The Tahoe Mountain Bike Patrol is accepting new members who attend the joint Bike Patrol/Trail Ambassador training weekend on June 9-10. The volunteer patrollers provide directions, education, assistance and medical response to all trail users. Based out of Spooner Lake, the patrol covers all bike-legal sections of the Tahoe Rim Trail through an agreement with […]
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By P.J. Huffstutter and Niu Shuping, Reuters Inside a dimly lit barn in northeast Indiana, where the air smells faintly of corn and earth, the future of China’s food supply is squealing for attention. A farmhand shuffles through the crowd of pigs inside pen 7E3, patting their fleshy pink backs and checking their water trough. […]
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Cold Stream Road in Truckee, which has been closed since April 23, is expected to open Thursday. Construction crews have completed the bulk of the backfill of the undermined roadway adjacent to the culvert. Crews on Wednesday continued repair work on either side of the roadway to prevent the roadway edges from collapsing. Paving of […]
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A wind advisory for Lake Tahoe is in effect until 11 Wednesday night. Gusts of 30mph and sustained winds of up to 20mph are forecast to bring waves of 1 to 3 feet. Rain has been intermittent throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin on April 25. As temperatures drop, that precipitation is likely to change to […]
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Bona Fide Books will host an art reception for Sierra photographer and writer Stacy Hicks on May 5 from 5:30-7:30pm. It will feature 16 black and white images from her collection “What Remains”. The event in Meyers is free. Hicks, who lives in Strawberry, says that her photographs reveal the things that people often don’t […]
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Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe is looking for artists to design the 2012 poster for the annual wine tasting. The original art piece should be 11 x 17, with theme being Tahoe and Wine Tasting. The artwork will become the property of SISLT and will be used for advertising the event. Drop off entries at […]
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By Dan Charles, NPR We’d probably like to think that clean, safe food goes hand in hand with pristine nature, with lots of wildlife and clean water. But in the part of California that grows a lot of the country’s lettuce and spinach, these two goals have come into conflict. Environmental advocates say a single-minded […]
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By Guy Kovner, Press Democrat Terry Probyn came home late from her second job and stepped outside her home in Riverside to gaze at a large, bright full moon on the night of Aug. 23, 2009. “OK, Jaycee, where the hell are you?” Probyn called out, continuing a dialogue with her daughter, Jaycee Lee Dugard, […]
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By Mark Morey, Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — A last-minute withdrawal won’t disrupt Yakima’s search for a city manager. The City Council on Tuesday quickly moved to slot in another candidate after assistant administrator Marianna Marysheva-Martinez of Mammoth Lakes withdrew late Monday. Replacing her as a finalist is Anthony O’Rourke, manager of South Lake Tahoe, […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Placerville residents saw a measure of swift justice Tuesday, as John Luebbers was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting of popular school principal Sam LaCara. Staff members and parents from Louisiana Schnell Elementary School, where LaCara, 50, was principal, shared tearful hugs after the verdict was read. “He […]
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