To the community, “The opportunity to be a helping hand to my community makes my heart smile,” wrote Valerie Soeters-Huse of S&H Holdings. “Thanks for giving us the opportunity to support others.” Soeters-Huse, along with her son, Spencer Huse, and the Watt family of Incline Village hosted Bread & Broth’s meal on July 3 through […]
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By Kevin Fagan and Filipa Ioannou, San Francisco Chronicle After a hot weekend that saw wind-fanned wildfires lurch out of control and gobble up thousands of acres of trees and dozens of homes from Santa Barbara to Butte County, Monday’s respite in the weather was just that — a respite. California is now far ahead […]
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The Cantina restaurant in South Lake Tahoe is almost an institution. But it might not be around much longer. A for sale sign has been placed on the corner of this Emerald Bay Road establishment. “After 20 stressful years of operating two restaurants, we are trying to scale back in preparation for an approaching retirement, […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – Train’s lead singer Pat Monahan and company continued its special connection with Lake Tahoe Sunday night, adding the Harveys Outdoor Summer Concert Series on its latest tour – A Girl, A Bottle and A Boat. With Natasha Bedingfield and O.A.R. opening on the warm summer night, this was one of […]
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By Louis Warren The Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 appears in many history textbooks as the “end of the Indian Wars” and a signal moment in the closing of the Western frontier. The atrocity had many causes, but its immediate one was the U.S. government’s effort to ban a religion: The Ghost Dance, a new […]
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By Dale Kasler and Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee When it comes to California and climate change, the predictions are staggering: coastal airports besieged by floodwaters, entire beaches disappearing as sea levels rise. Another disturbing scenario is brewing inland, in the sleepy backwaters of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It’s a threat to the Delta’s ecosystem that […]
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· The South Lake Tahoe Library will host magician Brian Scott on July 14. The free outdoor show starts at 2pm at 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe. Scott combines magic, comedy and fun. · The fifth annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival is July 26-28 at the Gatekeepers Museum in Tahoe City and […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval will help put Nevada’s technology-driven economy on the national stage when he becomes chairman of the National Governors Association. Sandoval starts his one-year term as chairman this week at the association’s summer meeting in Providence, R.I. Sandoval will use the three-day event that starts Thursday to […]
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By Joshua Emerson Smith, San Diego Union-Tribune Wildfire season is getting longer and more intense, and both scientific and forestry experts foresee hotter and drier conditions that would significantly exacerbate the situation. State and local officials have in the last decade updated efforts to keep people and property safe from out-of-control conflagrations. This includes […]
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Updated 10:12pm: The Farad Fire is at 600 acres and 5 percent containment. Firefighters will continue to construct control lines in preparation for Tuesday’s late afternoon winds that are expected to be 20 mph. There are no evacuation orders in effect, but patrols will monitor the seven identified threatened structures in the Gold Ranch and […]
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