Renée C. Byer/rbyer@sacbee.com

Kari Morris, 28, holds daughter Amber, 1, as her husband Richard Morris, 32, right, searches for a job at the "Hiring For Heroes" event at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center. Sgt. Richard Morris had served three tours in the Army over a 10 1/ 2 year span; one in Korea and two in Afghanistan. "We live in South Lake Tahoe where it is pretty, but there are no jobs," explained Kari Morris. More than 40 employers were on-site looking to provide jobs for veterans from various backgrounds. The program started in 2011 to find jobs for U.S. military personnel and or their spouses. Photo taken February 13, 2013 in Sacramento, California.

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