To the community, Max was just a tiny puppy when he was found wandering the streets of Houston. Lucky for Max some kind hearted South Lake Tahoe residents who were visiting on vacation found him and took him from the mean streets of Houston back home with them to Lake Tahoe, where he found his […]
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By Sarah Cooper In many conversations, the topic of civics education comes with its own halo. The conventional wisdom is that it’s good, clean medicine, and if our children just get enough of its inoculation, the American body politic will be healthy enough to survive another generation. But after nearly two decades as a middle […]
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To the community, Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless is grateful to the Sierra Health Foundation for awarding a grant of $15,000 for the operation of the South Lake Tahoe Warm Room in 2017-18. The Sierra Health Foundation is an independent foundation committed to supporting health-related activities in Northern California. The South Lake Tahoe Warm Room […]
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By Chad Hanson, Sierra In the wake of the October 2017 fires in Northern California, which resulted in the loss of so many lives and homes, people affected by the tragedy are grieving and bewildered. Many people are searching for answers about what caused the fires, and a way forward to prevent similar loss of […]
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By Bryan Armen Graham, Guardian The playing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” is so familiar and perfunctory a trapping of sporting events in the United States that few Americans even bothered to consider what it means and why it’s a tradition until last year when Colin Kaepernick chose to take a knee in protest of police […]
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By Jennifer Lukins In South Lake Tahoe we take pride in having, hands down, some of the best drinking water you can find. Around town folks carry “Drink Tahoe Tap” water bottles. We turn our noses up at bottled water. The primary source of drinking water in the South Shore area is groundwater. Unfortunately, few […]
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By Larry Weitzman Placerville has a major ongoing problem. Illegally issued parking tickets, and it’s not like they didn’t know. Because the 2000-01 El Dorado County Grand Jury considered the legality of how parking tickets were issued, to say the city “fathers” didn’t know, is like saying “I didn’t know it was illegal to steal,” […]
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To the community Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. has a legacy of giving back to the community and annually sponsors a corporate wide National Day of Service in November with the goal of ending hunger. This year the South Lake Tahoe Ameriprise Financial Services office once again chose to join with Bread & Broth in its […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 24, 2017, San Francisco Chronicle. As the Trump administration threatens large cuts to the National Park Service, federal parks officials have an idea: Just charge a whopping $70 to enter some of America’s most beloved national parks, including Yosemite, Joshua Tree, Sequoia and Yellowstone. The proposed fee […]
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By Dan Walters, CalMatters It’s doubtful whether more than a relative handful of Californians have heard of the Unemployment Insurance Fund. It is, however, one of state government’s largest activities – and a case study in political mismanagement. Currently, California employers pay about $6 billion in payroll taxes into the UIF each year. And currently, […]
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