By Kathryn Reed Dogs are better than children to go out to eat with. They clean up after you instead of being the ones to make a mess. This is the season to eat outside with your four-legged family member. The following is a smattering of places that are dog friendly. The Tavern inside the […]
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By Howard Markel The popular singer and movie star Bing Crosby once crooned, “What’s more American than corn flakes?” Virtually every American is familiar with this iconic cereal, but few know the story of the two men from Battle Creek, Mich., who created those famously crispy, golden flakes of corn back in 1895, revolutionizing the […]
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By Lindsey Tanner, AP ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from the noisy classroom. The safe spaces, quiet times and breathing exercises for her and the other preschoolers at the Verner Center for […]
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Four people learned the hard way that the meadows in the basin are more marsh than dry landscape. South Lake Tahoe firefighters had to rescue the four on the afternoon of Aug. 5 near the south end of Baldwin Beach. “They didn’t realize how deep the mud was,” Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times California is confronting the limits of its power to save federal environmental protections as Congress and the Trump administration take aim at a landmark law the state has relied on for decades to clean the air of noxious smog. A push by Republicans to roll back parts of […]
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Former El Dorado Hills resident Kamyar “Kami” Soltani, 47, was sentenced Aug. 4 to six months in prison, six months home confinement with electronic monitoring, and ordered to pay $150,446 in restitution for tax evasion.. According to court documents, Soltani attempted to evade his tax obligations for tax years 2005, 2006, and 2007. Soltani worked […]
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The Tahoe Prosperity Center continues to work on bringing higher speed internet access to the basin. There are still areas around the lake that suffer from below average internet speeds, lack of cell coverage and periodic outages due to inclement weather. The Connected Tahoe Project goal is to bring gigabit level service to the entire Lake Tahoe […]
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The El Dorado County unit of the California Republican Assembly is having its Victory in 2018 barbecue dinner on Aug. 19 from 4-8 pm at Crystal Springs Garden in Camino. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Garden Valley, will be the guest speaker. Also speaking will be 6th District Assemblyman Kevin Kiley. He is serving his first term. […]
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The betting was that law-and-order Attorney General Jeff Sessions would come out against the legalized marijuana industry with guns blazing. But the task force Sessions assembled to find the best legal strategy is giving him no ammunition, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The Task Force on Crime […]
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· A benefit concert for Tahoe Arts Project will feature Trey Stone, Niall McGuinness and John Shipley. They will play at Lakeshore Lodge and Spa in South Lake Tahoe on Aug. 24 from 7-9pm. “Doors” open at 6pm. Cost is $10. · Music on the Beach, the free concert series at Kings Beach State Recreation […]
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