By Jimmy Carter The only way to be assured that Syrian chemical weapons will not be used in the future is not through a military strike but through a successful international effort. Regardless of the postponed congressional vote regarding the use of military force, other actions should be taken to address the situation in Syria, […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Sept. 5, 2013, Modesto Bee. With dry conditions igniting fires statewide and reservoirs dropping ever lower, state lawmakers should be thinking about water. The good thing – they are. They are thinking about a 2014 water bond. Both chambers have produced legislation to rescind and scale back the […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent Sept. 3 to the California Senate president pro tem and speaker of the California Assembly. Dear Senator Steinberg and Speaker Perez: This letter is in response to the letter dated Aug. 22, 2013, from the California appointees on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency board addressed to members of the […]
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Publisher’s note: This letter was sent Aug. 22 to the California Senate president pro tem and speaker of the California Assembly. Dear Senator Steinberg and Speaker Perez: The undersigned are California appointees to the Governing Board of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). We have been appointed by either the governor or the Legislature or […]
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To the community, As the director of College Advancement and Community Engagement for Lake Tahoe Community College, I would like to apologize for the poorly written press release, Insight Into Russian Language, Culture and Politics that I released Sept. 3. I gave the false impression that LTCC instructor Maria Mircheva would be discussing “homosexual behavior” […]
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To the community, For over 24 years, Bread & Broth has been the recipient of donations made by concerned and generous anonymous donors who support B&B’s goal of providing hot nutritious meals to the needy of South Lake Tahoe. Bread & Bread would like to acknowledge and thank a local couple who anonymously sponsored two […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tolerance and teaching differences is part of what our educational institutions are supposed to be about. Lake Tahoe Unified School District and Lake Tahoe Community College get an F this week for having done the opposite. Both institutions were called on the carpet by Lake Tahoe News and neither responded. LTUSD’s moral […]
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By Arlie Hochschild Are the ideas on offer to reform America’s schools really the best we can come up with? Texas has embraced reforms, for example, that call for increasing the number of charter schools and eliminating some of the exams required to graduate from high school, including one in world history. Iowa Gov. Terry […]
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By Laurel Ames On the shore of Sand Harbor Beach two weeks ago, state and federal lawmakers joined former Vice President Al Gore to celebrate modest improvements in Lake Tahoe’s clarity over the last two years and to laud the “cooperation” between California and Nevada toward ensuring the lake’s future. Lost amid the pomp and […]
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By David A. Bischel The Rim Fire is one of the largest fires in recent California history. It highlights how every Californian has a stake in our forests, no matter how far away you are from the flames. Thousands of firefighters are working to attack the fire before it destroys the watersheds of Hetch Hetchy […]
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