By Janie Har, Associated Press LAKEPORT — f. They bunk in tight sleepers and eat in a big mess hall. They depart in the mornings with enormous high-calorie sack lunches of sandwiches and cookies as others come back tired, footsore and hungry to their makeshift base at the Lake County fairgrounds. The National Interagency […]
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By David Bornstein, New York Times In the early 1990s, about 50 kindergarten teachers were asked to rate the social and communication skills of 753 children in their classrooms. It was part of the Fast Track Project, an intervention and study administered in Durham, N.C., Nashville, Seattle and central Pennsylvania. The goals were to understand […]
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South Lake Tahoe firefighters demonstrate what it takes to extricate someone after a vehicle accident.
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By Rachel Bachman, Wall Street Journal Alison Dougherty used to pay $30 a month for a health club membership. She’s much happier now that her fitness expenses average $500 a month. The 27-year-old New York marketing professional exercises at Title Boxing Club NYC. She spends $139 monthly for unlimited classes and $100 for weekly personal-training […]
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The Lake Tahoe Dance Connection is bringing professional dancers and choreographers from Broadway, Los Angeles, and the Joffrey Ballet to South Lake Tahoe for a weekend of dance, professional instruction, and fun. This is a unique opportunity for dancers in and around the Tahoe basin to learn from elite dancer. The Aug. 12-16 classes are through Lake […]
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By Paige St. John and Timothy M. Phelps, Los Angeles Times California Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday reversed the course set by the state elections chief before him and dropped efforts to prevent some 45,000 state felons from voting. The move brought cheers from those seeking greater rights for former prisoners and comes […]
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The Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddle Festival at the Kings Beach State Recreation Area will feature two new races during the Aug 14-16 event. The event will start that Friday at 2pm with registration and yoga. The day includes a concert featuring Mojo Green from 6:30-8:30pm. The festival will continue through the weekend with retail and food vendors, […]
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To the community, Two spectacularly bad ideas: Martis Valley West (MVW) and the Brockway Campground (BC) are Proposals with cumulative impacts: 1. Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) and Mountainside Partners (aka East/West) is the developer on both. 2. Both adjacent projects are located on the ridge overlooking Tahoe and Truckee one mile west from Highway 267 […]
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Chautauqua performer MacAvoy Layne will perform An Evening with Mark Twain at Taylor Creek Visitor Center on Aug. 7 at 7pm. Samuel Clemens came to the shores of Lake Tahoe in 1861 to stake a timber claim and returned less than two years later as Mark Twain, reporter and columnist for Virginia City newspaper Territorial […]
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By Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun Many slot machines on casino floors bear images of faded but recognizable movies or TV shows such as “Sex and the City,” “Ghostbusters” or the still-running “Wheel of Fortune,” appealing to an older generation of players who reliably play the random games of chance. But time and technology are catching up […]
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