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  • Opinion: EDC supes vote to raise taxes

    Opinion: EDC supes vote to raise taxes

    By Larry Weitzman            At the Jan. 24 El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting, not only was there a 5-0 vote to support a $7 billion annual increase in gasoline tax and vehicle registrations fees, there was another agenda item (No. 30) also having to do with raising taxes. Item No. 30 on the agenda, […]

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  • Letter: SLTPD’s philosophy on immigration

    Letter: SLTPD’s philosophy on immigration

    Publisher’s note: This was sent to the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Jan. 30 by the police chief and is republished with permission. Regarding the recent questions regarding immigration related fears, I offer the following which outlines the philosophy related to immigration matters by SLTPD: 1. Officers and staff of the SLTPD do not […]

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  • Letter: Weather doesn’t stop Bread & Broth

    Letter: Weather doesn’t stop Bread & Broth

    To the community, A big thank you to all of the volunteers who braved snow covered roads to help feed the vulnerable and hungry at Bread & Broth’s Monday meal on Jan. 23. Being the biggest snow fall in years, no one was really sure if the meal’s volunteers or any dinner guests would be […]

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  • Opinion: I’m still talking about my incarceration

    Opinion: I’m still talking about my incarceration

    By Chizu Omori I am a member of a once despised minority group, American Japanese, who spent three and a half years incarcerated in an American concentration camp during World War II. Although that ordeal ended 72 years ago, the impact of that experience on my life and its broader implications for American society resonate […]

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  • Opinion: TTUSD alters calendar because of snow

    Opinion: TTUSD alters calendar because of snow

    To the community, We appreciate you taking the time to share your input regarding proposed changes to our current school calendar. We received over 600 survey responses, and 88 percent of the respondents were in favor of the district adding three make-up days of classes to address lost instructional time because of the high number […]

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  • Opinion: You always have to be cutting back

    Opinion: You always have to be cutting back

    By Joe Mathews She left us only recently, and already San Mateo has gotten way too leafy. As I drove through that Bay Area city on the way to my grandmother’s memorial service this month, the bushes off Hillsdale Boulevard were growing far bushier than they used to dare. The trees along Alameda de las […]

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  • Opinion: Why Groundhog Day elevates science over superstition

    Opinion: Why Groundhog Day elevates science over superstition

    By Dan Blumstein I am a scientist who loves Groundhog Day, that least scientific of holidays. Every February, as Punxsutawney Phil shakes the dust off his coat, emerges from his burrow, glances at his shadow (or not) and allegedly prognosticates winter’s end, I gather a group of professors, graduate students and other assorted science geeks […]

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  • Letter: Warm room appreciative of Barton

    Letter: Warm room appreciative of Barton

    To the community, On behalf of the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, I would like to thank Barton Health employees and physicians for their incredible generosity. In December, Barton Health departments participated in a fundraising drive for the South Lake Tahoe Warm Room. Employees and physicians donated $600 in gift cards and funds to support […]

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  • Opinion: Sanctuary is an integral part of human nature

    Opinion: Sanctuary is an integral part of human nature

    By Linda Rabben Since Donald Trump’s election, I’ve had to change the focus of the talks I give at churches, community events, universities, schools, and bookshops about sanctuary and asylum. I used to take audiences on a 125,000-year tour of these two venerable institutions. I’d tell them about bonobos, chimps and baboons giving sanctuary to […]

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  • Letter: Successful Festival of Trees & Lights

    Letter: Successful Festival of Trees & Lights

    To the community, What a lively and jubilant occasion at Barton Health’s eighth annual Festival of Trees & Lights. It is always a treat to see the delight in children’s eyes as they admire handcrafted trees and seek “treatment” for their injured teddy bears at the Teddy Bear Hospital. This year, we achieved several festival […]

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