By Tovin Lapan, Las Vegas Sun Every time the phone rings these days, Rosa Molina steels herself for a heart-wrenching story. She has been taking far more calls than usual from immigrants, and many of them are sharing tales of abuse and violence. This week, she has already taken a call from a mother who […]
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Updated July 18 12:15pm Publisher’s note: Tahoe Regional Young Professionals has issued a statement since the column was posted that says, “Mr. Curtzwiler made the incorrect statement that TRYP was ‘behind the project’ for the catalyst project. This is completely unfounded and untrue. Our organization does not take stances on political or planning issues.” —– […]
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Truckee recently allocated more than $2.5 million in for two economic development incentive programs: Economic Development Support Program and the Economic Development Fund Program. These new programs are intended to help foster a healthy, year-round local economy by providing financial assistance for specific projects. Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce was awarded a grant for two […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort will kick off its annual dining series at Donner Summit’s Lake Mary on July 18. There will be 13 dinners on the shores of private Lake Mary, with a portion of each evening’s proceeds benefiting different local nonprofits. Chef Alan Davis serves French-inspired California cuisine paired with a wide selection of wines, […]
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Nevada Division of Environmental Protection has approximately $1 million in federal funding available to provide grant assistance for projects that prevent or control nonpoint source water pollution. Nonpoint source water pollution occurs when rain, snowmelt and irrigation water flows over developed or disturbed land, carrying with it contaminants including oil, sediment, pesticides, bacteria and nutrients. […]
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The storm that rolled through the Lake Tahoe Basin on Thursday afternoon isn’t over for some people. For only the second time in the American Century Championship tournament’s 25-year history play stopped because of weather. The California Highway Patrol is warning motorists that boulders have tumbled onto Highway 89 near Squaw Valley. Power is not […]
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By Kathryn Reed Party central – that is what the former Horizon casino is about to be transformed into when it opens this winter as Hard Rock Lake Tahoe. Don Marrandino, aka Big D to those who knew him when he oversaw Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys from 2003-05, is going to run the property. […]
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By Anjali Hemphill, CBS13 An El Dorado Hills woman is taking big steps to save water during the drought, rigging up her home to the point where she’s cut her water use by more than half. Marie Levy has built her own water-saving system from simple products you can find at any hardware store. She’s […]
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Students entering kindergarten in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District in August need to be registered at their local school. A child must be 5 on or before Sept. 1, 2014. If your child will turn 5 before Dec. 1, they qualify for transitional kindergarten. California law requires: 1. The child’s birth certificate. 2. Proof […]
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By Maura Dolan and Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times A federal judge’s ruling that California’s death penalty is unconstitutional was described by legal experts Wednesday as stunning and unprecedented. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney found that decades-long delays and uncertainty about whether condemned inmates will ever be executed violate the constitution’s […]
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