Publisher’s note: The following is an email sent March 24 by South Lake Tahoe Police Chief Brian Uhler to David Orr of the subcommittee working on recreational cannabis after learning the group was convening without him or the two council members assigned to the working group. Lake Tahoe News was sent the letter by a […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s hard to know who is in charge of the city of South Lake Tahoe. It could be the firefighters since their chief is acting city manager. Take a look at the agendas since the full time city manager left – more fire related items than usual. And with this being an […]
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By Joanne Marchetta Earth Day at Lake Tahoe has a special meaning. Working together through the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program, more than 50 local, state, federal, nonprofit, and private sector partners are implementing projects and programs to conserve the Tahoe basin’s environment and fix past environmental harms. Public and private organizations have completed more […]
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To the community, Kirkwood Mountain Resort hosted its second 2018 Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsorship dinner on March 19 at St. Theresa Grace Hall. Kirkwood’s guest services crew members Natasha Buffo, Dan Deemer and Richie Monroe traveled all the way from the Kirkwood resort area to arrive at Grace Hall at 3pm to lend […]
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By Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Alex Ingrams and Daniel Berliner, The Conversation For democracy to work, citizens need to know what their government is doing. Then they can hold government officials and institutions accountable. Over the last 50 years, Freedom of Information – or FOI – laws have been one of the most useful methods for […]
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By Joe Mathews California education finances are an unholy mess—with incomprehensible budget formulas, equity funding that doesn’t produce equity, and cuts to schools even during the current economic expansion. And our state’s so-called education leaders refuse to fix the system. We should let the kids fix it instead. This isn’t a modest proposal: I’m as […]
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By Timothy Summers, The Conversation What state should you move to based on your personality? What character on “Downton Abbey” would you be? What breed of dog is best for you? Some enormous percentage of Facebook’s 2.13 billion users must have seen Facebook friends sharing results of various online quizzes. They are sometimes annoying, senseless […]
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By Diane Wittenberg and Michael Peevey California is in the process of passing the baton of environmental leadership to China. But can it transfer the spirit of Californians as well? The two of us have been participants and observers for decades as California extended its environmental leadership. In the process, we’ve learned that environmental leadership […]
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To the community, The local Tahoe Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670 has been an ongoing sponsor for Bread & Broth’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment and generously hosts two or three sponsorship dinners annually. Their most current AAD sponsorship was at B&B’s Monday meal on March 12 and thanks to their sponsorship, B&B fed […]
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To the community, We live in a remarkable community where there are several active service organizations, all working to better the lives of those in need and to celebrate those doing exceptional work. For such a small community it’s remarkable how many service organizations we have. In fact, it’s sometimes quite confusing. Just here in […]
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