyr Heights began a social gathering once a month to share friendships over breakfast. Every third Monday of the month, 10-12 ladies ranging in age from their 30s to 92 share family happenings, celebrate successes and support each other when needed. One of the approximately […]
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By Jason Sokol Jackie Robinson’s story brings together two American obsessions: sports and freedom. This is why we never tire of his tale. Yet in the way that the story has been handed down, it masks as much about our national identity as it illuminates. The story of Robinson’s breakthrough often comes in the language […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 21, 2015, Sacramento Bee. There’s no pressing health reason not to raise the smoking age to 21 in California. Smoking kills, and nine out of 10 tobacco users say they picked up the habit as teens. But the proposal, which passed the Senate early this month and […]
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By Don Doyle In the summer of 1861, an American diplomat in Turin, Italy, looked out the window of the U.S. legation to see hundreds of young men forming a sprawling line. Some wore red shirts, emblematic of the Garibaldini who, during their campaign in southern Italy, were known for pointing one finger in the […]
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By Allen Best, Mountain Town News You can buy a Budweiser in Vail. You can smoke a bud, as in the flowering portion of a cannabis plant, in the privacy of your own home. But buy a bud, shatter, wax or chocolate chip cookies infused with THC, the psychoactive agent in cannabis? Not yet. And […]
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By Joe Mathews Californians, I regret to inform you that your diplomas have been held, and you won’t be graduating. You flunked higher education. Another state budget, accompanied by an 8-month-long controversy over UC demonstrated once again that we Californians don’t have a clue about what our public universities mean to the state. Because if […]
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By Jaime Coffee Californians may be experienced with warm weather driving, but the California Highway Patrol and the California Office of Traffic Safety warns that summer presents a new set of challenges on the roads. “Carefree summer travel requires extra care by motorists to make sure the trip is not ruined by problems,” CHP Commissioner […]
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To the community, After spending the last three and a half years reviewing the documentation provided by the Tahoe Transportation District (TTD) to the public on the proposed Highway 89 Fanny Bridge Revitalization I am amazed at the continued use of falsified information to justify the project. Initially the TTD may not have done adequate […]
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By Kathryn Reed Football is king. That’s nothing new. It’s just sad all the lies that go into making it a reality. The latest lie is how Lake Tahoe Unified School District officials profess to care so much about the tennis courts at South Tahoe High School. Ever since those courts were rebuilt a few […]
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By Larry Weitzman While the precursor of the grand jury system dates back beyond the Magna Carta (which just had its 800-year anniversary on June 15), after reading the political claptrap from the current El Dorado County Grand Jury (2014-15), it appears that its usefulness has past. One of the reports, “Time to Admit & […]
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