The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is offering a Conservation Lecture Series to the public via the department’s website starting April 17. This lecture series introduces participants to California’s diverse wildlife. Each lecture focuses on a unique plant or animal. The Conservation Lecture Series webpage also features a list of upcoming lectures and speakers. […]
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Chevy’s Taco Bar on April 30 will benefit Animal Coalition of Tahoe. From 6-8pm the taco bar be available. Happy hour prices on drinks go to 7pm. Tickets must be purchased in advance at High Chaparral in the Heavenly Village, or call 530.307.3638 or email info@tahoeanimals.org. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for those […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care is caring for a healthy bear cub after it was first dropped off at the Bear League. The little girl, about 2 months old and weighing 5.4 pounds, was discovered by Ann Bryant of the Bear League on April 15. The bear was in one of the cages […]
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Registration for kindergarten and transitional kindergarten in Lake Tahoe Unified School District is May 5-9. Kindergartners must by 5 before Sept. 1. Children who will turn 5 before Dec. 2 qualify for transitional kindergarten. When registering bring the child’s birth certificate and proof of immunizations, which includes the Varicella (chicken pox), Hepatitis B and for […]
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By Alexei Koseff, Sacramento Bee More than 50 years ago, California’s revered Master Plan for Higher Education established public community colleges as a means to educate the state’s lower-division students and prepare them for transfer to a higher institution. Today, the sprawling system of 112 colleges and more than 2.1 million students transfers only about […]
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By Kathryn Reed I am so meringue challenged it’s scary. I tried channeling my mother, but instead I just heard laughter of my three older sisters. Not good when one is in the middle of baking. When mom was in Tahoe for a few weeks last summer one of the things I wanted to do […]
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By Kathryn Reed One day Julian Marley might write a song about South Lake Tahoe, or maybe Reno, since that is where he will end up playing on Sunday. Marley, son of the legendary Bob Marley, along with the Uprising Band were slated to be the headliner of the 4th annual TWC Cannabis Cup on […]
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To the community, Camp Richardson Historic Resort and Marina was the Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsor for Bread & Broth’s dinner on April 7. Their generous donation fed over 85 guests and their fun and helpful sponsor crew joined with B&B crew members to pack the “giveaway” bags and then manned the serving line […]
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• On April 22 at 5:30pm Friends of the Library present a Tahoe Rim Trail Association talk with Shannon Skarritt, director of membership and outreach. • Mike Makley, author of “Saving: Lake Tahoe”, will be the guest speaker at the May 8, 7pm Sierra Club meeting. The free event is at 1195 Rufus Allen Blvd., […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR We’ve all heard the advice to eat more whole grains, and cut back on refined starches. And there’s good reason. Compared with a diet heavy on refined grains, like white flour, a diet rich in whole grains — which includes everything from brown rice to steel-cut oats to farro — is […]
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