By Elise Craig, Outside A study out of UCLA suggests that eating a consistent diet of processed foods and carrying extra weight causes people to become tired and inactive—not the other way around. But on the upside, it indicates that a few processed food binges isn’t enough to impair our motivation. Researchers fed 32 rats […]
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• South Lake Tahoe is paring down the code books to make them less confusing to business owners. People may get involved in how to make the city more business friendly at a meeting May 7 from 5:30-7pm at Lake Tahoe Airport. • Northstar Travel Media, Travel Weekly’s parent, has acquired Mountain Travel Symposium, an […]
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By Kathryn Reed Eye candy – it’s what people are looking for first when they start thinking about a vacation. That is in large part why websites like Instagram and Pinterest are so popular. And those are the social media venues millennials are using in greater numbers than Twitter and Facebook. People want to see […]
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By Ronnie Cummins The Organic Consumers Association has a long history of defending the integrity of organic standards. Last September, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, under pressure from corporate interests represented by the Organic Trade Association, made our job harder. They also made it more important than ever for consumers to do their homework, even […]
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South Tahoe Little League opening day is April 19. A parade of all the teams — representing 400 kids — will start from South Tahoe Middle School parking lot at 9am and travel down to the Al Tahoe fields. There will be a welcoming ceremony, national anthem, Color Guard to raise the flag CalStar will […]
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By Jeremy Miller Let me just open this by saying that I love Vince Vaughn. I’ve really missed him the past couple years and felt like maybe we’d lost him forever. I was definitely not a fan of “The Internship” and felt like it was a sad, desperate attempt to revive the comedic genius that […]
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A house in Truckee was destroyed Wednesday when a drug lab blew up, according to police officers. Douglas Hall, 54, received burns to his face and hands, according to police. His girlfriend and daughter were not injured. Hall faces charges of suspicion of possession of concentrated cannabis, manufacturing controlled substances with chemicals and felony child […]
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By Jessica Calefati, Contra Costa Times SACRAMENTO — Proposition 13’s restrictions on property tax growth have been untouchable in California politics for almost 40 years, but a new Field Poll shows about half of voters are open to tweaking the landmark measure. Asked in a general way if they favor making some changes, 49 percent […]
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Discount tickets are available for the 25th installment celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe. For six days it costs $50 – or $8.33 per day for a tournament pass to the July 15-20 American Century Championship. The price is good through May. The tournament’s silver anniversary will feature Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, Green […]
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The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in its role as the Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization has awarded more than $550,000 in grants to Lake Tahoe organizations for community-based planning projects aimed at sustainability and improved mobility options around the lake. The On Our Way Community Grant Program is a new program that is designed to help […]
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