By Kathryn Reed This is an incredibly unique way to serve pasta. With the whole milk and all the cheese, it is definitely not light on the calories. And, well, so what? Sometimes it’s good have some fat in your diet. This just isn’t something to have every night or every week. The flavor is […]
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By Lori Moore, New York Times My first winter in the Northeast, I thought I was set. When I was growing up in the South, the heaviest coat I ever owned was a corduroy pea coat — more of a jacket, really. But after a year of working in the powdery mountain snow out West, […]
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By Kyle Stock, Bloomberg Way back in the snow-choked mountains, miles from any road, curb appeal is still a thing. Consider the Tucker Sno-Cat. It sits on four treads, seemingly designed for a tank, that nevertheless appear to float atop fluffy snow that’s swimming pools-deep. The cab is painted an industrial orange that contrasts cartoonishly against the cottony landscape. […]
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Achieve Tahoe, a leading provider of winter and summer adaptive sports instruction for adults and children with disabilities, will host the Ability Celebration & Winter Ski Festival, its annual military sports camp for injured veterans and their family members, Jan. 16-19 in North Lake Tahoe. The program will provide 34 participants with complimentary ski and snowboard […]
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By Joaquin Palomino, San Francisco Chronicle North Bay lawmakers have introduced a bill to bolster the ability of emergency officials to contact residents who may be in harm’s way — a topic that has been scrutinized since last year’s devastating wildfires. The legislation, introduced by multiple lawmakers, including state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, would create […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Wellness Cooperative shut its doors on Jan. 7, but the medicinal marijuana shop hopes to reopen tonight or Tuesday morning. There is a discrepancy as to why exactly the doors were closed because neither the state nor the city of South Lake Tahoe directed the business to do so. “He decided […]
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By Alysone Hussmann The question I get asked the most when sharing that I’m a member of PATH (Partners Against the Trafficking of Humans) is: Is human trafficking happening here in South Lake Tahoe? The answer is yes, although solid numbers are hard to come by. Recently, it was reported in local media that 14 […]
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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science will host the 37th annual mid-winter bald eagle count on Jan 12 from 9am-noon. Participants must commit to arriving 15 minutes early, and staying for the full three hours of the survey. The results of the count will be combined with those from across the nation to generate an index […]
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By Nellie Bowles, New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — At Rainbow Grocery, a cooperative in this city’s Mission District, one brand of water is so popular that it’s often out of stock. But one recent evening, there was a glittering rack of it: glass orbs containing 2.5 gallons of what is billed as “raw […]
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El Dorado Arts Council’s latest exhibition will celebrate the 1960 Winter Olympics. This curated exhibition of art, memorabilia, and promotional items from the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley runs Jan. 12-March 9 at the organization’s Fausel House Gallery in Placerville. Generously loaned from the Museum of Sierra Ski History and 1960 Winter Olympics, and […]
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