To the community, Who will slay the TRPA? Will it be Nevada or California that kills the beast? The soap opera has public officials in both states playing musical chairs. Some who wanted the TRPA dead now wish it to live because the big bad bear California is threatening to create a California agency for […]
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To the community, Employees from three local Starbucks stores recently made their mark in our community by doing the annual spring yard cleanup at Austin’s House. Friendly partners from Starbucks stores located in Minden, Gardnerville, and North Carson Crossing participated in this community service event for the fifth straight year. Starbucks has been a great […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 23, 2013, Redding Record Searchlight. How hard is it to spend government money? Harder than you’d think. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent a lashing letter to the California Department of Public Health last Friday declaring that the state agency is violating the Clean Water Act. Its […]
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To the community, I want to thank everyone in the entire Sierra Nevada College extended community for their incredible participation during last week’s 24-hour period of Nevada’s Big Give. The official tally on the Big Give website shows that $61,296 was raised in support of SNC. Your phenomenal efforts made SNC No. 1 statewide for […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the April 14, 2013 Contra Costa Times. When it comes to California’s 112 community colleges, is the glass half-full or half-empty? After careful study of the state’s Student Success Scorecard for the community colleges, we are inclined to opt for the former. We willingly admit that we have long […]
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By Marce Gutiérrez and Nathan Weaver Imagine that you’re a sea turtle swimming off the coast of California. You see something that, to your eyes, looks like a jellyfish – a welcome sight, given your hunger. As you open your mouth, you realize, too late, that what you thought was dinner is, in fact, the […]
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By George Runner Better late than never, California lawmakers seem to be waking up to the reality that the illegal “Fire Prevention Fee” they enacted nearly two years ago is a complete fiasco. Even so, they are refusing to repeal it. Instead they are scheming up ways to replace the tax with yet another tax […]
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To the community, Normally Adventure Mountain Lake Tahoe is providing loads of fun at their sledding and tubing winter recreation area. However, on April 22 their energy was directed toward seeing that the needy members of the South Shore community were being served a hot and healthy meal. Through Bread & Broth’s adopt A Day […]
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To the community, As chairman of the Board of Supervisors for the county of El Dorado I feel compelled to react to recent statements made by District II Supervisor Ray Nutting during an April 18, 2013, interview airing on KOVR Channel 13. On camera District II Supervisor Nutting admitted to taking over $70,000 of public […]
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By Mary Bittner In recent months, Barton Memorial Hospital’s Skilled Nursing Facility has been challenged with keeping patients, staff and the facility in its entirety safe from the effects of California Assembly Bill 97. If passed, this bill would create devastating cuts to reimbursement for Medi-Cal services provided by distinct part skilled nursing facilities (DP/SNFs) […]
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