By Molly Wood, New York Times Maybe you replaced old electronics over the holidays or you’re just sweeping out the old and ushering in the New Year. Either way, you’ll need to do something with your old devices. For everyone’s sake, including Mother Nature’s, try to get rid of your old technology the right way. […]
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Mike Libecki, rock climber of international fame and a National Geographic nominee for adventurer of the year, is part of Alpen Glow Sports Winter Film Series. Libecki will be at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge on Jan. 15 at 7pm. Now in its ninth year, the Alpenglow Sports Winter Film Series is designed to inspire, […]
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By Maanvi Singh, NPR What makes the perfect meal? Most of us might envision a specific dish, or a certain ingredient — a fine steak cooked medium-rare, grandma’s chicken curry or mom’s hearty ratatouille. Charles Spence thinks about the food, for sure. But he also thinks about everything else: the color and size of the […]
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Did you ever wonder why South Lake Tahoe doesn’t have a First Street? It did until the early 1960s when First Street was renamed Tahoe Keys Boulevard. The corner sign read: “Tahoe Keys … left turn … drive to the beach.”The building sign said: “Tahoe Keys Rentals … daily, weekly, monthly.” The photo above pre-dates […]
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By Kathryn Reed SALT POINT STATE PARK — Red, yellow, orange, brown, white, green. Tiny and huge. Slimy and delicate. Spongy and bulbous. Edible and non. These were clearly not your grocery store variety of mushrooms. And, yet, we kept picking them. What we didn’t do was eat them. Sue and I were on our […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Jan. 1, 2015, Los Angeles Times. In this nation’s never-ending debate over immigration, those who demand strict enforcement of existing laws are armed with a simple rejoinder: What, they ask, do you not understand about “illegal”? To them, the solution to illegal immigration is to identify those who […]
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• Lake Tahoe Humane Society on Jan. 15 moves into new offices on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe next to Brothers Bar. • Truckee Donner Public Utility District customers may track their water use online. • L’Atelier Hair Studio, owned by Michelle Langmayer and Shelly McMillin, just opened in Round Hill. • Heidi […]
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Two doctors affiliated with Barton Health will be talking about low back pain prevention and treatment. The free lecture is Jan. 15 from 6-7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College’s board room. Alison Ganong with Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Mike Fry of Tahoe Fracture and Orthopedic Clinic will discuss non-surgical vs. surgical treatments.
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James Hansen, former director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, is the keynote speaker at Operation Sierra Storm on Jan. 8 at Harveys in Stateline. Hansen’s presentation will include his take on assuring real progress on climate — whether and how an international climate accord can achieve intergenerational […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is seeking people to serve on an independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee for Measure F, the facilities bond that passed in November. The committee oversees the expenditure of the $55 million bond, and acts to ensure the funds are spent in the fashion outlined in the bond resolution. The citizens’ oversight committee is a requirement in […]
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