By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee A cogent – and perhaps unanswerable – question punctuates the political machinations over raising billions of new dollars to repair California’s deteriorating highways. How is it that California motorists are paying some of the nation’s highest fuel taxes, but the highways they use are among the nation’s worst? Including federal […]
Read moreBy Bruno Kaufmann Can the Olympics and democracy co-exist? It’s a question being asked again this summer after Beijing won the bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Beyond the fact that the International Olympic Committee put the biggest event in winter sports in a smog-ridden megalopolis without any real snow, people are concerned about […]
Read moreBy Arthur C. Brooks, New York Times Twenty-three years ago, my wife and I were having an argument about how to celebrate our first anniversary. Money was tight, and we had to choose between taking a beach vacation or buying a couch, which we did not have. Being a Spaniard, she naturally advocated for the […]
Read moreBy Amy Smith Hippocrates, a physician and philosopher of health, said: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” Food is often underestimated as an effective medicine. One collection of ingredients gaining attention are phytonutrients. Phytonutrients, sometimes called phytochemicals, are nutrients found in plants that contribute to its vitality. They can be found […]
Read morePublisher’s note: This editorial is from BloombergNews on Aug. 19, 2015. The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed new restrictions on methane emissions are a reasonable imposition on the oil and gas industry. Whether they’re adequate to help fight climate change is another question, and the answer depends on what the government does next. Under the proposed rules, […]
Read moreTo the community, On Aug. 10, South Lake Tahoe Yacht Club (SLTYC) member Tina Miranda was volunteering for the first time a Bread & Broth dinner and she was very moved by her experience. “Everyone was so appreciative, grateful and very thankful,” she said. “The dinner guests make it very easy to want to serve […]
Read moreBy Dean Heller and Dianne Feinstein It was 142 years ago that John Muir, the famous naturalist and conservationist, first laid eyes on Lake Tahoe. Muir wrote in a letter to a friend that he “sauntered through the piney woods, pausing countless times to absorb the blue glimpses of the lake, all so heavenly clean, […]
Read moreBy Steve Teshara and Darcie Goodman Collins Decisions made in Congress over the next few months may well determine the extent to which Lake Tahoe remains blue and clear, with healthy forests, resilient watersheds, and its ecology protected from the threat of new aquatic invasive species. For two decades, the Lake Tahoe environmental improvement program […]
Read moreTo the community, What does it take to snap you out of your apathy? Paul Revere galloping along Highway 28 shouting “the developers are coming, the developers are coming.” The Tahoe Rim Trail offers many things: physical challenge, endless beauty and the quietness of nature at high elevations. Do hikers and bikers really want to […]
Read moreBy Tracy Protell Most kids and parents have a mixture of excitement and nervousness about starting a new school year. This is normal. However, parents can help ease the transition from summer vacation to the school routine. Here are some tips to prepare you and your student for the upcoming academic year. Bring a little […]
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