By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Food is one of the basic needs to survive. Usually it is something people living the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region import. But what if it didn’t have to be trucked in? Mayumi Elegado, publisher of Truckee’s Moonshine Ink, and Stacy Caldwell with Tahoe Truckee Community foundation started exploring that concept earlier […]
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Alice is one of three puppies still at the shelter. Mom is also awaiting her new home. She is a Shiba Inu mix, the puppies’ dad hopped the fence. All are used to other dogs and kids, and chase squirrels and birds so they would do best in homes without small animals or kittens. Mom, […]
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By Donn Davis, Washington Post For decades, America’s colleges and universities have been on a massive spending spree, building new dorms, student centers, sports complexes, and academic buildings. Despite all these expenditures, the key metrics are not much better. Graduation rates haven’t increased at the pace of much of Europe and Japan. According to the […]
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Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe has money to give away. SISLT’s goal is to fund quality projects that serve clearly identified needs of women and children in the South Shore community. New programs, improvements and enhancements to current programs will be considered. The service club has $25,000 to give out, with the smallest installment being […]
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By Bernie Pacyniak, Candy Industry For Dorinda Vance, it started early on in life. As a 12 year-old girl, she learned to make crave-inducing, chocolate-covered cherries. That skill ignited a passion in Vance that eventually steered her toward learning the art and refining the science of chocolate. The mother of four boys, she homeschooled her […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee The ski industry generated $564.5 million worth of economic impact on Lake Tahoe’s economy last season, according to a study by San Francisco State University. The study of the 2013-14 ski season comes as the Tahoe region struggles with a long slide in tourism, the result of the rise of […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee CARLSBAD — Along this patch of the Pacific Ocean, welders and pipefitters nearly outnumber the surfers and sunbathers. Within sight of the crashing waves, the laborers are assembling what some hope will make water scarcity a thing of the past. They are building the Carlsbad Desalination Project, which will convert […]
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On Aug. 26 local resident Matthew Marhefka was in a serious dirt bike accident on Powerline Trail. He shattered three vertebrae and is paralyzed from the neck down. Even after a successful surgery to stabilize his spine, he is a quadriplegic. Marhefka spent seven weeks in the trauma ICU at Renown Medical Center in Reno battling […]
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• Sierra Nevada College Water Ski Club took seventh in the overall category at the Western Regional’s Ironwood Mixer on Oct. 3-5. • Here are the Caltrans roadwork schedules for El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra for the coming week. • The annual Women’s Wellness Weekend at Granlibakken in Tahoe City is Nov. 8-9. For more info, go online. […]
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Work to revitalize the Tallac Historic Site could begin in May. “This project will reduce environmental impacts and improve recreational opportunities at the Tallac Historic Site,” Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Forest Supervisor Nancy Gibson said in a press release. “Upgrading these facilities will help us meet current and projected recreational demands and comply with […]
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