To the community, Bread & Broth is very fortunate to have the support of the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club and have them working side-by-side with our B&B volunteers to help feed many of our neighbors who struggle with hunger. The Rotary Club has partnered with B&B to host five Adopt A Day of Nourishments with […]
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By Richard Solbrig With the new year just around the corner, now is a great time to reflect on all that has happened at South Tahoe Public Utility District in 2017. This year the district became the first water and wastewater provider in the Tahoe basin to produce its own hydroelectricity. Hydroelectricity uses the flow […]
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By Geoff Schladow Another year has come and gone at Lake Tahoe, and it was no ordinary year. We had one of the most extreme winters of snow on record. Lake levels came up 7 feet in a few months and thin ribbons of sand replaced the wide beaches of the last few years. Long […]
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By Craig Childs, High Country News The woman behind the counter asked where I lived. It turns out she grew up in the very same small town, population 300. She said she had to leave it to find a job, moving to the nearest place with a population nearer 10,000. “So you must be the […]
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By Brian Gray, Leon Szeptycki and Buzz Thompson, Sacramento Bee California’s native freshwater fish – salmon, steelhead, sturgeon and others – continue to decline, and regulations to reverse this trend have fanned controversy. A new approach to environmental stewardship is needed. We should start by granting the environment a water right, as detailed in a […]
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To the community, For the fifth year, the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and South Tahoe Refuse & Recycling teamed up to benefit Christmas Cheer All Year with a “drive and drop” at the LTVA’s California Visitors Center and curbside collection on regular pick-up days. Once again we were overwhelmed by the generosity of our South […]
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Dear Santa, I know most letters you get are from kids. So let me start by saying there is no toy that I need. But there is something I want for Christmas—not for myself but for my state. What does California really need? We’re a relatively rich place with nearly 40 million residents, which you […]
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By Larry Weitzman An inconspicuous item on the Dec. 5 El Dorado County Board of Supervisors agenda removed the most important amendment of our precious Bill of Rights from public board meetings. The item number was 35 and the BOS voted 5-0 to approve the item. While some may argue that the Second Amendment, the […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 2, 2017, Sacramento Bee. Living atop ever-shifting tectonic plates, we know the Earth can shift with deadly force at any time, though we don’t dwell on it. But as 2017 nears its end, let’s reflect on the disasters we endured, and what they portend for next year […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 11, 2017, Las Vegas Sun. Here’s a quick quiz that relates to gun safety in Nevada, as will be explained later. Q. In Missouri, a gun owner must meet which of the following requirements to legally carry a concealed weapon? A. Complete a safety course conducted by […]
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