By Kathryn Reed Bear boxes on the South Shore may become more common because of potential enforcement of those who leave trash out for critters and a loan program that is being contemplated. The Waste Management Joint Powers Authority on Thursday ironed out some details about the ordinance that this summer is expected to be […]
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By Joe Mathews Are you a Kamala or a Loretta? Attorney General Kamala Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez — the leading candidates for U.S. Senate next year — confront Californians with a choice. But it’s not a choice about competing policies or visions. Californians don’t have political arguments about what we believe anymore. Harris and […]
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A meadow restoration and road rehabilitation project will close the first 1.5-mile segment of North Canyon Road at Spooner Lake State Park to recreational traffic. The road closure will affect access to the Flume Trail via North Canyon Road and the Marlette Lake Trail June 1-July 12, Mondays through Thursdays from 7am-5:30pm. Access to the […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY — Lawmakers are unveiling changes to Nevada’s live entertainment tax that they say will capture revenue from an evolving entertainment landscape and close confusing loopholes. Republican Sen. Mark Lipparelli presented the much-anticipated changes on Thursday as an amendment to SB266. The bill proposes a 9 percent tax on live entertainment […]
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Writers, readers and performers from all around the country will appear at South Lake Tahoe Oct. 9-11, 2015 for WordWave, a three-day festival on the grounds of Valhalla at the Tallac Historic Site. This literary mash-up will feature oral storytelling, theater performances and free readings, panels on craft, yoga, and a novel writing camp for […]
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By Peter Whoriskey, Washington Post Aerial photographs taken last summer of some of the largest organic egg and dairy farms in the United States showed few animals outside on pasture, but the USDA will not investigate whether these operations are violating rules for organic agriculture, officials wrote last week. The photographs of the 14 operations, according […]
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· Live at Lakeview Summer Music Series is June 25-Aug. 27 on Thursdays from 4;30-8:40pm. The South Lake Tahoe concerts are free. · Golf Advisor recently released its list of the top 50 U.S. Golf Courses in 2014. Incline Village Championship Course was rated No. 19. · Local Superheroes Day at South Lake Tahoe Library is […]
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By Felicia Alvarez, Davis Enterprise At a time when agriculturists are looking for ways to cut back on water usage, researchers at the UC Davis viticulture and enology department are paving the way for sustainable techniques in winemaking and grape-growing. To make a gallon of wine, it takes 4 to 6 gallons of water under current […]
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By John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle Alex Padilla is looking beyond the state’s borders for programs that could dramatically change the way Californians vote. Among the ideas that California’s new secretary of state hopes will boost anemic turnout: automatically registering people through the Department of Motor Vehicles and mailing a ballot to every registered voter. […]
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Lake Tahoe Golf Course will be the site of two new events this summer. The 10th Tee Summer Music Series will be the third Sunday of each month — June 21, July 19, Aug. 16 and Sept. 20. The free concerts will be from 4-8pm at the Meyers golf course. Tahoe Games Bike Nights will be […]
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