By Steve Kubby Information released recently in a story by John Shiffman of Reuters explained how a secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans. Although these cases rarely […]
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By Steve Mokrohisky The future of Lake Tahoe’s natural and built environment, as well as how best to protect its pristine waters, has been debated at length over the past several years. The conclusion of thousands of residents, visitors, businesses, environmentalists, scientists, local governments and others who participated in the Tahoe Regional Plan update is […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 5, 2013, Sacramento Bee. We Californians should overhaul our initiative system. We should update and perhaps scrap some initiatives California voters approved years ago. Additionally, we Californians should take second looks at some of the environmental laws approved by past legislatures to make certain they make sense […]
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By Deena Shanker, Salon MillerCoors, the company behind Coors, Miller High Life and Miller 64, wants a little respect for its other, this-one-isn’t-like-the-others stepchild, Blue Moon. Perhaps in a nod to Coors’ frat-boy consumer base, the company message was summed up perfectly in a recent Bloomberg headline: “Blue Moon tells beer snobs to drink up […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 3, 2013, Sacramento Bee. The scene at Folsom Lake isn’t pretty, and it’s sure to become far uglier if Mother Nature doesn’t save the state with a wet winter. Barring any early storms, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation expects the lake to fall to one-fourth its capacity, […]
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By LZ Granderson, CNN Usually when we talk about the 1936 Olympics in Berlin we focus on two men — Adolf Hitler and Jesse Owens — and rightfully so. They are the two with an undeniable impact on history, albeit in vastly different ways. But in light of President Obama’s recent remarks on “The Tonight […]
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By Barack Obama Last week, I spoke about what we need to do as a country to build a better bargain for the middle class — to make sure everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead in the 21st century economy. You see, over the past 4½ years, America has fought its […]
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To the community, As part of the statewide celebration recognizing July as “Parks Make Life Better” month, recreation departments throughout the state created programs and campaigns to celebrate the benefits that recreation programs bring to the community. The city of South Lake Tahoe newly branded summer camp program, South Tahoe Adventure Recreation or STAR Camp, […]
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By Richard Solbrig In the summer of 2007, the Angora Fire along Lake Tahoe’s South Shore scorched almost 5 square miles and destroyed more than 250 homes. A California-Nevada Tahoe Basin Fire Commission Report issued after the Angora Fire included a finding that, “Much of the Tahoe basin public and private water distribution infrastructure is […]
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To the community, Patricia Ann Frega, an eighth-grade student at South Tahoe Middle School, was Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsor for the evening meal served on July 29. This young sponsor is a beacon in the community for stepping up in service to feed the hungry of South Lake Tahoe. Patricia […]
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