Memorial Day is often called the kick-off to summer. The real meaning of today goes much deeper. Memorial Day is about honoring those in each branch of the military who have died for the United States. As much as it’s easy to say war is not necessary. It is a reality. People have been dying […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A girl from the tiny community of Lotus, El Dorado County, hopes to make a big splash by becoming one of the youngest people to swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco on Memorial Day. Nine-year-old Jordan Freer will enter the water from a boat with 350 adults competing in an […]
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Cycle the Sierra is an annual cycling event that takes place between the Gold Country and Lake Tahoe. This fully supported, five-day tour starts June 23 and takes riders 300 miles beneath granite peaks, through evergreen forests, into alpine hot springs, to Lake Tahoe, over the fourth highest bridge in the United States, to […]
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By Tanya Caldwell, New York Times A California lawmaker is proposing to limit the number of international and out-of-state students who can enroll at University of California campuses. The 10 campuses that make up the U.C. system — including selective universities like Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles — would be prohibited from […]
Read moreSpace Science for Schools in collaboration with Sand Harbor Nevada State Park are sponsoring a free public astronomical viewing of the last Venus Transit of the solar disc this century. The event in the past was used to establish the size of the Solar System and measurements of the size of the Sun and Venus. […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The 2012 “fire season” will officially begin at 8am Monday, and fire officials urge residents, especially those living or recreating in rural areas, to use caution. The state’s final snow survey May 1 found the snowpack water content is only 40 percent of normal. From January though April, California Department […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is looking for two people fill AmeriCorps summer of Service positions. The positions will run from June 7-Aug. 24. AmeriCorps members will receive a $2,000 living stipend, a $1,000 education award, CPR and first aid training, and the opportunity to give back to trails. The AmeriCorps member at the Tahoe […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee It doesn’t take a botanist or even a nature nut to identify yellow star thistle along a favorite hiking trail. Every outdoor enthusiast has felt the familiar stab of introduction. The invasive weed can reach 6 feet high with stiff limbs that seem to sprout daggers from every pore. Each […]
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By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times School districts will be able to submit proposals for innovative educational programs this year to compete for federal grants of up to $25 million under a new national contest, part of the three-year-old Race to the Top program. Rules for the competition were to be announced on Tuesday by […]
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May is 31 tidbits about Lake Tahoe News month. LTN tidbit No. 27: There are a few people associated with Lake Tahoe News who don’t really want attention called to them. But we would be remiss if we didn’t in some way acknowledge their contributions. Pat sends emails about typos, grammar and other problems with […]
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