By Kyle Dickman, Outside Fire has always been a part of the landscape. The mistake we made was trying to stop it—something Florida never did. Joe O’Brien, a research ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, tucks his helmet into his chest, steals a breath of clean air, and steps closer to the fire now engulfing […]
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By Tara Parker-Pope, New York Times Are you spending time with the right people for your health and happiness? While many of us focus primarily on diet and exercise to achieve better health, science suggests that our well-being also is influenced by the company we keep. Researchers have found that certain health behaviors appear to […]
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The Tahoe National Forest enacted fire restrictions on July 16 based on an analysis of current fuel conditions and weather observations. This analysis revealed the potential to support large fire growth across the Tahoe National Forest. Tahoe National Forest Fire Restrictions are as follows: · No open fires, campfires, or charcoal fires are allowed on […]
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· The three-day American Century Championship that ended July 15 set an attendance record at 57,097. This is the fourth consecutive year for a record. Last year’s record was 55,801 people. · Here is the El Dorado-Tahoe roadwork schedule from Caltrans for the week. · The Tahoe Tattoo Show will be July 20-22 at Harrah’s Lake […]
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By Larry Weitzman Lexus has a reputation of producing exquisite cars, beautifully finished with highly polished road manners, never mind occupant comfort. While that is still quite true, Lexus has never had a super high-performance automobile, a car you could almost take to the track and compete with. Yeah, sure they had an SC400, a […]
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Tahoe Beach Bash is a fundraiser for the Tahoe Homeless Coalition. The event will be July 28 from noon-4pm at Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe. It is a kid friendly event with activities like obstacle course, kids games, and face painter and bounce house. Twelve home brews will be available. Participants will be […]
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Updated 3:45pm: By Kathryn Reed Today is one of the most important days on the calendar. In many places it is the official start of the election season. California candidates for races in November may take out papers today; this includes in South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County and Placer County. There are myriad offices […]
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By Amanda Laugesen In 1952, a group representing the most important trade, university, and educational publishers in the United States met in New York City to incorporate Franklin Publications. Some of the men (and they were all men) had been active in the Council of Books in Wartime during the World War II. Then, they […]
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A $95,519 grant from the California Alcoholic Beverage Control allowed the South Lake Tahoe Police Department in the last year to target alcohol related problems and problems at locations that serve alcohol. The department was able to make additional officers available for events like SnowGlobe, Live at Lakeview and holiday weekends including the 4th of […]
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Former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo on July 15 won the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe. This is the first time for Romo, who has played in the celebrity golf tournament five times, to win the event. He had finished second three times. The Tahoe tourney uses the Stableford scoring format. Romo finished with 71 […]
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