By Jennifer Montgomery Every day we encounter individuals — complete strangers, close friends and even family members — who are languishing on our streets and in our neighborhoods. Many suffer from serious mental illness, but due to a host of reasons have been unable to participate in treatment programs. They spiral downward until they are […]
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By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times As California’s drought really starts to bite — the mandatory water use restrictions approved by the state last week are just the beginning — questions are bound to be raised about the indescribably wasteful use of water to retail bottlers. The sale of bottled water to most Americans, who […]
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By Larry Weitzman In late January 2013 an email was sent to many county employees by Kim Kerr who listed her title as ACAO (assistant chief administrative officer) and interim Department of Transportation director. The body of the email had three points, one about recruitment, a series of bullet points about training opportunities, but it […]
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To the community, At four o’clock, as the dinner guests lined up for Bread & Broth’s meal on July 14, the three sponsor crew members from Wyndham Vacation Ownership had already spent the last hour packing 65 “giveaway bags” with fruits, vegetables, can goods and bread and were now preparing to serve over 95 guests […]
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By Jennifer Montgomery On July 15, I was incredibly proud to represent the county of Placer and to represent the greater North Lake Tahoe area at the media tour of the New Community House (CoHo). CoHo will house the North Tahoe Family Resource Center, Project Mana, the Tahoe Safe Alliance, Placer County HHS employees and […]
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To the community, On June 20, I fell at the Emerald Point Lookout and tourists (two or three families) assisted me by stopping the bleeding to a head wound I had and called the ambulance. With the arrival of the South Lake Tahoe ambulance, came a team of great EMTs. They secured my safety (with […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was given to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on July 22, 2014. Ladies and Gentlemen: The construction of a new sheriff’s headquarters is long overdue and much needed. We must get our sheriff and his staff out of the clearly unacceptable facility in which they now protect and […]
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To the community, Thank you to everyone who kept in touch with us via social media Sunday during the extended power outage. Almost 15,000 of you saw our postings on Facebook. During the power outage the police department issued “Reverse 911” calls with updates on the situation. Unfortunately, the calls were not received on land […]
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By Shannon Eckmeyer A statement made in an opinion column claiming the Tahoe Regional Young Professionals (TRYP) is “behind” a project relating to the Meyers Area Plan has given me the opportunity to explain to the community what the organization is actually about. While TRYP serves the needs of professionals throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin […]
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Publisher’s note: The name of the group is actually Tahoe Regional Young Professionals. To the community, Correction to the letter I sent to LTN. I stated that Jason Drew is a member of the Tahoe Young Professional Group. That is incorrect, Jason Drew is not nor has been a member of TYPG. Kenny Curtzwiler, Meyers
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