• Tahoe Maritime Museum is collecting fishing rods for use in an activity meant to teach kids about Tahoe fish and fishing history. For questions, contact Corey at (530) 525.9252, ext. 103. • Nevada Humane Society is one of 12 shelters in the country selected by Pedigree to receive 10,000 pounds of dry dog food. […]
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By Susanne Rust, Climate Watch Despite a global decrease in the production of certain toxic chemicals, we may be in for an onslaught. That’s because rising global temperatures are causing the release of persistent organic pollutants, such as DDT and PCBs, which have been locked in arctic ice for more than half a century. Although […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Aug. 29, 2011, Fresno Bee. The people of California own the waters and beds of the state’s rivers, streams, lakes, bays and estuaries. They own the waters and tidelands along the 1,100-mile coastline, out to three miles offshore. And they own lands granted by the federal government in […]
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To the community, The city of South Lake Tahoe is unhappy about the state’s new laws on redevelopment and labels the state an extortionist. The fact is the city’s Redevelopment Agency has been the extortionist when it exercised the power of eminent domain. It goes like this: If a property owner isn’t willing to sell, […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin a project to eradicate, control, and contain known and future infestations of invasive weeds using chemical treatment. Work will occur Aug. 8-11. An environmental assessment released by the Forest Service last year identified 493 known infestations located on National Forest System lands managed by […]
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By Kathryn Reed A federal judge on Monday seemed a bit bewildered why the League to Save Lake Tahoe brought forward the case against the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency to stop the Sierra Colina development in Stateline from going forward. Sierra Colina is the name of the project Steve Kenninger and Gail Jaquish are trying […]
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Kit Night will be the Artist in Residence at the Viking Room on the Tallac Site on the South Shore from Aug. 12-17 from 10am-4pm. Night is an award-winning painter and member of Oil Painters of America. She’s known for her uplifting and radiant color. Her work, which is influenced by jazz, redefines how we […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee In a blistering assessment of how badly officials bungled their oversight of rapist-kidnapper Phillip Garrido, El Dorado County prosecutors have compiled a list of dozens of instances for which his parole should have been revoked, many of them that would have saved Jaycee Lee Dugard from being abducted. The […]
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Aberrations await and spirits linger during a two-hour walking tour Aug. 20 and Sept. 24 through the historic district of Carson City. History and storytelling are the orders of the day on this tour through Victorian-style homes and neighborhoods, where reality and legend come together, leaving ghost walkers to wonder what is truth and what […]
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