Novelist and short story writer Pam Houston will give a talk May 8 at 8pm in the Lake Tahoe Community College library. Houston will read selections from her works, take questions from the audience, and sign copies of her books, which will be available for sale. Houston’s most recent novel, “Contents May Have Shifted”, was […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College and Tahoe Center for Orthopedics are putting on weeklong summer sports camps that focus on improving kids’ health, wellness, and athletic performance. Kids ages 7-13 will be taught proper exercise techniques, team-building, sports-specific techniques, and how to make healthy nutritional choices. Session 1: June 23-27, 9am-4pm Session 2: July 7-11, 9am-4pm […]
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By Kathryn Reed PHILLIPS STATION – Soft, dry soil. It makes measuring snow rather easy. There is none. The last snow survey of the season by the Department of Water Resources on May 1 turned up no snow at the field next to the entrance of Sierra-at-Tahoe and little snow at the other surveys. Statewide […]
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Tour of Carson City Bike Ride is May 4 at 9am. The 27-mile loop goes around Carson City. It will begin and end at Bike Habitat, which is celebrating its seventh anniversary. Lunch will follow the ride. The event is free. However, donations and membership are encouraged to support Muscle Powered of Carson City. All […]
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By Dana M. Nichols, Stockton Record SAN ANDREAS — The yellow-legged frog, a native of the High Sierra, will soon be listed as an endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday. The service also said that it will soon list the Yosemite toad as threatened with extinction. The listings will mean new […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Exercise makes us tired. A new study helps to elucidate why and also suggests that while it is possible to push through fatigue to reach new levels of physical performance, it is not necessarily wise. On the surface, exercise-related fatigue seems simple and easy to understand. We exert ourselves […]
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By Kathryn Reed VERDI – Owners of Boomtown casino have taken an aging property and revamped it a bit. The property off Interstate 80 on the outskirts of Reno turns 50 this year. M1 Gaming bought the 318-room hotel, and casino with 15 table games and 560 slot machines from Pinnacle Entertainment in June 2012 […]
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To the community, The long arm of our El Dorado County assessor is now reaching inside the walls of our vacation homes. A tax on personal furnishings? This takes our breath away. What a “wonderful” way to discourage purchasing or upgrading our vacation property. They want purchase prices on furniture, stoves, refrigerators and supplies. Does […]
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By AP A recovering economy and demand for hotel rooms helped lift Marriott International Inc.’s first-quarter net income 26 percent. More people stayed in the company’s hotels and paid 3.2 percent more per night. The Bethesda, Md.-based company earned $172 million, or 57 cents per share, beating the 51 cents expected by Wall Street analysts […]
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• South Lake Tahoe City Clerk Suzie Alessi received the 2014 Presidential Award of Excellence from the City Clerk’s Association of California. • The little cub being taken care of at Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care now weighs 7.7 pounds. She arrived April 15 weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces. • The Genoa Cowboy Festival is May […]
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