By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times In the 1950s, California wildlife authorities used to fly over remote lakes and creeks in Yosemite National Park and deliver precious cargo: hatchery-raised trout. The policy was great for fishing enthusiasts. But for the yellow-legged frogs that shared those waters, the arrival of hungry trout was a disaster. These […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s adult education consortium, Advance, is partnering with local workforce development specialists to launch shared informational sessions. Participants in these sessions may work toward getting their high school equivalency, or sign-up for workforce readiness programs, or explore individualized career and educational pathway planning, or all of the above. The first session is […]
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Lilly is a 10-week-old kitten who is available for adoption now. How can you resist that face? She is a brown tiger and white shorthair cat who is very beautiful, and of course energetic and playful. Lilly is spayed, microchipped, tested for FIV, and vaccinated. She is at the El Dorado County Animal Services shelter […]
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By Kathryn Reed Signs don’t do much good if no one can read them, and recreation amenities don’t do much good without staff to manage and maintain them. Those were two of the overriding messages delivered this month by the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Commission to the City Council. Commissioner Scott Valentine, who […]
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By Zócalo Public Square It might seem odd to try to attach a dollar value to health—like trying to quantify love or happiness. But, in fact, a recent study did attempt to measure the value of the health created or supported by California’s county public health departments. Led by UC Berkeley Health Economist Timothy Brown, […]
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By Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune It’s like a big Airbnb house you’d share with friends except it’s specifically for workers. About 18 months ago, Emmanuel Guisset created Outsite, a place where people can go to work remotely, share a home with other professionals, stay overnight and play. He picks beautiful locations with a lot […]
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By Kathryn Reed Sometimes even adults need treats instead of tricks. If you like your calories and sweets in the form of alcohol instead of candy, this is the drink for you. While drinking around lots of kids might not be the best scenario, this is a recipe to keep for the long winter ahead. […]
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Tahoe Donner’s men’s 55 and over 9.0 tennis team made it to the semifinals of the national championships. This is an all doubles league where the combined USTA rating of the players must be 9.0 or less. The team took fourth place in the Oct. 30 competition in Arizona. The Truckee team was made up […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Amid Nevada’s economic slowdown between 2008 and 2013, the call center industry settled in the state. What it found was a gold mine of talented, unemployed labor. Most industry settlers came in the form of high-end call centers that require specialized training, boosting today’s average call center hourly wage […]
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The Gondola Vista Estates condo project is going before the South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission on Nov. 10. The 20 condos would be built on Lake Parkway between Heavenly’s gondola and the state line. Planning commissioners will consider a major design review permit, negative declaration addendum, and a variance from the city’s trash enclosure ordinance. […]
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