By Kathryn Reed It was a new take on “you are what you eat.” Eat healthy food and you will be healthy, don’t do that and you are bound to suffer from myriad maladies. This was the message Greg Bergner delivered March 8 to an overflowing crowd at Lake Tahoe Community College. Bergner is the […]
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By Joe Mathews If California’s train deniers are right—that no one ever rides trains here, that Californians prefer to drive or fly, and that high-speed rail is a boondoggle that won’t attract riders—then how do you explain my wife’s public humiliation? Recently, our family was on Amtrak from San Diego to L.A., when an announcement […]
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By Abby Ellin, New York Times The question came at check-in: Did I want to forgo housekeeping for the two days I was staying at the Flamingo in Las Vegas in exchange for a $10 a day food and beverage credit? Huh? The clerk repeated himself. Some guests, he explained, didn’t want to be bothered […]
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By Brooke Staggs, Orange County Register California’s cannabis czar issued a cease and desist order to Weedmaps, directing the Irvine internet company that maps marijuana dispensaries to immediately stop promoting businesses that don’t have state licenses. “You are aiding and abetting in violation of state cannabis laws,” states the letter from Lori Ajax, chief of […]
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A South Tahoe Middle School student is in custody after allegedly making threats that he would be bringing a gun to Friday night’s dance. The 12-year-old sent text messages to other students who in turn reported it to school staff, who then called the police on March 9. “He said he was going to bring […]
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Tickets are now on sale for the 3rd annual Wild & Scenic Film Festival hosted by Mountain Area Preservation on April 20 at the Community Arts Center in Truckee. The festival will show 13 inspiring and adventurous films, including feature films “SHIFT” and “Follow Through.” Films this year were based on a couple of themes, […]
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As part of the third annual Military to the Mountains program, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows will welcome 22 injured military veterans to stay and ski March 11-17. The Military to the Mountains program was created by the High Fives Foundation and is a collective effort between High Fives Foundation, Adaptive Training Foundation, Reno, Achieve Tahoe […]
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Douglas County Secret Witness is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the suspects involved in a stolen vehicle recovered at a Stateline casino. On Feb. 20, a stolen vehicle was recovered at MontBleu. A male and female were seen near the vehicle and possibly drove the vehicle to MontBleu. […]
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By Stephen Magagnini and Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee In the case of the United States versus California, who will win? The fight over how undocumented immigrants in California are treated is now a matter for federal courts to decide after the Trump administration this week sued the state to invalidate a trio of “sanctuary” laws. […]
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Clean Tahoe and the city of South Lake Tahoe are partnering for the third annual Spring Cleanup Day on May 12 from 9am to noon. Cleanup captains are needed for the 14 neighborhoods. Here are the areas: · Stateline-lake side · Stateline mountain side · Bijou · Rufus Allen/Old Bijou · Al Tahoe · Lower […]
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