By Brian Uhler Great news: Compared to last year, our violent crime rate is down 41 percent; from 112 occurrences in 2014 to 66 in 2015. The news is not all good. Our property crime rate is up 6 percent; from 516 in 2014 to 548 in 2015. This was not unexpected as we reported […]
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By Bill Burns In August, she drove two miles, past a large hospital, to get her boyfriend to our soup kitchen, but not for the food. She knew someone here would have Narcan, a life-saving overdose-reversing drug that, until recently, was unavailable here in Maine to people at risk of overdosing. Her boyfriend was bluish […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Over the last four decades, California has borrowed nearly $45 billion via bonds to finance construction projects for the state’s K-12 school districts. Repaying the loans with interest has roughly doubled the face value of those bonds. And as Jerry Brown winds down his second governorship, he wants to change […]
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To the community, As you may have heard by now, El Dorado County Supervisor Sue Novasel, cannot vote on, nor participate in planning for, the new Meyers Area Plan as well as the rezoning of the land in Placerville that will be used for the new county courthouse as the Briggs Family Trust owns the […]
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By Lisa Margonelli It’s hard to find a fan of E. coli—especially since last October, when 55 people in 11 states got sick after eating at Chipotle. But we can see a reflection of ourselves in these tiny sausage-shaped bacteria. Like us, E. coli is a tireless innovator—constantly refining more than 700 different strains—though it […]
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By Kathryn Reed MINDEN – I’m a firm believer people come into our lives for a reason – even if it is not immediately apparent why. As a journalist I’m always meeting people. Some of those encounters are more profound than others and have a lasting impression. Such was the case with Marjorie Springmeyer. What […]
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By Marianne Krasny and Bryce DuBois Just the first word in the name—massive open online course—poses the question. Just how big can MOOCs be? MOOCs combine filmed lectures, readings, course material, and online interactions among professors and students—with the goal of reducing costs and expanding access to higher learning. Many MOOCs today already are huge. […]
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By Joe Mathews Can you imagine Southern California without Hollywood? Or the Bay Area without Silicon Valley? No? History suggests that the identities of cities and regions are more fragile, and their central industries more perilous, than we care to admit. (Just ask Detroit autoworkers.) So it’s quite possible that Los Angeles’ entertainment industry–struggling with […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter has been sent to parents of Lake Tahoe Unified School District. Dear Parents: We would like to make you aware of a situation that may concern you. We were recently notified of the federal court ruling ordering the California Department of Education in Sacramento to release student records to a […]
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By Richard Solbrig Due to the recent crisis of lead contamination in the drinking water in Flint, Mich., South Tahoe Public Utility District would like to provide information regarding water sampling procedures and the possibility of lead contamination in our local distribution system. The district’s priority is to provide reliable and safe water distribution to […]
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