To the community, I want to thank all of the parents and students that supported our efforts to have Mark Salmon removed as the girls soccer coach from the South Tahoe High School program. This was very upsetting for all of us that attended, testified and provided or even attempted to provide information to the […]
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By Helen Zoe Veit The first edition of the “Boston Cooking-School Cook Book”—now known as “The Fannie Farmer Cookbook”—reads like a road map for 20th-century American cuisine. Published in 1896, it was filled with recipes for such familiar 19th-century dishes as Potted Pigeons, Creamed Vegetables, and Mock Turtle Soup. But it added a forward-looking bent […]
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By Nathaniel Levine, Sacramento Bee Public drinking water systems in California violated state and federal regulations more than 4,700 times in 2016. This database contains every violation from that year. Most of the violations occurred at small systems serving fewer than 300 people, but you might consume their water even if the district doesn’t serve […]
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2017 has been a year of extremes. It was the hottest summer on record (or close to it for many locations) after the 2016-17 winter with flooding, blizzards, historic snowpack, and crazy winds. What will this winter bring? Join Chris Smallcomb, warning coordination meteorologist and Tim Bardsley, senior hydrologist from the National Weather Service in […]
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The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is reminding people that human-caused wildfires are still a major concern heading into hunting season. Here are tips for a wildfire-safe hunting experience: Know before you go: When planning any outdoor adventure, people are encouraged to call ahead to check on location conditions and current restrictions. Be careful with all fires: […]
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By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – Despite a war of words between the United States and North Korea, U.S. Olympic officials and winter athletes all but shrugged off the danger of a nuclear threat affecting the Games in South Korea in February. Team USA and representatives from the PyeongChang Games on Sept. 25 discussed […]
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· Sierra-at-Tahoe is giving out 417 passes to students in Lake Tahoe Unified School District who got straight A’s. · A two-CD set featuring Elvis Presley will be released in October. The May 25-26, 1974, recording was live at the Sahara Tahoe (now Hard Rock) in Stateline. · The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest’s Carson Ranger District […]
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By Alastair Bland, Water Deeply Around California, the country and the world, reservoirs are silently filling with sediment, and only a few people are thinking about it. Among them is Tim Randle, a civil engineer with the United States Bureau of Reclamation’s Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group. “We used to be gaining water storage capacity with […]
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By Kathryn Reed Mike Owen is back on the campaign trail in an attempt to unseat El Dorado County Auditor Joe Harn in 2018. Owen lost to Harn in 2014. A requirement to be a county auditor in California is to be an active certified public account in good standing with the California Board of […]
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The October El Dorado County aging and care-giving series will focus on Alzheimer’s. All talks are free. They are from 1-3pm at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. Topics include: · Oct. 16: Speakers from the Alzheimer’s Association will about research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social […]
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