Unity at the Lake is hosting a night of Hand and Foot as a fundraiser. Frank Riley will be in charge of running the card game. The event is May 30 at 6pm, 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., South Lake Tahoe. Cost to play is $10. RSVP to Paige Rice at paige@tahoebestfriends.com or 530.543.1903.
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Due to the drought and the threat of large damaging wildfires, beginning June 1 the Amador-El Dorado and Nevada-Yuba-Placer units of CalFrie will suspend dooryard burning permits. CalFire has responded to twice as many wildfires than average and it is anticipated that fire season will only continue to get worse. Anyone who burns on or […]
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By David Pierson, Los Angeles Times Ben Wu took a six-figure pay cut when he left a career in private equity for a shot at the marijuana boom. Trained to spot small businesses with big potential, he started this year as chief executive of Kush Bottles, a Santa Ana company that sells child-resistant plastic cannabis […]
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In celebration of the Silver State’s Sesquicentennial, and in conjunction with National Get Outdoors Day, residents and visitors will have free access to Nevada state parks June 14. Park visitors will receive free day use admission and free fishing (no license required) at Nevada’s 23 state parks. In addition, the first 150 vehicles at each […]
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By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times With California’s gas tax unable to keep up with road maintenance needs, one state lawmaker has proposed a study to determine the feasibility of instead taxing motorists based on the number of miles they drive. A combination of inflation, cars getting better mileage and more hybrids and electric vehicles […]
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The North Shore is having a community clean up day on June 7 from 9am-1pm. It will happen even if it rains. Registration stations open at 9am at the Kings Beach State Recreation Area picnic tables, in Tahoe Vista at Cable Car Ice Cream, in Carnelian Bay at Gar Woods, and in Crystal Bay at […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a random series of stories about gardening in Lake Tahoe. By Kathryn Reed Getting one’s hands dirty is not only a physical workout it is a mental recharger. “There is a biological link between soil and people. We have lost that because we are no longer an agrarian society,” […]
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To the community, The months leading up to an election are always an annoyance to me, particularly because of campaign signs. I’m not really sure they serve a purpose other than to waste resources and create litter. I’m curious, however, if all of these politicians really received permission from the property owners where their signs […]
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By AP ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A New Jersey man is considering suing for the right to use medical marijuana in an Atlantic City casino. Daniel Price’s lawyer, Michelle Douglass, says that Revel Casino Hotel failed to accommodate his disability when a security guard told him he could not take his marijuana into the casino […]
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By Michael Roppolo, CBS News A report by a consumer watchdog group says a shocking amount of sugar is packed into children’s breakfast cereals. Eating a bowl of kids’ cereal every day would add up to consuming the equivalent of 10 pounds of sugar a year, according to the report by the Environmental Working Group. […]
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