With this being Mosquito Awareness Week, El Dorado County health officials are reminding residents to take steps to protect themselves from mosquitoes as warmer weather approaches. West Nile virus is primarily a disease of birds that can be transmitted to people and animals by mosquitoes. WNV is a mosquito-borne disease that can result in debilitating […]
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South Tahoe Public Utility District has received the District Transparency Certificate of Excellence through California Special District’s Association. This certificate requires compliance in three best practice areas including: basic transparency including the Brown Act, website, and public outreach. This is the second time STPUD has received the award. The application consisted of 44 documents and […]
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Weather permitting, the Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes local, state and federal agencies, will continue prescribed fire operations this week around the Tahoe basin. The North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, California State Parks, California Tahoe Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service will conduct prescribed fire operations in Sugar Pine […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Carl Icahn’s company has struck an approximately $1.85 billion deal that would fuse the gaming and hotel operations of Tropicana Entertainment to Eldorado Resorts Inc. The agreement, announced early Monday, includes the sale of Tropicana Entertainment Inc.’s real estate to Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. It doesn’t […]
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· There will be a blood drive May 11, noon-5pm at the South Lake Tahoe rec center at 1180 Rufus Allen Blvd. It is sponsored by Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. · Ellen Nunes will talk about her art at Benko Art Gallery, 3979 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe on April 20, 5-8pm. · The 15th […]
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The Nevada Division of Tourism honored several individuals and organizations for their dedication to the state’s tourism industry. Award winners are as follows: Excellence in Tourism Award – Reno-Tahoe Territory The Carson City Culture and Tourism Authority, formerly the Carson City Visitors Bureau, was recognized for its work to rebrand the community as a destination […]
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By Maya L. Kapoor, High Country News In March, Susan Combs became temporary assistant secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, in charge of overseeing both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Parks Service. Combs, a Texas rancher and politician with a history of hostility toward protected species, fought to avoid protecting […]
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A South Shore car owner found out the hard way why leaving food in a vehicle is a bad idea. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies spent part of April 16 enticing a bruin to leave a vehicle. It did. But left behind was a destroyed interior. “Another very important reason to lock your vehicles up […]
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By Amel Ahmed, KQED-TV Even after being carefully washed or peeled, nearly 70 percent of fruit and vegetables sold in the U.S. contained pesticide residues, according to a review of recent tests conducted by the Department of Agriculture. “It is vitally important that everyone eats plenty of produce, but it is also wise to avoid dietary […]
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By Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times In one haunting moment from Liongate’s upcoming thriller “Traffik,” a young woman is drugged and loaded into a waiting truck by sex traffickers after having spent much of the night running for her life. Nina Simone’s stirring “Strange Fruit” punctuates the scene, a touch that filmmaker Deon Taylor […]
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