To the community, Bread & Broth is very thankful that for the second time this year Lake Tahoe Community College administrative staff members sponsored an Adopt A Day of Nourishment. The $250 donation covered the cost of food, serving materials and utilities needed to serve the hot, nutritious evening meal on Nov. 26 to the […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee It’s been 42 years since then-Gov. Ronald Reagan signed the landmark California Environmental Quality Act, an early victory for the nascent environmental protection movement that has since become a very powerful force in state and national politics. Whether CEQA and its legislative progeny, including the most recent anti-global warming laws, […]
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By Geoff Schladow Some of the most important questions we currently face at the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center relate to the impact of climate change on restoration efforts at Lake Tahoe. Our past studies suggest that climate change will reduce the extent of lake mixing, and in particular the mixing of oxygen, down […]
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By Kathryn Reed Maybe it should be called the injustice system. Due process is clearly not a phrase that is applied equally to all who come in contact with law enforcement. While there are plenty of stories about individuals who have been wrongly accused being set free with new evidence, what about those who are […]
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To the community, Tahoe Community Church would like to say thank you for the community support as we feed the hungry in our community. This Thanksgiving we fed 148 households a turkey and bag of all the fixings. We are also feeding record numbers each Friday afternoon at the Food Pantry. We have fed over […]
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To the community, On Nov. 12, Kiwanis Club of Lake Tahoe Sunrisers hosted the Monday evening Adopt A Day of Nourishment dinner which served more than 90 meals at St. Theresa Church Parish Hall. In addition to monetarily sponsoring the nutritious meal, the Kiwanis Club invited members of the Whittell High School Key Club to […]
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By Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times I was in Chattanooga, Tenn., last week, and people were still buzzing about an unusual duet heard on Oct. 13, using superlow-latency videoconference technology and the city’s new gigabit-per-second fiber-optic network. T-Bone Burnett, a Grammy Award winner, performed “The Wild Side of Life” with Chuck Mead, a founder […]
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To the community, There is loud chatter on the national stage about going over the fiscal cliff if there’s no action soon. It’s a bit late because we’ve already marched over the cliff to the tune of “Yankee Doodle Dandy” in Afghanistan. In 2006, congressional researchers estimated it cost $390,000 per soldier per year in […]
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By Peter Weiss Obama won, Obamacare is the law, and, as my wife says, I will just have to learn to dance to a new song. Now, don’t get me wrong, Obamacare is awful. Forget all the “free stuff” it provides. Children covered on their parents’ plan until 26 years of age? A scam, making […]
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To the community, As always, an awesome group of Heavenly volunteers was how the Heavenly Mountain Resort Adopt A Day sponsor crew was described by the B&B volunteer coordinator for the Nov. 5 evening meal. Due to their repeated stints of Bread & Broth volunteering, most of the Heavenly sponsor crew members are seasoned AAD […]
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