To the community, The city of South Lake Tahoe would like to thank Barton Health’s leadership development team for its volunteer community clean-up throughout the residential neighborhoods surrounding Barton Hospital on Aug. 30. Your volunteer efforts are truly appreciated. Tracy Franklin, South Lake Tahoe public information officer
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To the community, At the time of this letter, 41 wildfires are burning in the West. Controlled burns have become big business for the Forest Service, spending millions of our tax dollars. There could never be enough controlled burns performed in the whole West that would stop fires created by random lightning strikes. Controlled burns/wildfires […]
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By Ted Long That our prisons are overflowing with inmates to the point that the system is breaking down, the fact that the prisons are now mostly run by inmate gangs and that recidivism is at record highs has caused some to begin to look at the issue and the underlying logic of a system […]
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By George Runner For the second time in as many years, California is mailing hundreds of thousands of fire tax bills to rural Californians who live in the so-called State Responsibility Area. The bills are hitting mailboxes even as the class action lawsuit I’m backing has finally received a green light to move forward. As […]
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By Christine O’Farrell Hospitals can be scary places for many. Patients are usually in pain or scared and friends or family members worried. You are also putting your care (and sometimes your life) in the hands of experts who are unfamiliar to you. Except in an emergency, people have a choice of where they trust […]
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By Steve Frisch As the massive Rim Fire continues to consume power lines and structures in its path, the potentially bigger story is that it is threatening delivery of water and power to San Francisco, the East Bay and hundreds of square miles of farmland. Rarely has the connection between rural natural resources, water security […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 10, 2013, Sacramento Bee. It’s completely reasonable for rural residents and elected leaders to have concerns and questions about the proposed listing of two yellow-legged frog species and the Yosemite toad under the Endangered Species Act. But the public forum organized by Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Granite Bay, […]
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By Sara Scribner, Salon In the 1993 movie “Falling Down,” Michael Douglas plays an angry white man whose midlife crisis has him nearly foaming at the mouth. Appalled by a brutal traffic jam and disorienting changes in his world, he flips out in a Korean liquor store, tangles with the homeless and construction workers, amassing […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 25, 2013, Sacramento Bee. Nevada and California have stepped back from the brink of breaking up the two-state compact to protect Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in the world once famed for its crystal clarity. Nevada’s threat two years ago to withdraw from the compact has […]
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To the community, The city of South Lake Tahoe claims to have a deficit. So why does the city hire consultants and a city attorney at $150,000 a year? It’s a puzzle. Also, new hires are made routinely. Are things what they are said to be or is this a game of pick a number […]
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