To the community, On March 11, my wife and I drove around the hole in the ground. I call it the crater, like in bombed out. Nearby properties, former motels, etc. are fenced off. The area is double ugly, like a hurricane smacked it. There’s no telling how much money it will take to clean […]
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By Julie Regan A recent article on LakeTahoeNews.net has created unfortunate speculation and misinformation about TRPA’s role in redevelopment. Having moved to Lake Tahoe in the early 1990s, I know firsthand that public discourse can tend to jump to the negative. I believe we need to take every opportunity to promote informed, civil dialogue, so […]
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By Mandy Kendall In these economic times it is often hard to imagine what difference we can make, especially when there seems so little to go around to those nearest and dearest to us. However, sometimes it takes the plight of others to realize just how lucky we are. Consider the horrors of the genocide […]
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By David A. Sanchez There are those who think the best way to determine teacher effectiveness is by looking only at students’ test scores. The simplicity of this approach can be seductive, but it is inherently flawed. This approach only makes sense if you assume all children come to school with the same abilities, have […]
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By Brian Cahill I am a Catholic who voted against Proposition 8 in 2008 and contributed $1,000 to the No on 8 Campaign, a Catholic who is sustained by regular Mass, scripture and prayer. I am also the father of a gay son, from whom I was slow to learn how painful, debilitating and denigrating […]
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By Mark Foree Recently, an inaccurate story regarding the quality of drinking water in the Truckee Meadows surfaced again. You may remember that back in December 2009 a report from the Environmental Working Group ranked the quality of our water as among the worst in the nation. Truckee Meadows Water Authority responded to that story, […]
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Publisher’s note: The following is from a South Lake Tahoe resident who experienced the tsunami in Maui. By Cookie Rork Sorry to take so long to respond … must be this Maui lifestyle. Anyway, our tsunami experience was quite uneventful where we are in Kihei. We, of course, watched TV all night, and listened to […]
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Publisher’s note: The following is from a South Lake Tahoe resident writing from Hawaii to a friend on the South Shore — with permission to pass it along. By Pat Oliveira We’re fine. Thanks so much for emailing. Someone please pay a fine for me next week with my “tsunami update”. We were evacuated at […]
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By George Runner They’re at it again. Lawmakers in California, in a desperate attempt to generate revenues are again seeking to force out-of-state retailers to collect taxes for online purchases made by California shoppers. If they are successful in passing this legislation, not only will they fail to raise even one more nickel in tax […]
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To the community, At 10:54 (PST) last night, FEMA region IV and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for Northern Marianas/Tsunami Watch for Guam, Wake Island and Hawaii which was a result of an 8.8 magnitude quake in Japan. This warning has been expanded to the California north coastal area, Oregon and […]
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