To the community, In partnership with Feeding America, Ameriprise Financial Services Inc. advisors and employees participate in the national day of service by volunteering at events which help feed the hungry. On Nov. 28, private wealth advisor Richard Gross and client service manager Elizabeth Palmer from Tahoe’s Ameriprise Financial Services office sponsored and volunteered at […]
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By Martin Nie, High Country News America has spent the last year celebrating the centennial of the National Park Service. Given that the agency protects 80 million acres — 3.5 percent of the United States — this is a birthday well worth celebrating. But two other important birthdays passed almost unnoticed: October marked the 40th […]
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By Joe Mathews California is finally embracing its rivers. It may be a choking embrace. We Californians have long celebrated our coastal splendor and beautiful mountains. But our rivers were seen as mere plumbing for our hydration convenience. Now California’s communities, seeking space for environmental restoration and recreation (and some desperately needed housing), are […]
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By Jim Ogsbury On Jan, 20, 2017, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States. The installation of a new administration naturally presents an opportunity to reset the state-federal relationship, and Western Governors’ Association looks forward to working with the president-elect in that endeavor. In the meantime, WGA is urging […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The Public Policy Institute of California analyzes dozens of pithy issues, but sitting atop its priority list is the state’s troubled higher education system. Once the envy of the world, California’s three-level system – the University of California, the California State University system, and more than 100 locally governed community […]
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By Andrew O’Hagan, New York Times Is childhood the golden era of friendship? And can you get those relationships back? The other day, I took down from the shelf a beautiful novel by William Maxwell — “So Long, See You Tomorrow” — and I realized the title alone summons the unspoken bond, the constant availability, […]
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By Ted Gaines A handful of California families will find it hard to celebrate the holidays this year because they lost their fathers and brothers to senseless violence. On Oct. 19, sheriff’s Deputy Jack Hopkins of Modoc County responded to a disturbance call and was shot and killed in the line of duty. He was […]
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By Erin Berger, Outside You may have seen Ambreen Tariq’s selfies and peaceful tent shots in your feed, and you may have noticed that her account isn’t the usual outdoor-lifestyle Insta fare. The 33-year-old runs the Brown People Camping account, which has gained more than 2,000 followers since she started posting in August. Tariq, who lives in D.C., uses the platform […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Demography, it’s been said, is destiny – and the outcome of California’s election this month proves it again. California’s political evolution over the last four decades, from a mostly red state to a purple state and finally to a very blue state, corresponds to its powerful demographic trends, driven largely […]
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To the community, The Tahoe-Douglas Elks Lodge No. 2670 is an organization that invests in its communities through programs that help those in need. On Nov. 14, the Elks Lodge hosted the Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment Monday meal that provided hearty dinners to many disadvantaged members of our community. With the […]
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