By Claire Fortier Recently, the League to Save Lake Tahoe has called my integrity into question. At issue is whether I disclosed my company’s income from TRPA in the 12 months prior to my appointment to the TRPA Governing Board. The answer is simple: There was no income. But nothing in Tahoe is simple. Here’s […]
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To the community, The South Lake Tahoe Police Department took part in the National Take Back Initiative which was hosted by the Drug Enforcement Agency on April 30. This program provided the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of expired, unused and/or unwanted prescription drugs. A drop off […]
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To the community, It appears that on May 17, the city manager of South Lake Tahoe will advise the City Council to donate $250,000 of city reserve funds to the school district for upgrading the football field at South Tahoe High School. It is a mistake to do so. The city manger came to town […]
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By Lisa Shevenell and Daphne LaPointe Nevada often has been in hot water, but this time it’s doing us some good. Nevada’s wealth of hot springs already hosts several operating geothermal power plants, and international companies are investing in an ever-increasing number of new geothermal development projects — more than anywhere else in the country. […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The timing could not have been more perfect – or more ironic. As the Legislature mulls Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to abolish local redevelopment activities, a San Diego judge has issued a denunciation of one redevelopment agency for running rough-shod over private property owners in its zeal to underwrite a […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the May 9, 2011, Sacramento Bee. Beth Gaines is scheduled to be sworn in this week as Assembly member for the district that includes parts of Sacramento, Placer and El Dorado counties. Many wonder if she is fit for state office. We hope she surprises us. She succeeds her […]
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By Deborah McNaughton Foreclosure filings spiked upward another 7 percent in March. There are alternatives consumers can use to avoid becoming part of next month’s statistic. During March, the amount of foreclosure filings totaled 239,745, according to statistics released from RealtyTrac. This is up from February, when filings totaled 225,101. Granted, the rate of increase […]
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By Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Her son is Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was attacked in a Dodger Stadium parking lot. As he lies in a coma, his chance of survival ‘slim,’ she wants him to know she’ll be his mother forever. Every day, she talks to her son. Doctors give […]
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To the community, After watching the dysfunctional, capricious, dishonest and heartless tactics of the South Lake Tahoe City Council in attempting to gut Proposition 215 and target sick people, I believe the current City Council is a threat to the health and safety of the entire community and not just medical marijuana patients. Clearly, the […]
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To the community, I have participated with a classic car since the late ’80s in the Reno/Sparks Hot August Nights nostalgic car celebration that is said to draw as much as $300 million to that area just a stones throw away. The participants have all kinds of cars and most are quite valuable and some […]
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