By Larry Weitzman Toyota is a default brand. It is the brand that the public understands to always be reliable, trustworthy, high quality, competent, economical and with decent performance. I could end my Road Beat on Corolla here, but let’s examine why the Toyota reputation is so well deserved. Corolla is in its umpteenth generation […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal It doesn’t take a wildland fire professional to see how fuel reduction can protect forests and communities. It just takes a field trip to the site of the Emerald Fire on the South Shore. Despite burning at the same time and under similar conditions to the disastrous Little Valley Fire, […]
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Truckee Donner Public Utility District will again swap out old, incandescent holiday lights for free energy efficient LED holiday lights for customers. The LED holiday light exchange begins Nov. 21 at 8am and will continue while supplies last during regular business hours at the TDPUD office located at 11570 Donner Pass Road. Bring a current […]
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Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless is seeking volunteers to staff the warm room this winter. The next training will be Dec. 8 at 7:30pm at Unity at the Lake, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. For more info or to RSVP, email contact@tahoehomeless.org.
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By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times The United States is one of the richest countries in the world, but it would look dramatically different if its 50 states were organized according to income instead of geography. If that were the case, residents of the poorest state in the union would have a median household income […]
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Nevada spent $4.6 million to build what transportation officials say is now a safe truck ramp on Mount Rose Highway. The truck ramp on the westbound side of the highway in Incline Village has been converted from a rock surface to asphalt. A series of six pre-tensioned drag nets were installed to catch the front grill […]
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The Tahoe Fund is looking for environmental organizations to partner with to help solve environmental challenges at Lake Tahoe. Organizations have until Jan. 29 to submit project ideas online. The Tahoe Fund is seeking projects for its 2017 Signature and Premier Project Portfolios. These are late-stage projects that will improve Lake Tahoe’s environment by enhancing the water quality […]
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Former South Lake Tahoe resident Alan Wilkie died Nov. 10, 2016. He was 99. Alan grew up in the Oakland Hills. Most recently he was living in Sonoma. He rode horseback all his life. He road in the Cavalcade in the 1939 World Fair on Treasure Island. Starting as a child he spent summers at […]
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By Susan Wood FREESTONE – Like a child within, tears rolled down my face as I listened to the sentimental music through headphones while lying wrapped in a robe resting in a hammock enveloped by nature. I was smitten with surprise and awe that I could be so moved by my setting – and in […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was sent Nov. 15, 2016, to Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Mtich McConnell and Sen. Harry Reid from governors in the West. Dear Sen. McConnell and Reid, and Rep. Ryan and Pelosi: Western governors wish to once again express support for congressional efforts to end the […]
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