By Abigail Carroll American eaters, they’re like a pack of animals, hustling dinner in 10 minutes or less. It sounds like a recent complaint, but in fact it comes from 1864, when the Englishman John Francis Campbell was startled at the rapidity with which fellow steamboat passengers consumed their meals as they floated down the […]
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To the community, The Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsor for Bread & Broth’s dinner on Sept. 14 was Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Through its sponsorship, Kirkwood provided the funding for the meal and sent a hard working sponsor team that thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to help serve the community. “This has been a great experience,” […]
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“Sometime it’s better to be lucky than to be good” is how Victor Uriz summed up sinking a hole in one at Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. The South Shore resident who has being playing golf for about eight years hit the shot Oct. 2 on hole 17. Uriz’s sister, Cathy Darrough, and her […]
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Robert “Bud” Heng passed away Oct. 1, 2015. He was 62. Bud was a graduate of South Tahoe High School. While he worked for the South Lake Tahoe Police Department he was recognized as Officer of the Year. He went on to serve with the DEA where he rose to the rank of supervisor out of […]
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Kingsbury Grade in the early 1960s was mostly unpaved, joining Highway 50 with a simple stop sign posted on a corner of dirt, rocks and trees. A gate blocked wintertime travel over Kingsbury’s summit at Daggett Pass. That corner of Kingsbury and Highway 50 is where the Rev. Raymond Love of Nevada opened the South […]
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By Susan Wood It may take as much dedication, stamina and love for the sport to run marathon operations as it does to compete in one. When athlete extraordinaire Julie Moss finished the marathon of the Ironman in Hawaii in 1982 by crawling, six-time champion Mark Allen was so moved, he married her. It was […]
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To the community, On behalf of the city of South Lake Tahoe I would like to extend sincere gratitude to all of the individuals and merchants who donated product or provided services to help make our Bijou Bike Park grand opening a tremendous success. On Sept. 19, thousands of youth and families joined City Council […]
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By John Aguilar, Denver Post Travelers on Interstate 70 in Colorado will get the chance this week to sound off on proposed toll rates on a soon-to-open express lane for ski traffic — a lane that could rank as the nation’s priciest per mile. The eastbound-only lane, designed to relieve the crushing congestion of a return […]
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· The League to Save Lake Tahoe replaced 4,000 square feet of lawn with water-wise native plants at its South Lake Tahoe office. · Placer County Department of Child Support Services was recognized as the 2015 Most Improved Program by the Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council. · Eldorado National Forest will lift fire restrictions […]
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By Associated Press Plastic bag manufacturers filed a second ballot measure on Friday in California’s fight over a statewide plastic bag ban. The American Progressive Bag Alliance, which represents bag manufacturers, proposed an initiative that would require bag fees estimated at more than $400 million a year go into an environmental fund rather than be […]
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