By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Four-wheeling is often a mix of going faster for the adrenaline rush and slowing down to take in the scenery. This excursion was no different. One of the best parts is that guide Sean Field knows this terrain better than most because he grew up in Tahoe City exploring the […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the June 12, 2018, Sacramento Bee. All budget deals are compromises in which not everyone gets everything they want. The agreement last week by Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders strikes a good balance, given the state’s budget surplus, its pent-up needs and the prospect of the next recession. […]
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By Gordon Edgar Being a judge at a macaroni and cheese competition in San Francisco taught me a lot about American food. The competitors were mostly chefs, and the audience—the online tickets sold out in minutes—was soaking up the chance to be at a “Top Chef” kind of event, but more urban and cool. The […]
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Guided four-wheel drive tours out of Truckee provide a unique perspective to the Sierra.
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· The South Lake Tahoe pool will be closed June 18 from 10:30am-1:30pm for the annual eighth-grade graduation party. · Parking will be free at Harrah’s and Harveys during celebrity golf in July. · The comment period has been extended to July 30 for the environmental documents related to Washoe Meadows State Park. · Douglas […]
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By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle A web of power lines stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific weaves all the western states and Canadian provinces into one vast electric grid. But control of that grid is anything but unified. Thirty-eight separate organizations, known as balancing authorities, run their own portions, some as […]
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St. Joseph Community Land Trust will host a financial fitness class on June 30 from 10am-noon at the South Tahoe Association of Realtors office located at 2307 James Ave. in South Lake Tahoe. A few of the topics to be covered are setting financial goals, tracking spending habits, managing money and more. Executive Director Cathy […]
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The ad hoc Cannabis Advisory Committee of the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors will meet June 19 to discuss commercial cannabis proposed ballot measures that are planned to go to the full Board of Supervisors on July 17. If the Board of Supervisors approves the ballot measures, they will be placed on the ballot […]
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By Kaitlyn Gaynor, The Conversation For their first 100 million years on planet Earth, our mammal ancestors relied on the cover of darkness to escape their dinosaur predators and competitors. Only after the meteor-induced mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago could these nocturnal mammals explore the many wondrous opportunities available in the light […]
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As part of the Wild Tahoe Weekend, the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host the 8th annual Lake Tahoe Bird Festival on June 24. Located at Taylor Creek Visitor Center, just three miles north of South Lake Tahoe on Highway 89, residents […]
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