El Dorado County’s Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee will meet Oct. 12 to discuss proposed ordinance changes to the cannabis cultivation ordinance and code compliance ordinance to create a civil enforcement process for marijuana cultivation. The proposed ordinance changes were initiated through a process of six meetings of the committee. The group agreed that the first […]
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Poet and literary translator Sholeh Wolpé will be at Lake Tahoe Community College on Oct. 12 at 8pm in the Roberta Mason Library for a free reading. Wolpé will sign copies of her books, which will be for sale at the event, and answer audience questions.. Wolpé is an Iranian-born poet, writer, and translator […]
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By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Mountain meadows are starting to get some respect. For over a century, meadows were the first alpine environments targeted for development, grazing and farming, because they tend to be flat and packed with rich soil and nutritious plants. But we’re starting to understand that meadows have a much more […]
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Keep Sierra Clean Day is Oct. 22 from 10am-3pm. Everyone is invited to grab a group of friends, ride the chairlift, clean the mountain and collect prizes. Participants should come prepared to navigate steep and sometimes rocky terrain with sturdy footwear. Bring work gloves, a hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, a water bottle and a bucket. Trash […]
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St. Theresa’s Bread & Broth 4 Kids’ Cram-A-Cruiser event is Sept. 30 at Grocery Outlet in South Lake Tahoe from 10am-3pm. Help cram a police cruiser full of food of food to aid South Lake Tahoe children in need. Bread & Broth 4 Kids packs bags of food each week for local school kids to […]
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By Kathryn Reed PARK CITY, Utah – Sleep and nutrition – they can’t be overlooked when it comes to athletics. And when the competitor is on the U.S. Olympic team, the importance is ratcheted to a level a weekend warrior might not be able to fully comprehend. These elite athletes have access to sports psychologists, […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Sept. 21, 2017, Sacramento Bee. We Californians take for granted the great forests of the Sierra Nevada. It is where we ski and hike, and breathe fresh air, and it’s the primary source of our water. It’s all at risk. Drought and bark beetle infestation are the proximate […]
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By John Myers, Los Angeles Times Backing an effort for California to claim a bigger share of the attention from presidential candidates, Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill moving the state’s primary elections to early March. Brown’s decision, announced without fanfare on Wednesday, means the state will hold its presidential primary on March 3, 2020. […]
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A resident at an Echo Lake cabin is lucky to be alive after escaping the burning building early Wednesday. The occupant woke up about 5:50am Sept. 27 to find smoke filling the two-story cabin. The structure was fully engulfed with flames when Lake Valley firefighters arrived. They had to use a boat from the marina […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners has permanently banned the commercial collection of reptiles in the Silver State. The state commission’s 6-1 decision, made during its Saturday meeting, effectively ends Nevada’s policy of allowing unlimited commercial reptile collecting. The decadeslong policy set the state apart […]
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