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  • Opinion: Attacks on LGBT community common

    Opinion: Attacks on LGBT community common

    By Melissa Batchelor Warnke, Los Angeles Times Three years ago, Mark Carson was walking with a friend in Greenwich Village, the Manhattan neighborhood that birthed the contemporary LGBT movement. It was a Friday night in early spring; they wore cut-off shorts and cowboy boots. When they turned a corner onto West 8th Street, a group of men […]

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  • Opinion: Importance of being fire safe

    Opinion: Importance of being fire safe

    By Joanne Marchetta June is wildfire awareness month at Lake Tahoe. And nine years later, the 2007 Angora Fire remains a vivid reminder that wildfire is one of the greatest threats facing our environment, our homes, and our businesses. We must prepare accordingly. Our region continues to take important steps to manage that wildfire threat, […]

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  • Opinion: Grand jury catches up with Combs

    Opinion: Grand jury catches up with Combs

    By Larry Weitzman About six months ago I wrote a column about our former CAO, Larry Combs, getting he and all his Sutter cronies (including former DA Carl Adams) a 50 percent pension increase. Combs took his annual pension from about $120K to about $188K and Adams’ from about $105K to about $145K. But what […]

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  • Opinion: Remembering South Shore’s World Cup

    Opinion: Remembering South Shore’s World Cup

    By Garry Bowen With Friday’s announcement of a World Cup event returning to Squaw Valley next spring, another World Cup a long time ago triggered thoughts of another commemoration, that of our own Spider Sabich, whose No. 1 World Cup victory was right here at Heavenly in April 1968. His fate was not so immortal, […]

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  • Letter: Meyers resident wants TRPA to respond

    Letter: Meyers resident wants TRPA to respond

    Publisher’s note: This letter was sent to the executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and reprinted with permission. Dear Ms. [Joanne] Marchetta This is with regard to the Tahoe Hockey Academy (THA) proposal, up for a public hearing on the TRPA Governing Board June 22 general agenda. About a month ago our Christmas […]

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  • Editorial: Orlando the latest in a horrific parade of violence

    Editorial: Orlando the latest in a horrific parade of violence

    Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 12, 2016, Los Angeles Times. The murder of at least 50 people in Orlando early Sunday was an act of terrorism, pure and simple. It appears to have been driven by Islamic extremism and anti-gay sentiment, and yes, once again, a gun designed for no other purpose […]

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  • Opinion: Why 70% of kids quit sports by age 13

    Opinion: Why 70% of kids quit sports by age 13

    By Julianna W. Miner, Washington Post According to a poll from the National Alliance for Youth Sports, about 70 percent of kids in the United States stop playing organized sports by the age of 13 because “it’s just not fun anymore.” I have three kids, all of whom play sports, and my oldest is about to […]

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  • Letter: Judge appreciative of continued support

    Letter: Judge appreciative of continued support

    To the community, I would like to sincerely thank the voters of El Dorado County for your support in last Tuesday’s election. I cannot adequately express my thanks for the honor of serving you on the El Dorado County Superior Court. I appreciate your trust in re-electing me and I will do my very best […]

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  • Letter: Appreciation for EDC voters

    Letter: Appreciation for EDC voters

    To the community, Save Our County, Residents Involved in Positive Planning, and the Shingle Springs Community Alliance would like to thank the voters of El Dorado County for the adoption of Measure E. Measure E retains a new and improved 1998 Measure Y while sending a clear message that projects which create gridlock on our […]

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  • Letter: Restoration Day a success on South Shore

    Letter: Restoration Day a success on South Shore

    To the community, On June 4, community members gathered to restore and stabilize the banks of the Upper Truckee River in South Lake Tahoe as part of Restoration Day — a new annual day of environmental restoration organized by the League to Save Lake Tahoe. “We are grateful to all of our volunteers, as well […]

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