Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 18, 2017, Sacramento Bee. No disaster is entirely natural in our re-engineered state and valley. Owing to our hubris, we humans have a direct hand in them all. We have built cities on earthquake faults, balanced mansions on hillsides that burn in one season and slide into […]
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By Marcos Breton, Sacramento Bee Daniel Hahn, the chief of police in Roseville, wants to be clear: His department did not shut down a recent town-hall meeting staged by Republican Rep. Tom McClintock. Nor did it tell McClintock he had to leave for his own safety because of an unruly crowd. Roseville police made no […]
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By Michael Kiparsky and Roger Bales, Modesto Bee Few people realize how outdated our systems for water information are. Because of data limitations, real-time, transparent decisions about drought management, flood response and groundwater protection have eluded the state for the past century. Without basic numbers on where, when and how much water is available […]
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To the community, This has literally been a historic season for our mountains and the region in terms of the nature and severity of the weather, with hurricane force winds, impressive and rapid snow accumulation, extreme flooding, intermittent and sometimes long lasting power outages, mudslides, avalanche conditions and more. From general operational challenges to very […]
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By Joanne Marchetta Over the last two decades, the Lake Tahoe region has become a national leader in fighting the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS) that threaten to harm its world-renowned environment and the $5 billion recreation-based economy it supports. The Lake Tahoe region is working with other partners throughout the American […]
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By Charles Rappleye From our earliest days we Americans have embraced leaders from among the ranks of the nation’s moneyed elite. Voters set the tone when they chose George Washington, the wealthiest man on the continent at the time, as the first president. But that choice was accompanied by a healthy skepticism of the role […]
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By Ted Gaines Regarding Senate Bill 1, a measure I voted against in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, that creates permanent new taxes and fees to fund transportation infrastructure: Is anyone shocked that the proposed solutions to a very real transportation infrastructure crisis are more taxes and fees? It’s all Sacramento knows and […]
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By Joe Mathews Are you finally growing up, Sacramento? I pose that question not to our state government, but to the real Sacramento, the capital region. It’s a query that also should be aimed at the Central Valley’s other big urban areas. The maturity of Fresno, Bakersfield or Stockton is not just a local question. […]
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To the community, In line with their mission, Soroptimist International of Tahoe Sierra participates in local programs based on the specific needs of the South Shore community. On Feb. 6, the SITS joined with Bread & Broth to provide a full course, nutritious meal to food insecure community members who attended B&B’s Monday meal at […]
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By Craig Robertson It was originally a European tradition, not ours. But in 1780, needing a more formal way to send former Continental Rep. Francis Dana from France to Holland, Benjamin Franklin used his own printing press to create a new document. The single-sheet letter, written entirely in French, politely requested that Dana and his […]
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