By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The demand for locally grown food is ballooning, but it turns out that local meat is almost a misnomer. Small ranchers in El Dorado County gathered at a Local Meat Summit in Placerville last week to beef, if you will, about how hard it is to sell to local consumers. […]
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Dear Elected Officials, This letter is an urgent request for your administration to recognize the Girl Scouts of the USA as a preeminent leadership development organization for girls with over 3.7 million members throughout the United States, including U.S. territories, and more than 90 countries through USA Girl Scouts Overseas. The 100th anniversary of founder […]
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By Kathryn Reed “As one of the few independent resorts left at this point and time, it is clearly in our best interest to see what type of partnerships exist and to see what our best opportunities are.” So says David Likins, CEO for Mountain Springs Kirkwood, which owns Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Likins acknowledged a […]
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In celebration of TACCD’s 30-year milestone, five local restaurants are helping to increase TACCD’s funding base. Passaretti’s is honoring Tahoe Area Coordinating Council for the Disabled with a percentage of its profits on Oct. 18. The Getaway Café in Meyers was the first restaurant, while Ernie’s Café was last week’s restaurant. Taqueria Jalisco’s day is […]
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Sierra Expeditionary Learning School’s fourth- and fifth-graders will be at the Tahoe Donner Golf Course on Oct. 23 to raise money for a trip to Yosemite so they can learn geology. The Pitch and Putt event is from noon-5pm. Tickets are $15 for adults, $8 for children, or $45 for a family. The cost includes: […]
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More than 175 people helped clear more than 1,750 pounds of trash from Sierra Resort on Oct. 16. Found during the annual Keep Sierra Clean Day were two snowboards, a few skis, an iPhone, a digital camera and a lift ticket from back when the resort was called Sierra Ski Ranch. Plastic bottles, cans, trail […]
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Incline Village’s 32nd annual Pumpkin Patch is Oct. 22 from 10am-3pm at Incline Elementary School. There will be pony rides, bounce house, picture booth and raffle prizes. Admission is free.
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South Tahoe High School’s ALLY Club and RAH Hair Studio are having a fund raiser of sorts for children suffering for the effects of cancer treatments. The hair salon is collecting hair from people who have at least 10 inches to donate. Contacts Angie at RAH Hair Studio for a free cut on Oct 20 […]
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By Jeff Gartner Today’s youth are tomorrow’s future, and we should make it our mission to do everything in our power to protect them on the road. For young drivers between the ages of 15- and 20-years-old, traffic collisions are the leading cause of death for teens in America. Teenagers are involved in three times […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement last week that will provide the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association with more than $5.4 million during the 2011-12 fiscal year for marketing, transportation and infrastructure-development efforts. Each year, Placer County contracts with the resort association to promote tourism and provide other services, using transient occupancy […]
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