The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office issued more than 200 speeding citations during a three-week, multi-agency Joining Forces traffic safety campaign in late February and early March. From Feb. 19 through March 7, deputies joined with the Reno Police Department, Sparks Police Department and Nevada Highway Patrol for a high-intensity enforcement campaign focusing on speeding. The […]
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El Dorado County’s Sheriff’s Team of Active Retirees is looking for members. It is comprised of senior citizens who enhance crime prevention services in the community. The STARs conduct patrols in specially marked vehicles, functioning as the eyes and ears of the sheriff’s department, reporting any suspicious activity observed. STARs help with: Conducting business/home security […]
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As part of North Lake Tahoe’s SnowFest 2016, the 12th annual I-Did-A-Run event took place on March 13 at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area. Dogs of all shapes and sizes pulled out all the stops to compete in this on-snow dog pull race with proceeds from raffle sales raising $1,671 for the Humane Society of […]
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Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Even when he’s recalling a failed attempt to ski the Himalayan peak Makalu, Adrian Ballinger is quick with a joke or a smile. But the mountaineer’s next big expedition is no laughing matter. Ballinger, 40, of Olympic Valley plans to summit Mt. Everest without using supplemental oxygen. For Ballinger the attempt […]
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The inaugural Cotton Tails Easter celebration at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa will include a pancake brunch served picnic style, followed by an Easter egg hunt for children of all ages, with baskets being awarded to raffle winners in each age group. There will be a photo booth and face-painting artist. The Easter Bunny is scheduled […]
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The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be in South Lake Tahoe distributing food on March 23 from 10-11am at the American Legion Hall, 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd. One allocation per household will be provided to people struggling to make ends meet, who live in El Dorado County and meet the state income guidelines. […]
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By KCRA-TV Caltrans is under the microscope after a state audit showed the agency spent $250,000 to develop a new road maintenance budget model and then abandoned it. The audit, released Thursday, said the new budget model for the maintenance division, which was created with help from a consultant in 2009, would have allocated money […]
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By Kathryn Joyce, Huffington Post On an early Friday morning in late June 2006, Cheyenne Szydlo, a 33-year-old Arizona wildlife biologist with fiery red hair, drove to the Grand Canyon’s South Rim to meet the river guide who would be taking her along the 280 miles of the Colorado River that coursed a mile below. […]
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By Larry Weitzman El Dorado County’s roads are literally falling apart, especially with the significant precipitation the county has had in the past four months. For the last eight years the county has allocated between $1 million and $2 million annually to attempt to keep up with EDC’s road maintenance. But that ended as the […]
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By Tim Carman, Washington Post Until he apprenticed at Incanto in San Francisco, Michael Friedman considered fresh pasta sort of the holy grail of Italian cooking — something chefs should strive to make and perfect. To make your own fresh pasta meant “you were at the height of your craft,” says Friedman, the chef behind […]
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