By Kathryn Reed The link between food and health was underscored this month in a nutrition presentation before the South Lake Tahoe City Council. Registered dietician June Denney promoted a plant-based diet in her talk with physician Greg Bergner. Her message was that food can cause and prevent disease. Citing the 2015 Global Burden of […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY — The specialty license plate benefiting the California Tahoe Conservancy sells well in the winter, but not in summer. The goal is to ignite sales year-round. The program funds non-motorized trails in the Lake Tahoe Basin on the California side. Since 2011-12 the revenue has been declining or has been […]
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By Kathryn Reed Nutritional and pretty. What more could you want? Sweet potatoes can be cooked in so many ways. Having them as fries is how I am most familiar with them. Clearly, not my healthiest choice. Adding them to a salad brings a bit of sweetness. The dressing used here is a bit nutty […]
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· Plans are afoot to rename McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas to Harry Reid International Airport. · Douglas County 911 emergency services was approved as an Emergency Fire Dispatch Center of Excellence by the Board of Accreditation of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. It is the 36th emergency fire dispatch accredited center in […]
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By Michael Rios, PBS News Hour Two straight months of heavy rainfall have effectively ended five straight years of drought in California. But with parts of the state reporting more than 100 inches of precipitation since last fall, the rain activity has also caused floods, road closures, infrastructure damage and evacuations in many areas. As […]
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A toe dip was enough for some people as opposed to the full plunge many others opted for. The space odyssey themed Polar Plunge kicked off at 10am March 18 at Zephyr Cove Resort. The annual event raises money for the 23,000 Special Olympics athletes in Northern California and Nevada. More than $150,000 was raised […]
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By Bill Lindelof and Nashelly Chavez, Sacramento Bee Placerville police have arrested an El Dorado High School teacher on suspicion of sexual misconduct with students at the school. Math teacher Daniel Mummy, 33, was arrested on suspicion of seven misdemeanor counts of annoying or molesting children and a count of sexual battery by a […]
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It seems so typical, the calendar says spring and everyone in Tahoe starts scratching their heads wondering why it isn’t true here. Winter is set to return Monday – the first day of spring. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, “The first system arrives late Monday evening into Tuesday with precipitation starting as […]
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By Kathryn Reed With 1,800 vertical feet to ride and features built into the environment, no wonder Waterhouse is such a popular destination for skiers and snowboarders. Even better for them it’s not much of a hike from the vehicle to where the climb begins. The eight of us (four humans, four canines) aren’t into […]
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By Jerry Nickelsburg Every American knows that if you want to spend more than you earn, you either must liquidate some assets or you must borrow. And if you have been borrowing a lot, stopping will result in much less consumption. Which is why it boggles the mind that experts in Washington, D.C., including the […]
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