By Carol Chaplin Since 1986, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority has supported the tourism industry on the South Shore. Events, such as the July 4 and Labor Day fireworks are included in our strategy to increase visitation. During the 30-year tradition of fireworks, we have no history of complaints. Pyro Spectaculars is one of the […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Anthony Rendon, a first-term Democrat from Southern California who chairs the Assembly’s water committee, is proud of a water bond issue that he wrote after eight public hearings around the state, calling it “an open and transparent process” in contrast to the backroom deals that had marked previous water bonds. […]
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By Nancy Kerry As we all know, the economy and our environment are fundamentally intertwined. If we ever doubted the connection, those doubts should have been erased through the impacts of the great recession on our local economy. We need revenue from tourism to sustain our economy, which in turn helps to fund environmental projects […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth’s dinner serving at St. Theresa Church’s Grace Hall on March 24 was sponsored by the Tahoe/Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670. The Elks Lodge Adopt A Day donation of $250 made it possible for B&B to serve a hot, nutritious meal to over 85 guests, provide seconds for those still […]
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To the community, Once I popped a bubble filled with carbon dioxide from dry ice and it was very cool! That was at the Tahoe library’s summer program. I love the library. I am home schooled and we get about 75 percent of my books from the library system’s six branches. If there is a […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was sent to Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority Executive Director Carol Chaplin on March 26. It is reprinted with permission. Dear Ms. Chaplin: I am writing on behalf of the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce, its board of directors and membership. As you know, the South Tahoe Chamber represents many smaller […]
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By Joan and Joe Truxler In November, we made the difficult decision to file a lawsuit under the federal Clean Water Act. We do not want to stop the fireworks; and if the lawsuit is successful, we cannot gain financially. Our only motivation is to protect the lake. On July 5, 2013, our neighbors in […]
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To the community, In honor of St. Patrick’s day, members of Heavenly Mountain Resort’s mountain operations wore green and served corn beef and cabbage to Bread & Broth’s dinner guests on March 17. Thanks to the Adopt A Day sponsorship by Heavenly Mountain Resort and the generous donation of the corn beef by the Knights […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee California’s economy is recovering from its worst recession since the Great Depression – no doubt about that. But its recovery is very slow, very geographically and socioeconomically uneven, and exacerbates the decline of a once-vibrant middle class and the evolution of a distinctly two-tiered society. Sure, there is plenty of […]
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By James McWilliams, New York Times California is experiencing one of its worst droughts on record. Just two and a half years ago, Folsom Lake, a major reservoir outside Sacramento, was at 83 percent capacity. Today it’s down to 36 percent. In January, there was no measurable rain in downtown Los Angeles. Gov. Jerry Brown […]
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