By Joseph Bochner With San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nevada, Yolo and Orange counties having implemented Laura’s Law (“LL”) — the newest of this state’s compulsory psychiatric treatment regimes — Placer County is set to become the sixth California jurisdiction to start court-ordered drugging of mental health patients. Promising to make our lives safer, cheaper and […]
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To the community, The Zephyr Cove Tennis Club Foundation thanks all of the individuals and businesses that helped make the 31st annual Tahoe Tennis Classic a success. We formed the foundation in January 2014. The foundation received official 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the IRS in July. And two months before that, we were awarded a […]
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To the community, Sports town? Sure, but we could do better. So, what are the fastest growing sports in America? Standup paddleboard? Nope. Mountain biking? Nope. Tennis, golf? Google it. The fastest growing team sports are rugby and lacrosse. I don’t think either is played here. They are fast and exciting, but require time, organization […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors in July. Dear Chair Santiago and Members of the Board of Supervisors: We are writing to you to express our concerns about the Meyers Area Plan process. We are writing not as land speculators seeking project approvals. We are not writing […]
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By Ruth Reichl, New York Times Every year, antibiotic-resistant infections kill at least 23,000 Americans and make another two million sick, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s why a recent ruling by the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals is so appalling. It allows the federal Food and Drug Administration […]
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To the community, This is part of an email that I sent my son Aug. 1. We hear so much now days about people that don’t care, are apathetic, and just don’t want to get involved. That’s not the case in South Lake Tahoe. The people that I witnessed today were amazing. They did care, […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 14, 2014, Los Angeles Times. California’s landmark climate change law, Assembly Bill 32, has created a promising cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases that has put the state on track to meet its emissions goals for 2020, kick-started the state’s green technology industry and generated hundreds of millions […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the July 27, 2014, New York Times. It took 13 years for the United States to come to its senses and end Prohibition, 13 years in which people kept drinking, otherwise law-abiding citizens became criminals and crime syndicates arose and flourished. It has been more than 40 years since […]
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To the community, The Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe is extremely grateful of the services that are being donated by John’s Cleaners. Once a week we have the opportunity to drop off our shirts that the kids wear daily and they wash and clean them for us. This is a very important service […]
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By Alicia Paris-Pombo August is World Breastfeeding Awareness Month. During the month of August, health professionals in El Dorado County are raising awareness about the benefits of breastfeeding and sharing information about local resources and supports for breastfeeding mothers. Breast milk is the best food you can give your baby. Breast milk has important ingredients […]
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