· Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules from Caltrans for next week. · Carol Del Carlo of Incline Village was elected to the Nevada System of Higher Education board of regents. · Permits to cut Christmas trees on the Carson and Bridgeport Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest will be available for purchase […]
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The 21st annual Valhalla Holiday Faire is Nov. 18-20. The free event is hosted by Valhalla Tahoe, a nonprofit cultural arts organization in South Lake Tahoe. It is Nov. 18 from 5:30-8:30pm, Nov. 19, 10ma-5pm and Nov. 20, 10am-4pm at the Valhalla Grand Hall just past Camp Richardson Resort on Highway 89. The hall will be decorated […]
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By Thomas Ulrich, Sierra For decades, vineyard managers and wine aficionados have wondered whether growing organic and biodynamic grapes is worth the trouble. Last summer, the Journal of Wine Economics may have unveiled the answer via a report from researchers out of UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. For the study, environmental economists evaluated […]
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By Kathryn Reed My house seems to smell better as the days and nights get cooler. This is because I’m more apt to be making comfort foods that linger in the oven or cook all day in the crockpot. There is something wonderful about throwing ingredients together in the crockpot, letting them simmer and then […]
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Tahoe Star Tours will host a series of evenings under the stars that pair stargazing with a snowshoe tour in North Lake Tahoe. Each event is led by local astronomer Tony Berendsen, who writes the monthly Star Guide column for Lake Tahoe News. Each tour features a lively science-based talk about the cosmos and poetry reading. […]
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By Kathryn Reed HOMEWOOD – It’s one thing for a restaurant to have an exceptional wine list, it’s quite another to employ two sommeliers – especially in Lake Tahoe. West Shore Café earned the 2016 Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator. This is given to restaurants that have at least 90 wines to choose from, […]
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To the community, We would like to thank the entire community for the trust you’ve placed in us to help guide the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District. Our new chief, Scott Baker, and his entire team are phenomenal community assets and it’s our honor to support them. Our district is fiscally sound, our staff is […]
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By Porter Fox, Powder The future of skiing can be summed up like this: The planet is warming; snow melts when it is warm. And state and federal climate change legislation—that keeps billions of tons of carbon in the ground instead of up in the air—is the best, perhaps only, way to save snow. So […]
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By Chris Stokel-Walker, Bloomberg A strong pat on the back and a reassuring word no longer cuts it when it comes to keeping millennials happy at work. More than three-quarters of U.K. workers age 18 to 24 say company perks are crucial to their job satisfaction, according to a survey by Perkbox, a company that sells […]
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By Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle Arrest rates have dropped for all racial groups in California over the past decade, but African Americans are still much more likely than whites to be arrested on felony charges, the state Attorney General’s Office reported. In 2015, blacks were 10 times as likely as whites to be arrested […]
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