• Jeremy Evans has been hired as coach of Lake Tahoe Community College’s women’s soccer team. • Wagon Train will go from Zephyr Cove to Placerville from May 30-June 4. • El Dorado County Mental Health’s South Lake Tahoe clinic is hosting a free open house May 13 from 6-8pm at 1900 Lake Tahoe Blvd. […]
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By John Scarpinato, Outside We’ve all been there, waiting at the car rental counter, exhausted from traveling, when the desk agent reels off a series of optional insurance coverage add-ons. They all seem reasonably important, but they can leave you wondering if you’re being baited. The answer isn’t that simple, but these tips from insurance […]
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The oldest-known presence of an “airship” at Tahoe was photographed at Lucky Baldwin’s estate on the South Shore in the early 1900s. Over the years, there have been various seaplanes based around Lake Tahoe. In the mid-1940s, Republic Aircraft Corporation built 1,060 RC-3 amphibious planes, popularly called SeaBees. They could operate on land or water. The […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dismal snow years are good and bad for South Lake Tahoe’s Public Works Department. The good means the aging fleet doesn’t have to be used much. The bad is that the state reimburses the city in part for its snow removal expenses, which means fewer dollars will be in the coffer for […]
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By Josh Voorhees, Slate The Koch brothers are set to play a historic role in 2016, but they’re not the only conservative mega-donors who could shape the election. This weekend, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson will host a pair of GOP contenders and a slew of other Republican politicians at one of his Las Vegas hotels. […]
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By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post Is verse a dying technique? How dead is poetry? Who killed poetry? Does anybody care? Is poetry dead? Is poetry dead? Is poetry dead? Inquiries into the death of poetry comprise a tradition almost as rich and varied as American poetry itself. Earlier this month, a college literary magazine proposed a tidy solution to the evergreen problem: “if you have to […]
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After the pros are done with the first leg of the Amgen Tour of California bike race in South Lake Tahoe, the masses may participate in a fund-raising ride for Ride 2 Recovery. This nonprofit provides mental and physical rehabilitation programs for injured veterans through cycling. All proceeds support programs at military installations and VA […]
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By Richard Goode My grandfather used to tell the story of traveling from Bakersfield to San Francisco by boat as a boy in about 1910. First up the Tulare Lake, then up the San Joaquin River and through the Delta. In those days, water in California’s San Joaquin Valley must have seemed inexhaustible. Then, the […]
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Residents in the Amador-El Dorado Unit of CalFire will need burn permits beginning May 1. They are free and valid for three years from the date of issuance and allows for the burning of dry vegetation (not household trash) that originates on the landowners property. Permits are available at most of the local staffed fire stations. […]
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South Shore-based radio stations KRLT and KOWL are about to change ownership. General Manager Steve Harness is buying 93.9-FM and 1490-AM from Cherry Creek Radio. The deal should be completed July 21. The FCC must still approve the transfer. The on air talent and programming are expected to remain the same. Harness has been with […]
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