By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle The “Godzilla” El Niño is gone. But its sibling climate pattern, La Niña, which typically emerges in the aftermath with a cooling effect on the globe and potentially drier weather in California, has yet to show. Federal forecasters said Thursday that La Niña is still likely to develop, though […]
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By Mike Dunne, Sacramento Bee Memo to fans of El Dorado County wine, in particular those of Lava Cap Winery: Tom Jones hasn’t retired, he’s just moved south. For nearly three decades, Jones was winemaker at Lava Cap, founded by his parents on Apple Hill outside Placerville in the early 1980s. But in 2013 he […]
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Slow Food Lake Tahoe is putting on a tour of local, High Sierra edible gardens on Aug. 13 from 9am-2pm. Sites range from beginner container garden to a high production permaculture greenhouse. The tour will begin and end at the Truckee Demonstration Garden located at the Truckee Regional Park. A variety of Truckee home gardens […]
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South Lake Tahoe Friends of the Library have four varied programs on the calendar in August. All events are free and are at the library, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. On Aug. 10 at 6pm, Sierra College historian and Sierra Nevada native son Gary Noy will presents an illustrated lecture on unusual and lesser-known stories of […]
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By Ally Gravina, Moonshine Ink As the economy improves, weddings are quickly becoming more significant in Tahoe’s economy than in the past. Placer, Nevada, and Washoe counties were host to 11,935 weddings in 2015, according to the Wedding Report, which has been making a splash in the business community since the report was published in 2016. […]
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Thinning of trees for fuels reduction and forest health started last week on approximately 355 acres of National Forest System lands above Incline Village. Mechanical cut-to-length tree removal will take place on U.S. Forest Service urban lots and in areas adjacent to communities over the next several months. Some areas will be closed for public […]
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By Associated Press A Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere near California late Wednesday night around the same time many people shared video on social media of a mysterious bright object streaking across the night sky. U.S. Strategic Command spokeswoman Julie Ziegenhorn wouldn’t say if the rocket ever posed danger to people on the ground. She […]
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By Kathryn Reed Start stripping; it’s just going to get hotter. South Lake Tahoe hit a record high on Wednesday, and the forecast from the National Weather Service in Reno is more records will be broken today and Friday. Ninety-one is the magic number for all three days. Apparently it was hot in 1990, too, […]
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By Larry Weitzman “Gunsmoke” is the longest running live-action television show ever produced (1955-75). It debuted on Sept. 10, 1955; four days after Hugh O’Brien made his debut as Wyatt Earp, in “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp”. Both shows spawned a plethora of adult TV westerns for decades, but none had staying power […]
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By Natalie Schreyer, Mother Jones. Scientific research isn’t a one-size-fits-all endeavor. And when it comes to how doctors treat the sick, the differences between patients can be a matter of life and death. On the latest episode of the “Inquiring Minds” podcast, Indre Viskontas speaks with Marek Glezerman, professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology at […]
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