By Matt McGrath, BBC 2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally, according to preliminary data. With data from just the first nine months, scientists are 90 percent certain that 2016 will pass the mark set by 2015. Temperatures from January to September were 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to […]
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Critically acclaimed Semi-Rad.com author Brendan Leonard will present stories from his newest book “Sixty Meters to Anywhere” on Dec. 9. The presentation will take place at the Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema in Tahoe City at 7pm. Leonard is a contributing editor at Climbing magazine, Adventure Journal, and the Dirtbag Diaries. Denver-based Leonard is most […]
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Marking 14 years of adventure sports cinematography and culture, Tahoe Adventure Film Festival is the annual gathering of the who’s who of outdoor adventure. It’s where the industry’s best filmmakers premier their latest adventure sports films one night only hosted by festival creator and adventurer Todd Offenbacher. Many of the segments are special edits, including […]
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Goldy is a 2-year-old shorthair cat. She came to the shelter with kittens and now that they have all found their homes she is ready for one of her very own. She is a nice cat and loves to pose for photos. Goldy is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV, and vaccinated. She is at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Those living in Lake Tahoe know the ski industry is big business. But it’s also a lucrative industry for the state of California with a $1.3 billion annual impact. Michael Reitzell, executive director of the California Ski Industry Association, and Daphne Lange with Visit California, the state tourism agency, spoke […]
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By Kim A. Wilcox In the next several weeks, millions of high school seniors will apply to colleges and universities across the nation. If you are one of them—and if you come from a low-income family or are a minority student—I urge you not to look at higher education rankings systems that emphasize reputation, acceptance […]
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By Elaine Glusac, New York Times Hostels, budget havens of the post-college European travel circuit, traditionally offer bare-bones bunks in communal dormitories. Now for those whose tastes have graduated beyond the backpacking years but whose finances have not, a new breed of hybrid hostel sprouting up on this side of the Atlantic bundles better design, […]
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By Austin Frakt, San Francisco Chronicle Each week about 1.5 million Americans without paid sick leave go to work despite feeling ill. At least half of employees of restaurants and hospitals — two settings where disease is easily spread — go to work when they have a cold or the flu, according to a recent […]
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By Susan Moeller, Boston Globe On a cold night in March, Great Full Gardens restaurant in a nondescript brick building in Reno’s MidTown District is jamming. Locavores tuck into plates that are paleo-friendly at one table, vegan at the next, grass-fed at another. One of my daughters, Emily, is eating a black bean burger. The […]
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The Zephyr Cove branch of the Douglas County Public Library this month will be providing children’s storytime for ages 3-10. Storytime will be in the library on Nov. 17, Nov. 23, and Nov. 30 at 3:30pm. In addition to stories, children may participate in various activities, songs, and coloring. The Zephyr Cove Library is located […]
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